Arina Ailincai

Ceramics

EDUCATION: 1992 Visual Art Teaching Certificate. University of Toronto, Canada 1971 MFA, University of Arts & Design. Cluj-Napoca, Romania 1969 BFA University of Arts & Design. Cluj-Napoca, Roman

Brief Resume/CV

EDUCATION:

1992 Visual Art Teaching Certificate. University of Toronto, Canada
1971 MFA, University of Arts & Design. Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1969 BFA University of Arts & Design. Cluj-Napoca, Romania

AWARDS:

1994 Prix Pierre Legaut. National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois Rivieres, Canada
1992 Honourable Mention. Toronto, Outdoor Show, Toronto, Canada
1992 Ontario Craft Council Award. „Face to Face”, Toronto, Canada
1991 John Mather Prize. Ontario Craft ’91, Toronto, Canada
1981 Targa D’Argento. International Ceramic Exhibition Faenza, Italy
1978 Honour Diploma. Quadrennial Show of Decorative Arts, Erfurt, Germany
1976 Honourable mention for Youth Award. Fine Art Association Cluj-Napoca, Romania

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2001 Multiple Dialogue. East-West, Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Multiple Dialogue. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
1999 Presence Through Absence. Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, USA.
1998 Inside-Out, Four Canadian Installations. “G Gardiner” Museum, Toronto, Canada
1997 Ceramics, Prints and Drawings. Stride Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1995 Ceramics. Theatre Passe Muraille Toronto, Canada
1994 Ceramics Installation. Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
1989 Ceramics and Drawings. La petite Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1988 Ceramics, Photography Drawings. Inn Gallery, Kufstein Austria
1985 Works in Porcelain. Archives Departamentalles Limoges, France
1982 Ceramics and Photography. Art Gallery, Oradea, Romania

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006 International Academy of Ceramics, Exhibition, Riga, Latvia
  Kohila Symposium, Estonia
2005 Ceramic Multiplex, Festival of Post-modern Ceramics, Croatia
2004 International Academy of Ceramics, Exhibition, Icheon, South Korea
  The first Taiwan Ceramic Biennale Taipei. Taiwan
2002 Five McKnight Artists Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, USA
  Faimar, Ceramics Symposium, Baia Mare, Romania
2001 Shape?Style,InternationalCeramiSculptureExchibition,Taipei, Taiwan
  Made in Clay Studio, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
2000 Voyage, National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois Rivieres, Canada
1999 Woman in Clay, Zolgyfa Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1997 Faculty Show, Alberta College of Art& Design, Calgary, Canada
1996 Canadian Clay Pyramid Art Centre, NCECA, Rochester, USA
  National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois Rivieres, Canada
  Ontario Crafts’95 Biennial, OOC, Toronto, Canada
1994 National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois Rivieres, Canada
  San Angelo National Ceramics Competition, Museum of Fine Arts,
  „Clay on Wall”, Eastern Washington University, Washington, USA
1993 Toronto Outdoor Art Show, Toronto, Canada
  International Exhibition of Ceramics Arts, Faenza, Italy
  Three Romanian Artists, Joan B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1992 Third Porcelain Triennial, Nyon, Switzerland
  Face to Face, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1991 Ontario Crafts’91 Biennial OCC, Toronto, Canada
  Porcelain Boxes, R.G. Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, Canada
  Rites of Spring, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  Baked Alaska, Uncommon Object, ZorkQuaz Centre, Toronto, Canada
1990 Festive Treasures, Museum for Textiles, Toronto, Canada
  Curiosa Felicitas, Zork Quaz Gallerz Toronto, Canada
1987 Mirror, University of Architecture, Bucharest, Romania
  Annual Art Show, Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1983 Porcelain Symposium St. Yrieux, France
1982 Biennial Exhibition of Ceramic Art Piran, Yugoslavia.
  Quadriennial Exhibition of Decorative Arts Erfurt, Germany
1981 International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts Faenza, Italy
  Biennial Exhibition of Ceramic Arts Vallauris, France.
1878 Exhibition of Decorative Arts Erfurt, Germany

SELECTED PUBLIC LECTURES

2006 Ceramic Symposium Kohila, Estonia
2003 Ceramics Museum Shigaraki, Japan
2002 Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, USA
2001 Ceramics Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1999 Manchester Craftsman’s Guild, Pittsburgh, USA
  International Ceramic Studio Kecskemet, Hungary
1998 George R Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, Canada
1997 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Regina, Canada
1996 Alberta College of Arts & Design, Calgary, Canada.
1995 Ontario Craft Council Toronto, Canada
1994 Ontario College of Art &Design Toronto, Canada

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN ARTS REWIEWS AND MAGAZINES

2000 "Ceramic Art" (No 27) Taipei, Taiwan: "Creation land" by Shao T. J
1998 "Contact" (No 111) Canada: Printed Images on Clay" by Arina Ailincai
1995 "Contact" (No. 110), Canada: "The Body in Question" by Ed Bameling
1992 "Harbourfront Center (September issue) Toronto, "Portrait"
1988 "Neue Keramik" (No 6) Berlin: "Allegorien der Weisheit" by Gustav Weiss
1983 "L’Atelier" (No.40) Paris, Question a la Source, By M. Morichon
1981 "Arta" (No.4) Bucharest, "Portrait" by Mihai Driscu

PROFESIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2004 International academy of Ceramics (IAC), Geneva, Switzerland
1977 Visual Arts Union, Bucharest, Romania