Catherine Paleczny BFA, MFA, MSEd
Education
| 2004 – 2005 | Master of Science in Education Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York |
| 2000 – 2002 | Master of Fine Arts Sculpture University of Calgary Alberta, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2002 | MFA Research Study University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA |
| 2002 | Glaze Technology Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 | MFA Research Study University of Western Sydney Nepean, Sydney, Australia |
| 1996 – 2000 | Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors University of Waterloo – St. Jerome’s, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1999 | Bronze Casting, Mold Making Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax Nova Scotia |
| 1997 | Drawing, Art History University of Waterloo England exchange |
Awards
| 2004 | Canada Council for the Arts – Travel Grant |
| 2004 | Mary Bales Leading Edge Award – K-W Arts Awards, Ontario |
| 2004 | Ontario Arts Council – Exhibition Grant |
| 2003 | Ontario Craft Council – Supply Grant Award |
| 2002 | Alberta Foundation for the Arts – Travel Grant |
| 2002 | Ontario Craft Council – Scholarship Award |
| 2002 | Alberta Heritage Masters Scholarship |
| 2002 | University of Calgary – Travel Grant |
| 2001 | Ontario Craft Council – Scholarship Award |
| 2001 | GAT Award University of Calgary |
| 2000 | University of Waterloo – Excellence in Sculpture |
| 1999 | University of Waterloo – Excellence in Sculpture |
| 1998 | University of Waterloo – Excellence in Sculpture |
Teaching
| 2008 – Present | Teacher Visual Arts St. John’s Kilmarnock Breslau, Ontario Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 Visual Arts |
| 2006 – 2008 | Teacher Visual Arts Ridley College St. Catharines, Ontario Grades 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 Visual Arts, 10 Media Arts |
| 2006 | Teacher Visual Arts, St. Marcellinus Secondary School Grades 9, 10, 11 Visual Arts Mississauga, Ontario |
| 2006 | Instructor, Imagery for Objects, Sheridan College of Art and Design, Oakville, Ontario |
| 2005 – 2006 | Instructor, Mold Making Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2004 | Instructor, Imagery for Objects, Sheridan College of Art and Design, Oakville, Ontario |
| 2004 | Assistant, Clay Sculpture, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2003 –2004 | Professor, The Business of Art, Foundation Sculpture, Introductory Ceramics White Mountain Academy of the Arts, Elliot Lake, Ontario |
| 2003 | Assistant Professor, Introductory/ Intermediate Sculpture University Of British Columbia formerly, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia |
| 2003 | Sessional Instructor, Intermediate Sculpture Studio Seminar Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2003 | Sessional Instructor, Introductory Sculpture Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 | Instructor, Ceramic Sculpture Faculty of Continuing Education University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 | Sessional Faculty, Drawing Instructor University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 | Teachers Assistant, Fourth Year Honors Sculpture University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 | Teachers Assistant, Fundamental Sculpture University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2000 | Teachers Assistant, Fundamental Sculpture University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 1999 | Instructor for sculpture and mixed –media, Studio 4, K-W Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
| 1998 | Instructor for sculpting and mixed media, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario |
Public Commissions
| 2015 | Bridging the Past I, Bridging the Past II, Preston Building, Bridgeport Building, Waterloo, Ontario, J&D Consulting |
| 2014 | Flourishing Convergence, Waterloo, Ontario, Prica Group Inc |
| 2013 | Arterial Roads I, Arterial Roads II, Red Condo, Waterloo, Ontario, Momentum Development |
| 2010 | Aspiring Orchard, BPR Building, Waterloo, Ontario, Momentum Development |
Selected Group Exhibition
| 2013 | Distillations and Eruptions: Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2012 | Distillations and Eruptions NCECA Seattle |
| 2012 | The Art of Mentoring: A Legacy, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2011 | Reflective Natures and Transparent Landscapes, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2011 | Terra Nova: Canadian “Ground Breakers” in Ceramic Art, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2011 | Chinese Rabbit Exhibition, Shanghai, China |
| 2010 | Chinese Tiger Exhibition, Shanghai, Bejing, China |
| 2009 | Chinese Pig Exhibition, Shanghai, China |
| 2008 | @home.com- Chinese Rat Exhibition, Shanghai, China |
| 2007 – 2008 | Elemental Connections, Ontario Crafts Council, First Canadian Place, Alberta Crafts Council, Ontario, Alberta, Canada |
| 2007 | Made & Found, Pottery Workshop C2 Gallery, Jingdezghen, China |
| 2007 | Year of the Pig, Shanghai, China |
| 2007 | Apertura, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2005 | 125 Anniversary Show Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2005 | Miedzynarodowy Plener Cermiczno – Rzezbiarski Wroclaw, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2005 | Miedzynarodowy Plener Cermiczno – Rzezbiarski Poznan, Poland |
| 2005 | Miedzynarodowy Plener Cermiczno – Rzezbiarski Wroclaw, Poland |
| 2005 | Sowing, Gallery 96, Stratford, Ontario |
| 2005 | Free at the Centre: 11 Sculptors NCECA Carroll Community College Westminister, Maryland, USA |
| 2004 | Gallerie II Gallerie Luz, Montreal, Quebec |
| 2004 | Homecoming University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2004 | Zaproszenie Galerii Boleslawieckiego, Boleslawiec – Poland |
| 2004 | Nomad’s Land University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| 2004 | Cross – Fertilization, NCECA, Bodner Gallery, Indiana, Indianapolis, USA |
| 2004 | Art and Spirit University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2004 | miniARTure, (things in proportion) Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2004 | connektionz 6 White Mountain Gallery, White Mountain Academy of the Arts, Elliot Lake, Ontario |
| 2003 | K-W Biannual, Kitchener – Waterloo, Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2003 | the-stray-show, zeek and neen, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 2003 | matchmaker, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2003 | european network, Museum of International Ceramic Art, Middlefart, Denmark |
| 2003 | Communication, Memory, Veiled, hvid+enuh, Rotunda Art Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2002 | Outside In, The University of Montana, UC Gallery, Missoula, Montana USA |
| 2002 | In the Garden, The University of Michigan, Warren M. Robbins Gallery |
| 2002 | Linx Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 | Intersections of Art and Science International ISIS-Symmetry Exhibition, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| 2001 | Untitled, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2001 | Idols and Icons, the New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2000 | Exordium, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2000 | Untitled, Art Space Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1999 | Birdsdunnit, Front Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1999 | Untitled, Art Space Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1998 | Group Show, Front Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1998 | Untitled, Art Space Gallery, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 1996 | Illusions, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 | Pars Pro Toto: a sundry Burlington Art Centre |
| 2009 | Sumos Quad Sumos Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery |
| 2005 | Imply – Wampish, Museum London, London, Ontario |
| 2005 | Carbon Cushion, Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2005 | subseco, Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2005 | association complex, Kootenay Gallery of Art, History & Science, Castlegar, British Columbia |
| 2004 | Harmonic Cohesion, White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario |
| 2004 | Title yet to be established, KOR Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario |
| 2003 | depictions Arrow Lake Fine Arts Guild, Nakusp, British Columbia |
| 2003 | Intention-dimorphism, Fina Gallery, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia |
| 2003 | activities facet, The Other Gallery, The Banff Centre, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2003 | Tre+Udland, Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2002 | Components, Kartofel Hus Gallenet, Skaelskor, Denmark |
| 2001 | instead of thinking how things may be…to see them as they are Untitled Gallery, Calgary Alberta |
| 2001 | see them as they are University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 | From here to there and back… YZ Space Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2001 | Untitled, The New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 | Leguminous, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2000 | insulate University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario |
Artist in Residence
| 2015 | Happy Lucky Site – Arita, Japan |
| 2011 | Experimental Clay Factory – Jingdezghen, China |
| 2007 | Experimental Clay Factory – Jingdezghen, China |
| 2004 | Ceramic-Sculpture Symposium – Boles³awiec, Poland |
| 2003 | The Banff Centre – Banff, Alberta – Canada |
| 2002 | Museum of International Ceramic Art – Denmark, Skaelskor |
Permanent Collection
| 2007 | Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezghen, China |
| 2005 | do Galerii Coleslawieckiego Osrodka Kultury, Boleslawiec Poland |
| 2002 | The Museum of International Ceramic Art, Middlefart, Denmark |
Work Shops
| 2004 | Handbuilding – Amalgamation Festival of Art & Spirit, St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo, Ontatio |
| 2002 | Hand Building – textural surfaces as a new medium. Museum of International Ceramic Art, Skaelskor, Denmark |
| 2001 | Hand Building – University of Calgary Alberta, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2000 | Wheel Throwing – University of Calgary Alberta, Calgary, Alberta |
Artist Talks
| 2015 | Happy Lucky Site – Arita, Japan |
| 2011 | Cultural Centre – Jingdezghen, China |
| 2009 | Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery – Kitchener, Ontario |
| 2007 | Cultural Centre – Jingdezghen, China |
| 2005 | Southern Methodist University – Dallas Texas, USA |
| 2004 | The 40th International Ceramics and Sculpture Symposium – Boleslawiec, Poland |
| 2004 | International Slide Forum NCECA – Indiana, Indianapolis, USA |
| 2003 | The Banff Centre for the Arts – Banff, Alberta |
| 2002 | Bornholm School of Clay and Glass – Bornholm, Denmark |
| 2002 | Museum of International Ceramic Art – Skaelskor, Denmark |
| 2002 | University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 2002 | International Slide Forum NCECA – Kansas, Missouri, USA |
| 2001 | University of Western Sydney – Sydney, Australia |
| 2001 | Sydney College of Arts – Sydney, Australia |
| 2001 | Alberta College of Art and Design 1000 miles apart– Calgary, Alberta |
| 2000 | University of Calgary – Calgary, Alberta |
Guest Artist
| 2001 | University of Western Sydney Nepean, Sydney, Australia |
| 2002 | University of Michigan School of Art and Design Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
Publications
| Bernard Singer, Christian. Distillations & Eruptions. 2013. Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. |
| Reid, Robert. Ceramicists pay homage to life forms. 2005 D4. The Record. |
| Townsend, Melanie. Supernatural: Museum London. 2005 |
| Pearce, Karla. BioMorphic Kootenay Gallery of Art History and Science. 2005 |
| Paleczny, Catherine. Erroll Willet’s Geometric Patterns: Ceramics Art and Perception pg58 #issue 56. Sydney, Australia, 2004 |
| Topf, Andrew. Sculptor depicts nature’s secrets: Arrow Lakes News, pg 16. British Columbia: Arrow Lakes News, 2003 |
| Paleczny, Catherine. Ceramic Sculptor Catherine Paleczny:Ontario Craft pg 4. Toronto: Ontario Crafts Council, 2003 |
| Linnemann, Ann. Network Europe 2002: Danmarks Keramikmuseum, Skaelskor, Denmark, 2002 |
| Czerski, Karoline. Who says size doesn’t matter? MiniARTure adds charm to the Triangle Arts Gallery: Gauntlet, pg 15. Calgary, Alberta, 2004 |
| Skoracki, Reinhard. MiniArture: 10 x 10 x 10 x 10: Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, pg 3. Calgary, Alberta, 2004 |