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BIO
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
HONOURS & AWARDS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
TEACHING, LECTURES & ADJUDICATION COMMITTEES
EDUCATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIO
Elizabeth Goluch grew up on a farm in Southwestern Ontario. She graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS in 1976 with a Bachelor of Fine Art. After spending a decade in Toronto, she returned to Halifax. From the production work demanded by LizzyBugs, a hugely successful business of making and marketing her own jewellery line, and always open to new challenges, she began her investigation of and education in metalsmithing.
Elizabeth’s focus for the past 10 years has been in creating one of a kind, larger than life, highly detailed metal insects. Each complex, nature perfect sculpture incorporates gold, silver, enamel and gemstones in its construction. The decorative details and the treasure contained in each piece reference elements of insect life, lore and environment.
Elizabeth is a member of the Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia and has held the office of President and Secretary. She has been named Best in Show in numerous M.A.G.N.S. competitions and exhibitions. She has won the coveted Frank Phillips Award for Excellence in Craftsmanship. She sits on the Standards Committee of the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council and on the Exhibition Review Committee of the Mary E. Black Gallery in Halifax.
Her sculpture, Cicada (I’ll Sing in the Sunshine) was a finalist for the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award.
Elizabeth’s work has been shown in Canada, the USA, the Czech Republic and South Korea. It can be found in public and private collections in Canada, the USA, Denmark, Australia and Hong Kong.
She is represented in Canada by Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, ON and in the USA by Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I am a metalsmith. I create one of a kind, larger than life, highly detailed metal insects. Each complex, nature perfect sculpture incorporates gold, silver, enamel and gemstones in its construction.
The works reflect the intricacy, the complexity and the order inherent in nature. I relish the visible, yet can imagine much more; which gives rise to the construction of secret spaces containing their treasure that I create within each piece. The decorative details reveal another layer of information, evoking elements of insect life, lore and environment.
HONOURS & AWARDS
2010
Best in Show • Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia Exhibition
& Competition.
2009
Travel Grant • Canada Council for the Arts
2009
Industry Growth Grant • Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage
2008
Creation Grants to Individuals • Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage
2008
Industry Growth Grant • Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage
2007
The Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award • Finalist
2007
Jurors’ Choice Award • The New Cartography Of Craft
2006
Nova Scotia Art Bank • 1 piece purchased
2006
Frank X. Phillips Award for Excellence in Craftsmanship
2006, 2005, 2004, 2000
Best in Show • Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia Show & Competition
2004
Creation Grants to Individuals • Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage
2003
Nova Scotia Art Bank • 3 pieces purchased
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
METAMORPHOSIS • Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia Exhibition & Competition. Cape Breton, NS, Canada
2010
METAMORPHOSIS • Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia Exhibition & Competition. Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2010
FUSE • Group exhibition. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2010
COLLABORATION • Curated exhibition of collaborative works between members of the NSDCC. Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2010
UNITY & DIVERSITY, SELECTED WORKS • Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2009
UNITY AND DIVERSITY • Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea
2009
CESKY KRUMLOV STATE CASTLE • Wenceslas Cellars, Czech Republic
2009
HEIRLOOMS OF THE FUTURE • Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA
2008
NO DRIPS ALLOWED • Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, ON, Canada
2008
CELEBRATION • Invitational show of 21 metalsmiths, marking the 80th birthday of noted
metalsmith Lois Etherington Betteridge. Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, ON, Canada
2008
SOFA New York • Showcased by Mobilia Gallery
2007
THE TEAPOT REDEFINED • Group Show. Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA
2007
SOFA New York • Mobilia Gallery
2007
THE NEW CARTOGRAPHY OF CRAFT • Juried show of members of the Nova Scotia
Designer Crafts Council, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
2006
ORIGINality • Group show, Sculpture to Wear Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2005
NATURAL SYMMETRY
(with Janice Wright-Cheney) • Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
2005
MASTERWORKS • Invitational show of select members of the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
2005
THE HEALING GARDEN • Group Show, Newfoundland Craft Council Gallery, St. John’s, NFLD, Canada
2004
THE HEALING GARDEN • Group Show, Artsplace, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada
2004
THE HEALING GARDEN • Group Show, Saskatchewan Craft Council Gallery, Saskatoon, SASK, Canada
2004
INSTALLATION OF 2 SCULPTURES • Government House, Halifax, NS, Canada (at the request of Her Honour Myra Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
2003
FEAR FACTOR • YHZ Contemporary Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
2002
ARTICULATION (with Barbara Lounder) • YHZ Contemporary Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
2006
Nova Scotia Art Bank (1 piece)
2003
Nova Scotia Art Bank (3 pieces)
Private Collections in Canada, USA, Denmark, Australia, Hong Kong
TEACHING, LECTURES & ADJUDICATION COMMITTEES
2010
Lecture. "Things I’ve Learned from Bugs" ARTpreneur Conference, Cornwall, ON, Canada
2009
Lecture • "The Insect Revealed" 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea
2009
Juror • Student Architecture Competition, Grille Design for New Administration Foyer, Medjuk Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
2009
Juror • Peer Assessment Committee for Nova Scotia Art Bank Program, Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage
2008
Artist’s Talk: “The Insect Revealed” • SOFA New York, Mobilia Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2008
Lecture • Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, Halifax, NS, Canada
2005
Artist’s Talk: “Natural Symmetry” • Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
2005
Juror • Peer Assessment Committee for Grants to Individuals, Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage
2004
Juror • Selection of a recipient to be recommended for the Portia White Prize, Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage
2006–2009
Exhibition Review Committee • Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada
1999–Present
Standards Committee. Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Halifax, NS, Canada
EDUCATION
2010
Enamelling. Lillian Yuen. Nova Scotia College of Art & Design U., Halifax, NS, Canada
2008
Enamelling. Ayelet Stewart. Workshop, Halifax, NS, Canada
2007
Mechanisms. Chris Darway. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, USA.
2006
Discovering the Spiculum/The Finer Points of Finishing. Anne Larsen Hollerbach. Workshop, Halifax, NS, Canada.
2002
Raising & Sinking. David Pimentel. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, USA.
2001
Hinges & Catches. Lisa Gralnick. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, USA.
1976
BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, Halifax, NS, Canada
1970
Teaching Certificate, London Teachers’ College, London, ON, Canada
BIBLIOGRAPHY
10 DAYS ACROSS CANADA (4 Men, Their Country and 1 Question: What does it mean to be Canadian? )
John J. Earle, Frank Burelle, Ron Piquette and Jamie Carr. A fishrizzo production. 2010
HALIFAX HERALD, June 2010
Review of Collaboration by Elissa Barnard
ARTSPOTS, CBC TV, Artist Profile, 2008 to present
HALIFAX HERALD, January 15, 2005
Review of Natural Symmetry by Elissa Barnard
NOVA SCOTIA CRAFT NEWS, Winter 2005
Review of Natural Symmetry by Anna Horsnell Wade
EAST COAST LIVING, Spring & Summer 2004
Profile by Meghan Nieman
NOVA SCOTIA CRAFT NEWS, Winter 2004
Review of Fear Factor by Jane Milton
HALIFAX HERALD, December 14, 2003
Review of Fear Factor by Elissa Barnard
HALIFAX HERALD, April 28, 2002
Review of Articulation by Elissa Barnard
THE DAILY NEWS, April 11, 2002
Review of Articulation by Marilyn Smulders
ARTS ATLANTIC #72, Summer 2002
Review of Articulation by Svava Juliusson
THE DAILY NEWS, July 24, 2001
Studio visit & review by Marilyn Smulders
NATIONAL POST, June 16, 2001
“Must-Haves—Insect Jewellery” by Amanda Eaton
THE SUNDAY HERALD, October 15, 2000
Metal Arts Guild Show & Competition review by Elissa Barnard
Metcalfe, Robin. STUDIO RALLY: ART AND CRAFT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions and Studio Rally Productions, 1999.
VICKI GABEREAU, ATV, Artist Interview, 1999
Felton, Russell. IMPERIAL OIL REVIEW, Summer 1996, “On the
Trail of Nova
Scotia’s Art”. |
