Toni Losey

+ Education

2021 Cluster London Residency. Cluster Craft. London, UK.
2019 Ground Rules Residency. Cape Breton Centre for Craft. Sydney, NS.
2015–2017 BFA Ceramics. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Halifax, NS.
2017 Workshop with Carol Gouthro. Hamilton, ON.
2016 Workshop with Vincent Massey. NS Potters’ Guild. Dartmouth, NS.
2015 Workshop with Joan Bruneau. Lunenburg School of the Arts. Lunenburg, NS.
2013 Workshop with Jane Harold. NS Potters’ Guild. Cape Bretton, NS.
1999–2000 Alberta University of the Arts. Calgary, AB.
1996–1998 University of Regina. Regina, SK.

+ Biography

Toni Losey, born in the Canadian prairies, now lives and works as a full time ceramic artist in Halifax, Canada. She attended both The Alberta University of the Arts and The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where she received her BFA, focus on Ceramics. She has received numerous national grants and bursaries and was the first Artist in Residence award recipient of Cluster Craft London.

Losey’s work is shown both nationally and internationally. She has exhibited at Salon Art + Design in New York, Design Miami, SOFA Chicago, Ceramic Art London and in 2021 had her first international solo show in London. She was named one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2020, was short-listed for the Winifred Shantz Award 2020 and has been widely published in respected journals such as Ceramics Monthly and Ceramic Review.

+ Statement

Toni Losey’s work hums with an underlying current of rhythm and organization. The repetition found on the wheel influences her work as Losey intuitively builds sculptural forms mirroring the patterns of growth in nature. These works evolve within a set of rules developed from her personal interpretation of the natural world.

As she attempts to marry technical process with conceptual prowess, the work that emerges seems to exist outside of the maker, something otherworldly but organic, familiar but new. Losey’s work captures natural progressions found in nature and aims to renew our connection to the planet.

+ Awards & Funding

2021 Cluster Crafts Residency Award. Cluster Crafts. London, UK.
2020 Creation Grant for Individuals. Arts Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS.
2020 Finalist. Winifred Shantz Award. Canadian Clay & Glass. July 2020. Waterloo, ON, Canada.
2020 Emerging Artist. Ceramics Monthly. May 2020. United States.
2020 Presentation Grant. Arts Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS.
2020 Travel funding for Collect London. Craft Alliance. Halifax, NS.
2019 Best in Show - Plenty of Cups. Make and Do. Canada.
2019 Creation Grant for Individuals. Arts Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS.
2018 Travel funding for SOFA Chicago. Craft Alliance. Halifax, NS.
2017 Kevin and Karen Lynch Scholarships for Ceramics. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Halifax, NS.
2015 Regional Residential Services Society Community Recognition Award. For fostering a positive learning environment for a blind and deaf student in Ceramics. Dartmouth, NS.

+ Exhibitons

2021 Design Miami. Miami, FL, US.
2021 Salon Plus. New York, NY, US.
2021 The Outside of Inside. Solo Show. Bargehouse - Oxo Tower. London, UK.
2021 Ground Rules. Group Exhibition - Juried*. Cape Breton Centre for Craft. Sydney, NS.
2021 Yunomi Invitational 2020. ClayAkar. Iowa City, IA.
2021 March of Mugs. Invitational Exhibition and Sale. St. John’s, NFLD.
2021 Last Call VI. Companion Gallery. Humboldt, TN.
2020 Winifred Shantz Exhibition. Canadian Clay & Glass. Waterloo, ON.
2020 Exhibition - Invitational. Studio21. Halifax, NS.
2020 Yunomi Invitational 2020. ClayAkar. Iowa City, IA.
2020 Exhibition and Sale. Ceramic Art London. London, England. Virtual due to Covid 19
2020 Butter Dish Exhibition and Sale. ClayAkar. Iowa City, IA.
2020 Feast of Pottery. Invitational Exhibition and Sale. St. John’s, NFLD.
2020 Cup: The Intimate Object XVI - Juried. Charlie Cummings Gallery. Gainsville, FL.
2020 Last Call V. Companion Gallery. Humboldt, TN.
2019 Exhibition of New Work. Solo Exhibition. - Juried. The Craig Gallery. Dartmouth, NS.
2019 Patterns of Growth. Joint Exhibition - Juried. Mary E. Black Gallery. Halifax, NS.
2019 Cup: The Intimate Object XV - Juried. Charlie Cummings Gallery. Gainsville, FL.
2019 Plenty of Cups - Juried. Make and Do. Canada.
2019 Bonspiel – Invitational Group Exhibition. NCECA - Exhibition. Minneapolis, MN.
2019 Colour Your Winter – Invitational Group Exhibition. Studio 21 Fine Art. Halifax, NS.
2018 SOFA Chicago. Represented by Studio 21 Fine Art. Chicago, IL.