Carly Slade is a Canadian Ceramic Artist who grew up in “big sky” Alberta where she spent her early working life in the trades, from carpentry to concrete she is most at home in a shop. Her work is influenced by her blue-collar roots and plagued by a concern for the precarious nature of the working class. Using a mixture of materials from ceramic, to embroidery, to industrial building supplies, Slade recreates dioramas of real world places using a candid perspective

Slade received her BFA in Ceramics from the Alberta College of Art and Design (2010), and her MFA in Spatial Arts from San Jose State University (2016). Her work has been exhibited throughout Canada and the United States. Slade has received several awards including being selected as an Emerging Artist as well as receiving the Helene Zucker Seeman Emerging Artist Award from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). Slade has participated in residencies at The Archie Bray Foundation, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and Medalta International Artists in Residence. Slade has presented at symposiums, conferences and workshops around the world including NCECA in Sacramento, CA, USA, Chula Clay & Culture International Ceramic Symposium, in Bangkok, Thailand, and The New Clay Conference in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Her work has been shown in many group and solo shows internationally . Slade’s work can be found in the collections of Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand), Archie Bray Foundations for the Ceramic Arts (Helena, MT, USA), Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (Overland Park, KS, USA), and The Clay Studio (Philadelphia, PA, USA).

For a look into her studio and to see what she is working on now you can follow her on Instagram @CarlySlade . To peek inside her classroom check out @carlysclass, and to see her production work please visit www.SladeGoods.com