Keith grew up in Northern Alberta, went to College in Northern Indiana and has
lived on the West Coast since 1995.

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Education
October  2009 Mask making workshop with Bob Kingsmill
June 2006 Mold making workshop with Jeremy Hatch
February 2006 Chris Staley demo Shadbolt Centre March 2000 Canadian Clay Symposium,Burnaby
1999 Cathi Jefferson workshop.
1996 Capilano College Vancouver, B.C. Sam Kwan
1993 Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, B.A. Focus in graphic design, sculpture and jewelry
1988 Roland Michener High School Slave Lake AB.

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Work Experience
Ongoing-Instructor at False Creek Community Centre and West End Community Centre, Vancouver, BC
Ongoing-Sharing studio and gallery with Bob Kingsmill and Don Hutchinson at 1620 Granville Island, Vancouver, BC.
Ongoing-Maintains own studio with partner Carole Henshall at 1359 Cartwright St, Granville Island
Exhibiting member of the Potters Guild of BC at the Gallery of BC Ceramics, Granville Island.
2008-Guest lecturer/pottery instructor for Princess Cruise Lines vessel Coral Princess
2006-present Guest lecturer at St. Georges School, Vancouver
1997 to present: designing and producing a wide range of wheel thrown functional ware including teapots, chopstick bowls and drums.
1998-99 Led throwing workshops which included drum making demonstrations, Goshen Potters Guild. Goshen, Indiana.
1993-94 Gallery Intern/Curator Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, Indiana
1993 Graphic Designer for Goshen College Newspaper Goshen, Indiana
1989 - 93 Gallery Assistant Goshen College,
1992-93 Assistant to sculptor John Mishler Goshen, Indiana.
 
Solo Shows:
April 2004 Solo Exhibition, Fantastic Service, A Rocketship Adveture, Gallery of BC Ceramics Vancouver, BC
July 2000 Solo Exhibition, Stone Voices, Clay Drums Gallery of BC Ceramics Vancouver, BC
1999 Solo Exhibition, Clay drums, Goshen Potters Guild, Goshen, Indiana
 
Group Exhibitions:
2008 BC in a Box Travelling show throughout BC
Feb 7- April 6 2008 Contemporary Craft in British Columbia (excellence within Diversity) Vancouver Museum
Oct 5-30 2006 Resonant Earth Clay Musical Instrument Show Gallery of BC Ceramics
June 14-26 2006 Footprints Exhibition RoundHouse Community Centre
May 13- July 9 2006 Contemporary Canadian Ceramics Esplanade Art Gallery Medicine Hat, Alberta
April 2006 BC in a Box Gallery of BC Ceramics
Aug 2005 TransFormations, Burnaby Art Gallery
Aug 5-Oct 3 2004 From Hands to Lips, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario www.canadianclayandglass.ca
May 2004 Out of The Kiln, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre
February 2001 Group Exhibition, Artesia Gallery, Gibsons B.C.
December 2000 Group Exhibition, Sunshine Coast Arts Council, Sechelt, B.C.
December 2000 Group Exhibition, Coast Cultural Alliance, Gibsons, B.C.
October 2000 Group exhibition, ceramics, Glass Onion Gallery, Vancouver , B.C.
November 1999 Feature Exhibitor, Clay drums, West Coast Sacred Music Festival, Vancouver, B.C. October
1999 Feature Artist, Clay drums, Niwa Ceramics Gallery Vancouver, B.C. January
1995 Group Exhibition, Sculpture, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1993 Group Exhibition, Ceramics, MidWest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana
 
Awards:
2008 Pottery Making Illustrated "Thinking outside the bowl" competition: Honourable mention for chopstick bowl design"
2006 BC Arts Council Project assistance for Visual Arts
2003 Gourmet Gold Award for best tabletop product design. San Francisco Gourmet Products Show
 
Publications/Media:

2008 Pottery making Illustrated "Thinking outside the bowl" competition: Honourable mention for chopstick bowl design.
2008 Pottery Supply House 50th anniversary Mosaic calendar
From Mud to Music, book by Barry Hall, Published by The American Ceramic Society
2006 Featured with Podrums on CBC Radio North by North West

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