Greg Payce lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Payce has been making ceramics for over 60 years. He has exhibited his work in over thirty solo, and over one hundred and fifty group exhibitions in Canada and abroad. Greg has presented lectures and workshops nationally and internationally. His practice has been reviewed in over fifty publications and work is included in numerous public and private collections. Payce mounted Greg Payce Illusions, at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto in 2012. He received the Governor Generals Award for Media and Visual Arts – Saidye Bronfman Award for Fine Craft in 2013. In 2015, he retired from teaching at The Alberta University of the Arts and is currently Professor Emeritus at the Alberta College of Art and Design. He recently completed a Canada Council senior artist grant to undertake research, make studio work for exhibitions, and present lectures on his practice internationally. In 2018 he held a Solo Exhibition of his work with Art Mur Gallery in Berlin. His work was recently featured on the cover of Ceramics and Civilization by Paul Greenhalgh.
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