Carol Mayer
Dr. Carol E Mayer FCMA is an advocate for BC ceramics both nationally and internationally. She holds degrees from UBC, Cambridge and Leicester and is currently a Research Fellow at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (MOA), where she researches and writes about the museum's international collection of ceramics. In 1990, she curated the only permanent gallery devoted to European ceramics in western Canada. She has lectured extensively in Canada and abroad on issues relating to ceramics, museums and ethnography. Her reviews, catalogue essays and critical writings have been published widely, and she has organized and curated numerous exhibitions including Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary at MOA, 2019-2020. She is currently researching a new BC ceramics installation. The new ceramics installation and accompanying publication are due to be completed by November, 2023. Carol has served on the Board of the Potters’ Guild and was awarded a Lifetime Membership of the Guild in 2005. Carol is the founding president of the NWCF, joining the Board in 1993. For more information on Carol and on the new Multiversity Galleries at MOA, where 3000 ceramics from around the world are on view, see the Museum of Anthropology
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Brendan Lee Satish Tang
Brendan Lee Satish Tang (B: 1975, Dublin Ireland) is a visual artist who is internationally recognized for his sculptural ceramic work.
Tang’s work explores issues of identity and the hybridization of culture, while simultaneously exploring both futuristic technologies and ancient traditions. Although he is primarily known for his ceramic work, Tang continues to produce and exhibit in a wide variety of mixed and multiple mediums.
Tang’s professional practice has taken him across North America and to India, Scandinavia, Europe, the Middle East, China and Japan.
He currently lives & works on the Unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations (Vancouver, BC).
