susie osler                         curriculum vitae          

2501 old brooke rd.        rr2 maberly, ontario.  k0h 2b0.  canada.                     613.268.2024              susieosler(at)mac.com



Education


1999            BFA, Emily Carr Institute for Art and Design, Studio Arts

1990            BA, McGill University, English (Communications and Film)



Honours/Awards/Residencies


2012            Guapamacataro Art and Ecology Residency.  Michoacan, Mexico

2009            Exhibition Assistance Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council

2006           Exhibition Assistance Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council

2006            Craft Creation/Production Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council

2003           Craft Creation/Production Grant.  Awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts

2003            PSH Supply Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Crafts Council

2002            Tucker’s Award for Best Ceramics.  ‘10x20’.  York Quay Gallery, Toronto

2001            Individual Craft Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council

2001            Exhibition Assistance Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council

2000            Individual Craft Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Arts Council

2000            Tucker Pottery Supply Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Crafts Council

2000            Pottery Supply House Supply Grant.  Awarded by the Ontario Crafts Council

1999-2002  Artist in Residence.  Harbourfront Center, Toronto



Selected Exhibitions


2012            fieldwork Spring/Summer Exhibition

2011            Angels and Argonauts.  LA Pai Gallery.  Ottawa, ON

                    260 Fingers.  Ottawa, ON

                    Perth Autumn Studio Tour.  Perth, ON

                    (Re)Seed.  Ongoing participatory installation orignally installed at The New Art Festival.  Ottawa, ON

2010           260 Fingers.  Ottawa, ON

                    Perth Autumn Studio Tour.  Perth, ON

                    Invitational Exhibition.  Distill Gallery.  Toronto, ON

                    Collection.  MADE.  Toronto, ON.

2009           260 Fingers.  Ottawa, ON

                    Solo Exhibition. Lafreniere & Pai Gallery.  Ottawa, ON

                    Masterworks East 2009.  Travelling Exhibition organized by the Ontario Crafts Council

2008            Winter Gestures/Beacon Whispers.  Winter Installation.  Fieldwork. Perth, ON

                    The Functional Cup.  Formargruppen Gallery. Malmo, Sweden

                    OBJECToronto.  Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON                   

                    260 Fingers.  Ottawa, ON

                   Perth Autumn Studio Tour.   Perth, ON

2007           260 Fingers.  Ottawa, ON

                    OBJECToronto.  Gladstone Hotel. Toronto, ON

                    Perth Autumn Studio Tour.   Perth, ON

                    Imprint.  Harbourfront Center.  Toronto, ON

                    Sculpture in the Garden.  Lafreniere & Pai Gallery at Kiwi Gardens.  Perth, ON

                   Ceramic Sculpture Now.  Lafreniere & Pai Gallery.  Ottawa, ON

                    Another Blooming ShowDistill Gallery.  Toronto, ON

                    Brooke Valley Spring Tour.  Perth, ON

2006            260 Fingers.  Ottawa, ON

                    Perth Autumn Studio Tour.   Perth, ON

                    BloomingDistill Gallery.  Toronto, ON

                    sometimes in winter i dream.  solo exhibition.  Formargruppen Galleri.   Malmo, Sweden.

                   From the NorthThe Clay Studio.  Philidelphia, USA

                    BLOOM.  Harbourfront Center.  Toronto, ON

2005            Guilty PleasuresHarbourfront Center.  Toronto

                    Featured artist in ‘Tapis Vert’. Canada Blooms.  Toronto

                   Ceramics and Print.  Vancouver, BC

                    Material MetamorphosisOntario Crafts Council.  Toronto, ON

                   EroticaPRIME Gallery.  Toronto, ON



Public Installations


2011            Re(Seed)Participatory installation (ongoing) originally installed at The New Art Festival.  Ottawa

2008            Winter Gestures/Beacon Whispers.  fieldwork.  Site-specific winter installation near Perth, ON

2007            Flock.  Kiwi Gardens.  Perth, ON

2006            Sugarbush. Wall installation. Part of an artist- designed room by Heidi Earnshaw.  Gladstone Hotel.  Toronto                                              

2000-05       Container Garden. A public garden installation at Harbourfront Center. Toronto, ON



Selected Publications


Interiors Edition of Ottawa Magazine. 2010

Artist Profile.   The Humm. October 2006.

Style FilesCanadian House and Home.  April 2006

Abundance and Longing.  Fusion Magazine.  Spring 2004

Preston Catalogue. 2004



Other


Coordinator and Founder of fieldwork - a rural public art project located on my property

Disney Production.  Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.  Ceramic work used for set of this feature film.



Collections


Bill and katherine Graham, Toronto

Sonny and Gloria Kamm, California

Stornaway Residence, Ottawa