Artist’s Statement:

Jackie Frioud I love the intimacy and dailiness of pottery. It is deeply satisfying to use handmade pots in my kitchen - a strainer for fresh strawberries, a jug for maple syrup, a platter for roasted vegetables, the perfect tea mug.

I am inspired by Japanese ceramics and contemporary pottery, by maps, stationery, tailoring and tools, by rocks, snow, gardens and the inter-tidal zone and by food beautifully presented. I hope the minimalist distillation of these fascinations in my pots intrigue and please the people who use them.

Clay is challenging, inspiring, limitless in possibilities, comforting in its long, global, earthy history.

The land and ocean near my home studio in Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, B.C and my family's summer cottage in Refuge Cove, B.C. are sources of inspiration as I spend my leisure time hiking, kayaking and cross country skiing.

I have a new natural gas-fired kiln in which I fire my salt-fired pottery. My porcelain is fired in an electric kiln.

Biography:

Born 1961

1965 - 1979	I grew up in the Okanagan Valley on top of a clay cliff. I spent my childhood summers covered in clay dust and the smell of sagebrush.

1993	BFA Hon. (Studio Art) UBC – majored in sculpture and printmaking

2000 - 2006	Advanced Ceramics, Capilano College

Awards:

2008	Award of Excellence, BC in a Box, BC Potter’s Guild Show

1988	Helen Pitt Scholarship BC Cultural Fund Scholarship Toronto Sculpture Garden Award

Selected Shows:

2010	"Art of Craft", Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC

2009	Jackie Frioud and Mila Kostic North Vancouver District Hall, North Vancouver BC Harmony Arts Festival Group Show Harmony Arts Festival Studio Tour, West Vancouver BC

2008	All Wrapped Up, Private home, West Vancouver Harmony Arts Festival Studio Tour Fingerplay, Port Moody Arts Centre and traveling through BC

2007	Great Stuff, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver All Wrapped Up, private home, West Vancouver Art in the Garden, North Vancouver

2006	New Works 3, West Vancouver Art in the Garden, North Vancouver

2005	BC in a Box Members’ Show, BC Potters’ Guild Gallery, Vancouver Art in the Garden, West Vancouver Advanced Ceramics Group Show, Capilano College, North Vancouver

2003	Earth to Fire, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver