Teresa Bergen
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b. 1973, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Spectacular Ceramic Circus Performing Live in Mahone Bay, Solo Exhibit, Moorings
Gallery, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Give ‘er the Gears, Solo Exhibit, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Repixx, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2007 Pottering Around, Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
2006 Have my Cake and Eat it Too, Solo Exhibit, Clever Hen Studio, Chester, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Bejewel Gallery, Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada
2005 Display of Excellence, Government House, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2002 Yukon Riverside Art Show, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
Circumpolar Art and Craft Show, Iqualuit, Nunavut, Canada
2001 A Day in the Park, Solo Exhibit, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
HEPO, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Using my hands and some simple tools I love to take a lump of clay and work it into something dynamic and engaging. Through the use of strong colour and bold patterns I try to express a hopeful sense of personal freedom and openness. With interactive elements, I want to involve the viewer in the narrative. I have been exploring themes of movement and performance in my recent work. Cranks pulleys and gears and wheels allow the viewer to participate in the actions of these ceramic characters.
I am always on the lookout for strange, surprising or beautiful stories. Deriving inspiration from my own life, tales shared by family, friends, books and songs, I create work about the experiences and images that have left a strong impression or moved me.
To these ends, I find that clay presents an endless array of possibilities and challenges.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Spectacular Ceramic Circus Performing Live in Mahone Bay, Solo Exhibit, Moorings
Gallery, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Give ‘er the Gears, Solo Exhibit, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Repixx, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2007 Pottering Around, Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
2006 Have my Cake and Eat it Too, Solo Exhibit, Clever Hen Studio, Chester, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Bejewel Gallery, Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada
2005 Display of Excellence, Government House, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2002 Yukon Riverside Art Show, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
Circumpolar Art and Craft Show, Iqualuit, Nunavut, Canada
2001 A Day in the Park, Solo Exhibit, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
HEPO, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Using my hands and some simple tools I love to take a lump of clay and work it into something dynamic and engaging. Through the use of strong colour and bold patterns I try to express a hopeful sense of personal freedom and openness. With interactive elements, I want to involve the viewer in the narrative. I have been exploring themes of movement and performance in my recent work. Cranks pulleys and gears and wheels allow the viewer to participate in the actions of these ceramic characters.
I am always on the lookout for strange, surprising or beautiful stories. Deriving inspiration from my own life, tales shared by family, friends, books and songs, I create work about the experiences and images that have left a strong impression or moved me.
To these ends, I find that clay presents an endless array of possibilities and challenges.