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    Paula Murray

    Regular price $7,800.00
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    RESPIRE I - tall ceramic vessel

    48 x 38 x 29.5cm, 2023

    Respire I is part of a new body of work which will appear at the Salon Révélations in Paris (summer 2023). Paula Murray will be among 8 Québecois artists whose work will be presented at Le Banquet, the centre aisle of the exhibition. 

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    Paula Murray
    Paula Murray
    wall sculpture
    adrift, side view
    adrift, detail

    Paula Murray

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    Adrift, wall sculpture of bound porcelain scrolls, 122 x 113 x 10 cm, 2021

    Created  for the juried Treinnale en métiers d;art 2021  L'éloge du fil ( In Praise of the Thread ) and received the Prix d’excellence from le Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec. The exhibition toured three Quebec public galleries: Centre d’art de La Sarre; Espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau; Centre Materia, Québec City as well as being exhibited at the salon des métiers d'arts in Montreal.

    Artist Statement

    "I have been making scrolls and working on ideas associated with sources of knowledge. 

    In Mesopotamia, trade records were written in clay and then fired so the information could not be altered. Nowadays, we associate scrolling with a way of moving through large amounts of information on a screen. Our challenge is to separate fact from fiction, truth from spin. Scrolls have recorded spiritual texts that have influenced the moral fabric of civilization for millennia. With the explosion of scientific knowledge since the Enlightenment, over time many in our society have lost confidence in spiritual institutions and have moved away from these sources of guidance.

    Lines emerge on each scroll I make, and once fired in the kiln, they cannot be manipulated. They evoke a language that needs decoding. The thread that binds cannot hold the circle. I see a moral urgency in our time calling us to examine the connection between two fundamental sources of knowledge: scientific and spiritual."

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    Small Raised Vein Bowl 15 - sculptural porcelain bowl in blue, with a yellow in
    Small Raised Vein Bowl 15 - sculptural porcelain bowl in blue, with a yellow in
    Small Raised Vein Bowl 15 - sculptural porcelain bowl in blue, with a yellow in

    Paula Murray

    Regular price $190.00
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    Small Raised Vein Bowl 15 - sculptural porcelain bowl in blue, with a yellow interior and different patterns of cracking on both surfaces.

    2022

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    Small Bowl 16 - porcelain bowl in orange, with a pale interior.
    Small Bowl 16 - porcelain bowl in orange, with a pale interior.

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    Regular price $140.00
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    Small Bowl 16 - a porcelain bowl radiant with an orange surface and a pale soft yellow interior.

    2022

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    Small Bowl 11 - porcelain bowl in orange, with a gradation of yellow and orange.
    Small Bowl 11 - porcelain bowl in orange, with a gradation of yellow and orange.

    Paula Murray

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    Small Bowl 11 - porcelain bowl in orange, with a gradation of yellow and orange.

    2022

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    Still Breathing II, porcelain vessel
    Still Breathing II, porcelain vessel DETAIL
    Still Breathing II, porcelain vessel side

    Paula Murray

    Regular price $2,800.00
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    Still Breathing II, porcelain vessel, 49l x 16.5h x 20.5d cm, 2022.
    "When I start with a bucket of porcelain slip, it can take on any shape. The slip is cast into moulds I make from plaster and are in the shape of smooth bowls. I choose to set up a dynamic where the vessels move, warp, fragment and collapse, reflecting aspects of life. I look for ways to support them, accompany them, as they change in response to the stress they embody. Was the support I gave it too much, not allowing it to move as it needed to? Was the support flexible enough to let this new stage in the development of the piece become its best self? Some pots, like people, are easy to love. Others are harder to engage with and I make a conscious choice to work with them trying to see the beauty within. Then the long journey of layering slips and glazes over many subsequent firings is next."
    Still Breathing is on exhibition at the Jingdezhen International Ceramics Biennale 12/18/2021 - 11/15/2022, in China.
    Still Breathing won the Kito Prize, which includes a three-month residency any time in the next two years.  

    "A bowl seen as a metaphor for the human condition holds sacred space. This bowl, on its side, still holds some space, some signs of life. It is still breathing, resilient.

    I induce fissures and movement in my porcelain forms through the juxtaposition of clay and fibre-glass, symbolic of how we are essentially composed of the same molecules, just put together differently.  I am manipulating and responding to how this stress changes the shape as it dries. I am concerned with how we respond and engage with the injury of experience - within, with each other, with the other."

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    Paula Murray Communion ceramic sculpture
    Paula Murray Communion ceramic sculpture
    Paula Murray Communion ceramic sculpture

    Paula Murray

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    Communion II

    "This sculpture stems from a piece a created in response to my time aboard the Canada C3 Expedition marking the 150th Anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. That piece, Who is Speaking? Who is Listening? was made out of porcelain elements in the shape of ear trumpets, referencing animal horns traditionally used as hearing aids. I wanted to draw attention to the quality of both speaking and listening as foundational to moving forward. I love this simple shape, how light and shadow falls on the form. When I began playing with them in pairs, I saw how when they are placed opposite each other they can curl under the other form, support it and hold it tight. They can stabilize the other, keep each other in balance. To commune is a very deep and vulnerable state, one where you feel heard."

    Porcelain, terra sigillata

    5 x 14 x 5", 2021

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    Regular price $3,000.00
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    Vibrant Space, large porcelain bowl.

    38 x 20 x 39 cm

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    Small Bowl 6 - porcelain bowl sculpture in white.  15l x 7h x 15d cm
    Small Bowl 6 - porcelain bowl sculpture in white.  15l x 7h x 15d cm

    Paula Murray

    Regular price $180.00
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    Small Bowl 6 - porcelain bowl sculpture in white.

    15l x 7h x 15d cm

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    Small Bowl 4 - porcelain bowl sculpture in tan and purple ombre.  15l x 7h x 13d cm
    Small Bowl 4 - porcelain bowl sculpture in tan and purple ombre.  15l x 7h x 13d cm

    Paula Murray

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    Small Bowl 4 - porcelain bowl sculpture in tan and purple ombre.

    15l x 7h x 13d cm

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    Untitled Vase 2, porcelain vase 18.5l x 15h x 13.5d cm, 2022.
    Untitled Vase 2, porcelain vase 18.5l x 15h x 13.5d cm, 2022.
    Untitled Vase 2, porcelain vase 18.5l x 15h x 13.5d cm, 2022.

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    Regular price $700.00
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    Untitled Vase 2, porcelain vase
    18.5l x 15h x 13.5d cm, 2022.

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    Untitled Vase 5, porcelain vase 16l x 15h x 15d cm, 2022.
    Untitled Vase 5, porcelain vase 16l x 15h x 15d cm, 2022.
    Untitled Vase 5, porcelain vase 16l x 15h x 15d cm, 2022.

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    Untitled Vase 5, porcelain vase
    16l x 15h x 15d cm, 2022.

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    Untitled Vase 8, porcelain vase 17.5l x 15h x 14.5d cm, 2022.
    Untitled Vase 8, porcelain vase 17.5l x 15h x 14.5d cm, 2022.
    Untitled Vase 8, porcelain vase 17.5l x 15h x 14.5d cm, 2022.

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    Untitled Vase 8, porcelain vase
    17.5l x 15h x 14.5d cm, 2022.

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    Shell I, large porcelain shell 35.5l x 14h x 13d cm, 2022.
    Shell I, large porcelain shell 35.5l x 14h x 13d cm, 2022.
    Shell I, large porcelain shell 35.5l x 14h x 13d cm, 2022.
    Shell I, large porcelain shell 35.5l x 14h x 13d cm, 2022.

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    Regular price $1,800.00
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    Shell I, large porcelain shell
    35.5l x 14h x 13d cm, 2022.

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    Small shell 1 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in a light purple shade  22l x 7.5h x 6d cm
    Small shell 1 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in a light purple shade  22l x 7.5h x 6d cm
    Small shell 1 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in a light purple shade  22l x 7.5h x 6d cm
    Small shell 1 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in a light purple shade  22l x 7.5h x 6d cm

    Paula Murray

    Regular price $320.00
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    Small shell 1 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in a light purple shade

    22l x 7.5h x 6d cm

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    Small shell 5 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in black.  22l x 7.5h x 7d cm
    Small shell 5 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in black.  22l x 7.5h x 7d cm
    Small shell 5 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in black.  22l x 7.5h x 7d cm

    Paula Murray

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    Small shell 5 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in black.

    22l x 7.5h x 7d cm

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    Small shell 7 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in lilac and orange  22l x 7h x 7.5d cm
    Small shell 7 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in lilac and orange  22l x 7h x 7.5d cm
    Small shell 7 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in lilac and orange  22l x 7h x 7.5d cm

    Paula Murray

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    Small shell 7 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in lilac and orange

    22l x 7h x 7.5d cm

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    Small shell 8 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in terracotta  22l x 7.5h x 7d cm
    Small shell 8 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in terracotta  22l x 7.5h x 7d cm
    Small shell 8 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in terracotta  22l x 7.5h x 7d cm

    Paula Murray

    Regular price $320.00
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    Small shell 9 - porcelain textured shell sculpture in terracotta

    22l x 7.5h x 7d cm

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    Paula Murray

    Regular price $180.00
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    Small Raised Vein Bowl II - sculptural porcelain bowl in a dark brown-black.

    2022

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    Paula Murray is an Ottawa-region ceramic artist of international renown. Her exceptional and innovative approach to porcelain has recently won the artist the Jingdezhen International Ceramics Biennale Kito Prize that includes an upcoming three-month residency in China.  Her work is in international collections ranging from the Ceramics Museum of Tapei City, Taiwan, the World Ceramic Exposition Foundation of Icheon Korea, and the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy. Her well-loved local public art commissions include Nautilus, which has been suspended in the south entrance of the City Hall since 1990, as well as for the sculptures created since 2006 for the National Arts Centre Award-Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. 

    Click here to watch Paula in her studio discussing her process

    Victoria Henry reviews You Are Me exhibition at the OAG

    Paula Murray talking about her upcoming exhibition on IGLive

    Paula Murray's CV