Education:
2021-2023 MFA, University of Washington School of Art, Art History and Design, 3D4M, Seattle WA, USA
2011-2014 BFA, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2009-2011 Emily Carr University of Art & Design, BFA year 1&2, Vancouver, Canada
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 (upcoming) Trans Passions, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, USA
(upcoming) Growing Pains, Pottery Northwest Gallery, Seattle, USA
2023 Post Tomboy: MFA Thesis Exhibition, North Gallery UW, Seattle, USA
2022 Adapting, Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, QC, Canada
2021 NuQueer Power, Galerie Fatal Art, Montreal, QC, Canada
2020 Dust Evans Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2019 Identities that Bind us and Set us Free, Salt Spring Island, Canada
2016 Jessica Sallay-Carrington, Galerie Luz, Montreal, Canada
2015 Rammits Revealed, Main & Station Art Centre, Parrsboro, Canada
2014 Faunacloset, Mouse Print Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Group Exhibitions:
2024 (upcoming) Unregulated, NCECA exhibition, Richmond, USA
(upcoming) Intersection X Redirection, NCECA exhibition, Richmond, USA
AX Ceramic Competition Winners, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, Canada
TeapotsX, Baltimore Clayworks Gallery, Baltimore, USA
2023 Origin,Curated by Kensuke Yamada, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, USA
MFA/MDes Graduate Exhibition, The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA
Distribuqueery, (organizing and exhibiting), NCECA 2023, Cincinnati, USA
2022 The Great Annual NW Art Exhibition 2022, Matzke Fine Art Gallery, Camano Island USA
Voices, Canadian Clay and Glass, Waterloo, ON, Canada
The Traveling JLG- Summer Works Show, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, USA
Animalia, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, USA
2022 Confined, Canadian Clay and Glass, Waterloo, ON, Canada
2021 Myths & Realities, Canadian Clay and Glass, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Respirator MTL, Le Sino Galerie, Montreal, QC, Canada
2020 National Sculpture Exhibition, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
2019 Motley Wall (organized and exhibited), Mosaika North, Montreal, QC, Canada
The Emotional Animal (juried), Clay Art Center, New York, USA
Expose Yourself, Powell River Public Art Gallery, Powell River, Canada
Clay Bodies (juried), Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, USA
Le Project Empower, (fundraiser event for Chez Stella), Atomic Cafe, Montreal, Canada
2018 Shapes of Influence (juried), Springfield Art Association, Illinois, USA
Glenhyrst Biennial Juried Exhibition, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, Canada
FestiVulve- Festival Celebrating Vulvas, Loft Hotel, Montreal, Canada
The Rose Festival: Montreal’s Queer Arts Festival , Mainline Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Top 60™ Masters of Contemporary Art, Rio Gallery III, New York City, USA
FoodModesty (juried), Fresh Paint Studio & Cafe, Toronto, Canada
Mirror: Articule’s 2018 Members Show (juried), Articule Gallery, Montreal, Canada
The Nude: Brutal Beauty, (juried) Lexington Art League, Lexington, USA
2017 Celebration of Femme Artists & Intersectionality, Pop-up Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Galerie Fringe - Édition Festival, MAI, Montreal, Canada
2016 Artist in Residence Exhibition, C.R.E.T.A. Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy
What is Shame? (juried), Glass Door Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Pop-Up Show- Fundraiser for Women's Charities, Mayfair, Montreal, Canada
Centerfold VII & XI (juried), Pop-up exhibition in various locations, Montreal, Canada
The Colour of Desire, Studio 314, Montreal, Canada
2015 Salt Spring National Art Prize (juried), Mahon Hall, Salt Spring Island, Canada
Real People (juried), Old Courthouse Art Centre, Woodstock, USA
The Artists of Mosaika, Mosaika Shop, Montreal, Canada
2014 Spring Into Summer (juried), Montreal Arts Centre, Montreal, Canada
Galerie Fringe (juried), Montreal Intercultures- Fringe Festival, Montreal, Canada
Hearth (juried), Station 16 Gallery, Montreal, Canada
One Night Stand (juried), VAV Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2013 Holiday RAWk, La Mouche, Montreal, Canada
Suzy Birstein Exhibition, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece
La Spiritualité Cosmique, L'Ermitage Sainte-Croix, Pierrefonds, Canada
Exploration, Usine 106u Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Still Standing (juried), Entree Des Artists Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Menagerie for Hair and Wood (juried), Art Matters Festival, Montreal, Canada
2012 You’re Fired (juried), Lillian Rodriguez Gallery, Montreal, Canada
In the Details, Webster Library Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2010 Emily Carr University Annual Art Sale, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Residencies and Arts Community Related Experiences:
2023-24 Artist in Residence Program, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, USA
2023 Organizer of community event: Mammothon, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2019 Artist in Residence (AIR) Program, Salt Spring Island, Canada
2017 Artist in Residence, Tolne Gjæstgivergaard, Tolne, Denmark
2016 Artist in Residence, C.R.E.T.A Rome, Rome, Italy
Artist in Residence, Watershed Centre for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, USA
2015/16 Artist in Residence, Main & Station Nonesuch Kickshaw, Parrsboro, Canada
2014-2021 Glaze Technician, Employed at Mosaika Art & Design, Montreal, Canada
2014 Artist in Residence, Torpedo Factory Art Centre, Alexandria, USA
2013-14 President of CCSA (Concordia's Ceramics Student Association), Montreal, Canada
2013 Participant of Suzy Birstein Ceramic Workshop, Skopelos, Greece
Co-organizer of Still Standing Exhibition, Studio #427 & EDA Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2012-13 Ceramics Student Technician at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Artist Talks and Other Professional Experiences:
2024 Panel Discussion at NCECA, “Where do we go From Here,”Richmond, USA
2023 MICA artist Lecture and studio visits for students, Baltimore, USA
Artist Talk and Studio Tour, Baltimore Clayworks
Bellevue Art Museum artist talk, Seattle, USA
Juror for Steel Yards Residency Program, Providence, RI, USA
Artist Talk for Fraser Valley Potters Build, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019 Artist Talk for Salt Spring AiR Program, SSI, BC, Canada
2016 Artist Talk, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Teaching Experience:
2024 The Human Figure: From Solid to Hollow, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, USA
2023 Human Hybrids: Building with Slabs, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, USA
Variety of Clay Workshops at The Clay Warehouse, Port Coquitlam, Canada
Creatures of the Clay Workshop, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, USA
2022-23 Instructor of Record, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Clay Instructor, Wet Clay Cafe, Seattle, WA
2020 Animal Teapots Workshop, Alligator Clay, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
2019 Animal Teapots Workshop, Gloucester Pottery School, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Animal Teapots Workshop, NBCCD, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Animal Teapots Workshop, Nonesuch Art Center, Parrsboro, NS, Canada
Sculptural Mugs, Teacups and Stein Workshop, St. Johns Studio, Portland, USA
Animal Teapots Workshop, Radius Studio, Portland, USA
Artist Talk and Demonstration, Salt Spring Arts Council, Salt Spring Island, Canada
Animal Teapots Workshop, Salt Spring Arts Council, Salt Spring Island, Canada
2018 Private sculptural-mug workshop, Personal Studio, Montreal, Canada
2016 Press-Mold Pottery Workshop, Main & Station Art Centre, Parrsboro, Canada
2015/16 Hollowing Solids Workshop, Main & Station Art Centre, Parrsboro, Canada
2015 Epic Mugs Workshop, Main & Station Art Centre, Parrsboro, Canada
Publications:
2023 Meet Jai Sallay-Carrington, Voyage Ohio Magazine, Local Stories, April 27th 2023
2022 Voices: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Canada, Exhibition Catalogue, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
2021 A Day in the Life, Montreal Guardian, Demian Verniere, online magazine, Montreal, Canada
2019 Le Ceramique Dans l'Art Contemporarian, The Pyramyd Publications, Charlotte Vannier and Veronique Pettit Laforet, France
2018 Pansexual, Polyamorous and Post-human: Jessica Sallay-Carrington's Sculptures are Smashing Stigmas, CBC Arts Interview, Lise Hosein, Montreal, Canada
Top 60™ Masters of Art 2017, ArtTour International Magazine, New York, USA
1340 ART Magazine Q1 // 2018. Dec. 29th 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017 My Secrets: Sexplorations and Other European Adventures. Jessica Sallay-Carrington, self published, Montreal, Canada
La Céramique au Service de l'Art, Lez Spread the Word Magazine. Delphine Cézard.
Online Magazine, Montreal, Canada
Interview with Jessica Sallay-Carrington, Ineffable Magazine. Hayley Evans,
Online Magazine, Montreal, Canada
Radical Decadence: Excess in Contemporary Textiles and Craft, Julia Skelly, 2017, Bloomsbury Academic, Montreal, Canada
2016 Artist Biographies, Graphite Publications, 2016 Issue, Montreal, Canada
2014 Swamp Rabbits and Earth, Headlight Anthology, 2014 Issue, Montreal, Canada
2013 Fat Rabbit in All Her Glory, Yiara Magazine, Issue 1, Montreal, Canada
Grants, Awards and Honours:
2024 Explore and Create: Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
The Mary E. Nyburg Fund for Artist Development, Baltimore Clayworks
2023 De Cillia Graduating with Excellence Award, University of Washington
HUB Directors Art Award, University of Washington
2022 Gonzales Graduate Student Scholarship for Excellence in 3D4M, University of Washington
Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists Scholarship Award, WA, USA
2021 Finalist for the Winifred Shantz Award, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Canada
2020 SODEC grant recipient, Sociéte de Developpement des Entreprises Culturelles, Canada
Finalist for the Winifred Shantz Award, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Canada
2019 Member of ArtAxis
2018 Grand prize at Glenhyrst Biennial Exhibition, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, Canada
Third place award at Shapes of Influence, Springfield Art Association, Illinois, USA
ATIM's Top 60 Masters of Contemporary Art Award, ArtTour International Magazine
2016 Research, Creation and Exploration Grant, Conceil des arts et des Lettres du Quebec
Nonesuch Fellowship for Ceramics, Sculpture and Stonework, Main & Station Residency
Collections:
Monsen-Grainger Collection, Seattle, WA, USA
HUB’s Permanent Art Collection, University of Washington, USA
Kuterevo Utočiste Medvjeda, Kuterevo, Croatia
Tolne Gjæstgivergaard Ceramic Residency, Tolne, Denmark
C.R.E.T.A. Rome Ceramic Residency, Rome, Italy
Main & Station Arts Centre, Parrsboro, Canada
Concordia University Ceramics Teaching Collection, Montreal, Canada
Sporades Islands Centre for Sustainable Life, Glossa Skopelos, Greece
Strategies for Wealth Building, Portsmouth, USA
Various Private Collections, Canada and USA