Barbara Tipton Ceramics

Education
    The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; M.F.A., Ceramics
    The Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee; B.F.A., Ceramics

Experience
1986 –        Studio artist
2002–16    Sessional Instructor, the Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary

Exhibitions (selected)
2015    “Mud, Hands, Fire: The Legacy of Canadian Studio Pottery” School of Art Gallery,
                    University of Manitoba, Winnipeg    
            “Here and There,” Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton
            “The Language of Craft,” Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton
            “May Cup,” group exhibition, Willock and Sax Gallery, Banff, Alberta
2014    “Made in Calgary: the 2000s,” Glenbow Museum, Calgary
2013    “Barbara Tipton,” solo exhibition, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2012    “The Makings,” group exhibition, Willock and Sax Gallery, Banff, Alberta
2011     “A Departure of Cups”, solo exhibition, Willock and Sax Gallery, Banff, Alberta
            “Matter of Clay III,” Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, Ontario
2010    “Clay 2010,” purchase/traveling exhibition, sponsored by Alberta Foundation for the Arts
                     and Alberta Craft Council
             “The Makings,” group exhibition, Willock and Sax Gallery, Banff, Alberta
             “Cheongu Selection,” Alberta Foundation for the Arts traveling exhibition
2009    “Cup/Image,” solo exhibition, Willock and Sax Gallery, Banff, Alberta    
             “Unity and Diversity,” a component of the Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2009, Korea
             “1000 Miles Apart Participants’ Exhibition,” Gallery 371, ACAD, Calgary
              Teapot exhibition, Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, Ontario
2008    “Dinnerworks,” invitational exhibition, Louisville Visual Arts Centre, Kentucky, USA
              Solo exhibition, Willock & Sax Gallery, Banff, Alberta
            “Small Favors II,” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
2007    “A(r)gile,” Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
             “Affinity, Alberta Ceramics” Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary
             “Art-O-Rama,” Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
             “Brew-haha,” juried exhibition, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton”
2006    “A Matter of Clay II,” Jonathon Bancroft Snell Gallery, London, Ontario
            “Small Favors,” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
            “From the North,” invitational exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
2005    “In the Margins,” invitational, Jonathan Bancroft Snell Gallery, London, Ontario
             “International Cone Box Show,” Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
             “Mastery in Clay,” invitational, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia
2004     Solo exhibition, Willock & Sax Gallery, Waterton Lakes, Alberta
             “International Cone Box Show,” NCECA juried competition, Indianapolis, Indiana, then touring
             “From Hands to Lips,” Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
2003    “Life Taking Shape: Ceramics from the Aaron Milrad Collection,” Gardiner Museum, Toronto
             “21st Century Ceramics,” invitational exhibition, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2000    “Ninth Biennale Nationale de Ceramique,” juried competition, Trois-Rivières, Québec
             “Voyage autour de la terre,” tile invitational for the “Ninth Biennale Nationale de Ceramique,” 
                     Trois-Rivières, Québec.

Bibliography (selected)
2016    Made in Calgary: An Exploration of Art from the 1960s to the 2000s, Glenbow Museum
2013    500 Prints on Clay, Lark Publishing
2008    “John Chalke and Barbara Tipton,” Ceramics Monthly, January, p.21
2006    Soda, Clay and Fire, Gail Nichols, American Ceramic Society Publishing
2005    Studio Ceramics in Canada by Gail Crawford
             An Alberta Art Chronicle: adventures in recent & contemporary art by Mary-Beth Laviolette,
                       pp 397–399, image on accompanying CD
            “Dreamers and Doers,” DVD for Alberta Centennial
            “Clay in Hand,” VHS tape by Karvonen Films
2004     500 Cups by Tom and Elaine Coleman, Lark Publishing
2002    Ceramics: a Potter’s Handbook by Richard Burkett and Glenn C. Nelson
2001    The Ceramic Spectrum (revised edition) by Robin Hopper
2000    Clay and Glazes for the Potter (revised edition) by Robin Hopper
1999    Ceramics: Ways of Creation by Richard Zakin, KrausePublications

Collections
Private and public collections throughout Canada, U.S.A. and England, including:
Canada Council Art Bank; Glenbow Museum; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Calgary Civic Art Collection; George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art; Aaron Milrad, Toronto; Standard Ceramic Supply, Pittsburgh; Charles Bronfman Corporate Collection, Montréal; San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas; The Ohio State University, Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University; Ceramics Monthly Collection; Anatol Orient, London; University of Alberta Permanent Collection, Edmonton