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JIM HONG LOUIE (1950 - )

Jim Hong Louie was born in 1950 in Stockton, California. He has studied at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan; at the Centre for Creative Studies (ceramics and graphic arts) in Detroit, Michigan; at the Paris School of Fine Arts (printing and drawing), at the Ontario College of Arts (ceramics) in Toronto and at Sheridan College of School of Design (ceramics) in Mississauga, Ontario.

Louie has been exhibiting his ceramics and sculptures since 1975, including at the FIRE + EARTH exhibition which toured across Canada and in Japan. His work is part of prominent collections in Canada.

In 2012, The Tom Thomson Art Gallery of Owen Sound created a show and a fundraising auction, exhibiting pieces that Louie, along with twenty-one coal artists, had produced from the salvaged material from St. George’s Church in Owen Sound. Louie lives in Williamsford, Ontario.

Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, ON
Burlington Art Center, Toronto, ON
• Bunt Collection, Toronto, ON
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC
General Foods of Canada, Toronto, ON
Indusmin, Toronto, ON

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1992 Big Bacon II, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON
1991 Big Bacon I, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON
1990 Aston Gallery, Toronto, ON
1977 Pan, Ontario’s Potters Association Gallery, Toronto, ON
1975 Head, Micelle Gallery, Toronto, ON

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 A Tale of Two Steeples, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
2002 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics; Thunder Bay Art
Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
Swarm: Insects and Contemporary Art, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
Three Towns on a River: In and Outdoor Sculptures, Durham Art Gallery, ON
2001 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, The Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
2000 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1999 EEL, permanent installation; Burlington Art Centre.
1998 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
1997 FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, Burlington Art Centre.
1996 The Fish Show, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario.
1994 6th National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois-Rivières, Québec (Honourable Mention).
1993 The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
1992 Viewpoint 1992, MacDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
1991 Vessel Explorations, Walkerton Art gallery, ON
1990 Portfolio ’90, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
Cake Plate Show, Coffer Gallery, Toronto, ON
1988 Fired Imagination ’88, Canada/Australian Ceramic Art Exchange Traveling Show to Sydney, Australia
An Exploration of Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, Nancy Poole Gallery, Toronto, ON
1987 Large Format Works in Clay, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario.
EEL, (solo installation); Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery.
A Fine Line, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario.
1986 Mentors, Ontario Craft Council Gallery, Toronto, ON
1985 Large Format Works in Clay, Burlington Cultural Center, ON
Funerary Urns, Olga Corpora Gallery, Toronto, ON
Two Levels, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, ON
City Clay, Clay Design Gallery, Toronto, ON
Animals, Ontario Potters Association Gallery, Toronto, ON
1984 Vessels, Ontario Potters Association Gallery, Toronto, ON. Traveling to Burlington Cultural Center, ON
Art Bank Show, Tatay Gallery, Toronto, ON
1983 Miniature Show, Tatay Gallery, Toronto, ON
Maliations, Tatay Gallery, Toronto, ON
1982 Clay & Color, Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, Michigan
1981 Cup Show, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON
New Work, Whitewater Gallery, North Bay, ON
Louie, Lowry, Campbell, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON
1979 Get Head, Fenner Gallery, Detroit, MI
Photography and Ceramics, Fenner Gallery, Detroit, MI
Weird Stuff, Shetani Gallery, Toronto, ON
1977 Pan, Solo Exhibition, Ontario Potters’ Association Gallery, Toronto, ON
1976 Ceramic Objects, Mecen Gallery, Toronto, ON
1975 Head, Solo Exhibition, Mecen Gallery, Toronto, ON

Selected Links

Owen Sound Artist Co-op