im De Rose
C/o Wilton Pottery
RR 2
Odessa, Ontario
K0H 2H0
(613) 386-3400

Tim De Rose

1964-1969 - Central Technical School, Toronto. Graduated from Special Arts
Program: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Graphics, Illustration and Sculpture.

Studios:

1968-1975 - First studios, Toronto. Part-time production, part-time
 teaching, full-time studio technician, Central Technical School.

 1975-1976 - Adolphustown, Ontario, Full-time production studio, part-time
instructor at St. Lawrence College, Pottery Dept., Kingston.

 1976 to 2016 -  Full-time studio potter and painter working in production stoneware raku, and landscape painting. Living and working at Wilton Pottery, with wife Diane Creber (porcelain potter).

2016 to Present-Painting Studio, Landscape painter

 Pottery Shows:

1971 - Two person show with Roger Kerslake, "Earth and Fire" an
exploration of material and process, abstract structural and
environmental sculpture, wall panels, and fountains. Canadian
Guild of Potters, Toronto, Ontario.

1976 - Juror and guest lecturer for the first Ontario Potters Association Conference and Show, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

 1976 - Jurors show with John Reeve, Angela Fina, Ruth McKinley, Roman Barkew, and Harlan House, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

1977 - Two person show with Diane Creber, "Contrasts". The Market Gallery, Kingston, Ontario.

1977 - One person show, "Environmental Stoneware", McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

1978 - One person show and workshop, Ontario Arts Council Grant, Sault College, Sault St. Marie, Ontario.

1981 - One person show, "One-of-a-Kind" McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

1981 - Invited to participate in a symposium "Clay in Ontario" with guest lecturer Kimpia Nakamura, muralist and architectural sculpture. Sheridan College School of Design, Oakville, Ontario.

1981 to present - Many one and two person shows in the Kingston area and at Wilton Pottery.

1996 - Wall panel commission for the Helen Henderson Library, Amherstview, Ontario. This consists of a triptych or three panels each 2' x 5'. The panels are set side by side to make a total area of 6'x 5' plus framing. They are low-relief sculpture in an abstract pattern made of stoneware clay and multi-glazed.

Painting Shows:

1999 -2000-2001-2002-2003-2004 One person painting show at the Springer Lounge, Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontario.

2002-2003-2017 Windmills Cafe, Kingston, Ontario, One Person and Group Shows, Winter (painting and drawings)

1999-2000-2001-2002-2005-2007-2014  The Toronto Outdoor Art Show (painting)

2007  One person show, Gallery Raymond, Kingston (Painting), Kingston, On.

2007-2022 Group gallery artists shows, Gallery Raymond, Kingston

 2005-2006-2007-The Salon, Kingston Artists Association, juried shows.

2008-2009-2010 One person and group gallery artists shows The Academy Gallery, Bath Ontario

2010 Juried group show "The Other Salon show", Robert Macklin Gallery, Kingston, Ontario

2012  One Person Show: "Eclectic Roots", Out In The Sticks Cultural Centre and Art Gallery, Yarker, Ontario

2014-2022 Men's group shows, Gallery Raymond, Kingston, Ontario

2013-2015  Two Person Shows, Peggy Morley and Tim De Rose, Gallery Raymond, Kingston, On

2015 to Present Gallery shows, Crescant Hill Gallery, Mississauga, On

2021 One person show, Art Noise, Kingston, On

2022-2023 Group Theme show, Crescant Hill Gallery, Mississauga, On

.Teaching and Related Activity:

1969 to 1975 - Central Technical School, Art Dept. Ceramic Technician, part-time instructor, summer school and night school instructor.

1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986 - Haliburton School of Fine Arts, summer pottery instructor.

1975, 1976,  1984 - St. Lawrence College, Kingston, pottery instructor.

1979, 1980 - McArthur College, Queens University, Instructor summer school instructor credit program.

1980 - Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario, Workshop for The Arts Program.

1969 to present - Workshops given for most of the Province of Ontario's pottery guilds and pottery associations.

1985, 1986 - Kingfest, Kingston, Ontario. Pottery instructor.

1975 to present - Volunteer teaching in many local schools both primary and secondary.

Featured in:

Ceramic Monthly

Profile Kingston

Represented by:

Gallery Raymond, Kingston, On.

Crescant Hill Gallery, Mississauga, On.

Interests past and present:

Canoeing, kayaking, long distance cycling, walking, gardening, swimming, fishing, galleries, museums, traveling, good food and cooking.