ajpiller@gmail.com 

 

771 Bethel Rd 

Picton, Ont. 

K0K 2T0                 

416-604-0663 

 

 

 

 

 

Education 

 

A.O.C.A. Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario, 1983. 

 

 

 

Exhibitions 

 

2012/13  Prince Edward County Studio Tour 

 

2012      “Make Your Mark” installation Nuit Blanche, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto 

 

2012      “Home/Body” Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa 

 

2010      “fox and crow”  installation at HAUS, Toronto 

 

2009      “necklace”: Object + Artifact, The DepARTment Gallery, Toronto 

 

2008      “Philtering Clay” David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, solo show 

 

2007     “Ceramic Sculpture Now” Lafreniere and Pai Gallery, Ottawa 

 

2006“Beauteous” Harbourfront Centre, Bounty showcase window, Toronto 

 

2005  “Three Night Stand” Gladstone Hotel, Toronto 

 

Uxbridge Celebration of the Arts-studio tour, Uxbridge 

 

2004Solo show, New Works,Lafreniere and Pai Gallery, Ottawa  

 

2004“Core Explorations” Palace Contemporary Crafts, Toronto 

 

2003“Art in the Garden”, Elora Arts Centre 

 

Lakeshore Arts Annual Juried Art Show, Toronto 

 

“Alice” group teapot show, Palace Contemporary Crafts, Toronto 

 

“Life taking Shape”, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto 

 

2001“Elemental”, Lafreniere and Pai Gallery, Ottawa 

 

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square 

 

2000Material Matters, Toronto: showcase 

 

“Fire in the Garden”, Portfoolio Gallery, Toronto 

 

“A Bowl for All Seasons”, Gardiner Museum, Toronto 

 

 

 

Awards and Grants 

 

2013     Ontario Arts Council, Artist In Education Grant 

 

2012     Ontario Art Education Association, Community Art Educator of The Year 

 

2012     Ontario Arts Council, Artist In Education Grant 

 

2001 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Ceramics Award 

 

2000   Ontario Arts Council, Individual Crafts Grant 

 

1995Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education Grant 

 

1993Ontario Arts Council, Craftsman Grant 

 

 

1986"The Maker's Eye", Harbourfront Centre, Toronto; Best Display and Ceramics Purchase Award 

 

1986Ontario Arts Council, Professional Craftsman Grant 

 

1985"The Maker's Eye", Harbourfront Centre Toronto; Anne Johnston Award 

 

1985Ontario Arts Council, Materials Assistance Grant 

 

1983Ontario College of Art, Graduate Show scholarship for "Excellence in Ceramics" 

 

 

 

Collections 

• Gardiner Museum 

• Burlington Arts Centre 

• Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Kitchener Waterloo 

 

 

 

Teaching/Professional 

 

Royal Conservatory of Music, faculty L.T.T.A  mentor artist                                               2005 to present 

 

TDSB, TCDSB art instructor/facilitator                                                                               1996 to present 

 

Avenue Road Art School/ Arts For Children, instructor                                                      2005 to present 

 

Haliburton School of the Arts, instructor summer                                                                               2007 

 

David and Julia White Artist Colony, Costa Rica, artist residency2004 

 

Ontario Society for Education through Art:  annual conference workshop presenter    2002,2003 

 

Honour Earth- Flowing Waters Project at Toronto Island artist/instructor                                           2002 

 

Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto; lecture: "Ceramics and Architecture”                                 1995