Reed Weir
Bio
Canadian Ceramics artist Reed Weir is a Newfoundland based sculptor.
Weir learned the craft of pottery from her mother and graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design (AOCAD 1985). In 1991 she moved to Newfoundland and Labrador and with her husband Brian Banfield, established the production pottery studio Phaedrus Applied Arts.
The human figure is an important element in Reed’s work – one that has been consistently present for at least fifteen years. She has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Germany, Japan and Thailand -notably Earth Works, organized by the Gardiner Ceramic Museum for Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany and Autoportrait, 10th Biennale Nationale de Ceramique, Trois Rivieres, Quebec and Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario (2002). In 2008 The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador presented The Flood at Furnace Cove a two person exhibition featuring Weir’s sculpture along with encaustic painting by Angela Antle.
Weir's sculpture is held in numerous private and public collections including The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, The Burlington Art Centre, and Mount Saint Vincent University. Weir is the recipient of numerous awards including the Outstanding Achievement award for Excellence in Craft from the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (2007) and an EVA - Excellence in Visual Arts Award from Visual Artists of Newfoundland and Labrador (2009).
Reed Weir's artwork is featured in Gail Crawford's Studio Ceramics in Canada (2005), Lark Book's 500 Animals in Clay, Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form (2006) and the American Ceramic Society's From Mud to Music (2006).
Website: www.reedweir.ca
