Sloan, Debra

Self-taught from 1973-79, Debra Sloan attended VSA from 1979-1982, and ECUAD (BFA, 2004). She has taught extensively, including 21 years at the Shadbolt Arts Centre. Debra’s work has been represented in international exhibitions and magazines, and in 6 LARK 500 [NY] books. Debra received a BC Arts Council Visual Arts Award, and a Circle Craft Co-op Scholarship for residencies at the International Ceramic Studio, Hungary. In 2014 Debra was artist-in-residence, at the Leach Pottery, St Ives, supported by FUSION, Ontario. In 2015 Debra attended a six week residency at C.R.E.T.A-Rome, supported by the Hilda Gerson Award, and was the Honouree for the 2015 Craft and Design Award from the Mayor’s Arts Awards [Vancouver]. In 2018 Sloan completed a ceramics artist residency at MOA.