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Toni Losey

Toni Losey

Halifax, NS

Toni Losey (1977), born in the Canadian prairies, is now a full-time ceramic artist in Halifax, Canada. In 2018, she received her BFA (Ceramics) at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD). 

Throughout her career, she has received numerous grants and bursaries and was the first Artist in Residence award recipient of Cluster Craft London (UK).

In 2020, she was one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists, in 2021, had her first international solo show in London (UK), and, in 2023, received special recognition at the Cheongju International Ceramics Biennale (S. Korea).

Some of Losey’s international exhibitions include Collect London (UK), Salon Art + Design NY, Design Miami, SOFA Chicago, and Ceramic Art London (UK). Her work is included in permanent collections such as Global Affairs Canada, Aberystwyth University (Wales), and Nova Scotia Art Bank.

Losey has ongoing representation at J. Lohmann Gallery (NY), Pik’d Gallery (Beirut), and Katzman Art Projects (NS). She is an experienced ceramics Name Height (inches) Width (inches) Depth (inches) Description Retail Price CAD Gleam 14 19 11 Multi fired Earthenware, Porcelain, and Nichrome Wire $5900 educator and has taught university courses, both national and international workshops, and international conferences. She is currently instructing at NSCAD.

Artist statement:

My work is evocative of nature, of growth patterns, and the cycle of life. It presents as both inert object and living specimen; an expression of the possibilities of clay and glaze yet seemingly organic.  I am fascinated by the existence of fungi and slime molds that beautifully emerge from decay: a place of loss where growth is not only possible but perhaps unavoidable. I reference these influences through the development of deeply textural, colourful, and complex works paying particular attention to light and shadow, dawn and dusk. Through the intentional suggestion of light peaking through the saturation of darkness, the work pushes us to question, “Is this a beginning, or an end?”