KAY BONATHAN

Kay Bonathan was born in Montreal and studied art history and visual art at McGill and Concordia Universities. In 1970 she began to specialize in sculpture and three dimensional design. She has taught art in several post secondary institutions including Sir George Williams University, Concordia University, the Academie des Beaux Arts, Douglas College, Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C. and in Haiti, She has been a resident and active community artist on the Sunshine Coast since 1991 and has been hosting the cable TV program, Arts Update, since 1994. She works in a wide variety of sculptural forms and materials including: fiberglass, plywood, concrete, cold cast bronze, antler, hydrostone, ceramics, and recycled materials. Recently she has been exploring the potentials of raku ceramics as well as designing and building houses. Her work may be viewed at the Gift of the Eagle Gallery and in the gardens of Rosewood Country House, both in Gibsons, B.C., and also at Artifax Design Ltd., Vancouver. Kay has travelled extensively in the Caribbean, Asia, and Mexico and now lives in Coquitlam

DUO AND SOLO SHOWS: 1974 Academic des Beaux Arts, Port-auPrince, Haiti 1975 Gallery One, Concordia University, Montreal 1980 Galeric Bernard desroches, Montreal 1986 White Rock Station Art Centre, White Rock 1993 Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt 1996 Silk Purse Art Centre, West Vancouver SELECTED GROUP SHOWS: 1972 Provincial Legislature, Quebec City 1977 Faculty Show Concordia University, Montreal 1981 Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond 1984 Douglas College Gallery, New Westminster 1982-6 Kwantlen Faculty Shows, Surrey Art Gallery 1985-9 Arterie Shows, Surrey Art Gallery 1992 White Rock Community Gallery, White Rock 1993-2001 Invitational Shows, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt 2002 "Passion for Clay", Kwantlen Gallery, Surrey B.C. 2002 "911 Commemorative Show", Sunshine Coast Art Centre 2003 "Self Portraits Then & Now", Sunshine Coast Art Centre 2004 "Fibre...Pushing Boundaries", Sunshine Coast Art Centre 2005 "Friends of the Gallery", Sunshine Coast Art Centre 2005 " Power of Place, Point of Departure", Sunshine Coast Art Centre 2006 Fraser Valley Potters" Guild Show, Maple Ridge Art Gallery

ARTIST STATEMENT: My work deals with the duality of existence: human society interacting with the natural elements, landscape as a metaphor for the human being, form displacing space and space disintegration form. Kay Bonathan can be reached at 604 936 2533 or by