V i v i e n n e J
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Vivienne Jones operates a by-appointment jewellery studio in Toronto, Canada
(416) 531-4472.
ACADEMIC TRAINING
| 1973 - 1976 | School of Jewellery & Silversmithing, Birmingham Polytechnic, England, Britain |
| 1972 - 1973 | Swansea Art College, Wales, Britain |
PROFESSIONAL AND CURATORIAL ASSOCIATION
| 2007 | Jewellery Judge-Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition |
| 2007 | Ontario College of Art & Design,Material Arts Department guest speaker |
| 2006 | Recipient Ontario Arts Council Craft Grant |
| 2006 | Co-curator ‘OBJECToronto’ Exposition of Art+Craft+Design Gladstone Hotel Toronto ON |
| 2006 | Curator ‘Material World’ Craft studio residents exhibition York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre. Toronto ON |
| 2005 | Ontario College of Art & Design guest artist speaker. [1999, 2001, 2003, 2004] |
| 2004 | Three Night Stand contemporary urban craft/art/design exhibition in the Gladstone Hotel Rooms, Toronto, ON. |
| 2004 | Manifesta: Vision and Mastery in Contemporary Craft, co-curated with Arlene Gehring, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON; Cambridge Public Gallery, Cambridge, ON. |
| 2001-2004 | Advisor to Craft Studio (metal) at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON. |
| 2003 | Elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
| 2002 | Ontario Arts Council crafts grants juror. |
| 1999 - 2003 | Associate editor of MAGazine, a publication of the Metal Arts Guild |
| 1997 - 1999 | President, Metal Arts Guild of Ontario |
| 1994 - 2000 | Board Member, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition |
| 1993 | Jewellery Judge, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. |
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 | 2007 ‘Commitment Rings’ Lafreniere and Pai Gallery. Ottawa. ON. |
| 2006 | ‘MOVAK museum of Ken Nicol and Vivienne Jones’ *new* Gallery Toronto ON |
| 2006 | ‘OBJECToronto’ Gladstone Hotel , Toronto ON |
| 2005 | Lafrenière and Pai gallery,Ottawa. solo show |
| 2005 | Material Metamorphosis , The Process of Change, The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON. group show |
| 2004 | Three Night Stand , Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON. group exhibition |
| 2004 | Inside-Out , Galerie Guyomarc'h, Montreal, QC. Solo show |
| 2004 | Taboo Studio, San Diego, USA group show |
| 2004 | What's New? , *new* Gallery, Distillery District, Toronto, ON. invitational group show |
| 2003 | Around the Neck , Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON. recent neck pieces by 6 artists |
| 2002 | Materials and Color Galerie Noel Gyomarc'h Montreal,OXOXOXO Gallery, Baltimore, Sculpture to Wear , Santa Monica. Prime Gallery, Toronto.group show |
| 2002 | Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON. solo show |
RECENT MEDIA FILE
| 2006 | Newviews publication, essay/review of MOVAK, Museum of, Vivienne Jones and Ken Nicol |
| 2005 | Metalsmith Magazine, fall issue , review of 'Inside-Out' Galerie Noel Gyomarc'h Montreal Oct. 2004see media attachment |
| 2005 | Lapidary Journal, december issue , "Flight of Fancy" |
| 2002 | The Globe and Mail, Canada , "Rooms That Work" |
| 2002 | Metalsmith, spring issue, feature article ,"Earth Meets Mind" |
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