Description

Paul Mathieu, Vancouver, Tall double-coned vase with strong glazes and transfers. Porcelain. 77 cm h x 16 cm w.

Born in Bouchette, Québec, Paul Mathieu received an MA from SFSU in San Francisco and an MFA from UCLA in Los Angeles. He has received many awards including the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (Fine Craft) in 2007. His work is in numerous public collections including The Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, The Gardiner Museum for Ceramic Art; The Shigaraki Museum for Contemporary Ceramic Art; The Victoria and Albert Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Prior to retiring, he lived in Vancouver and taught in the Ceramics Department at ECUAD. He is the author of Sexpots: Eroticism in Ceramics (A&C Black, 2003), and The Art of the Future: 14 essays on Ceramics. For more, please see his website here.

This work will close with Section B at 7:30pm.