BIO
Angela Keating is a multidisciplinary artist specialising in blown glass based in the Eastern Townships of Québec. An alumna of AUArts, she has worked as an assistant and teaching assistant across North America for renowned artists and at art institutions including Pilchuck Glass School and Pittsburgh Glass Center. In addition to blown glass, Keating’s work encompasses drawing, painting, ceramics, and music to both express conceptual ideas and to create functional homeware. Each element of her practice is the result of a meticulous process, with an attention to detail at each stage of creation. Drawing inspiration from the complex systems that shape our world - from human anatomy to dark matter - her work brings a moment of tranquility and beauty to everyday life, inviting reflection on the hidden networks that connect us all.
Photo by Amboi Creative, 2024.
Artist Statement
Human anatomy is a subject that I am deeply interested in and which motivates my work. Its complex nature brings to mind all the structure which had to be created to produce and sustain life. I marvel at the intricacy of these systems and draw inspiration from them as a way to express my gratitude for and awe of the beauty in life.
I am equally enamoured with the technical and conceptual aspects of creating with glass and have always been inclined to working with my hands. I enjoy the intensity in the process of blowing glass and find it a satisfying medium because of its ephemeral transparency and the duality of its strong yet fragile nature. I aim to evoke emotion and instill a sense of wonder, keeping in mind the marriage of concept and function to provide my audience with an object of purpose and beauty.
Curriculum Vitae
Angela Helen Keating
Emerging artist born in 1996, Manitoba, Canada.
Lives and works in the Eastern Townships of Québec.
EDUCATION
2020 BFA, Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts), Calgary, AB
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Employment
2024 Assistant, production glassblower, coldworker, Do Studio, Oaxaca, OA [MX]
2024 Studio technician, Luloba Céramique, Sutton, QC
2021 - 2024 Assistant, production glassblower, coldworker, Welmo Studio, Frelighsburg, QC
2020 - 2021 Assistant, production glassblower, Big Eddy Glassworks, Revelstoke, BC
2020 VIP Demonstrating Artist, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2018 - 2020 Assistant to Rob Lewis, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2019 Instructor, Glasshouse Xperience, Calgary, AB
Teaching Assistant
2024 Randy Walker, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA [USA]
2022 Jay Macdonnell & Michiko Sakano, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA [USA]
Dave Walters & Rob Lewis, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA [USA]
2018 Rob Lewis, AUArts, Calgary, AB
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 L’Étrange Couleur de la Transparence, Espace Verre, Montréal, QC
2024 Formes Vitales (Vital Forms), Bibliothèque Pettes, Knowlton, QC [solo]
2023 Artistes Émergents, Clos de l’Orme, Ste-Armande, QC
2020 GAS Student Exhibition, Glass Art Society [virtual conference]
AUArts President’s Student Art, Craft, and Design Exhibition, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Grad Show, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2019 Glass, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Reflect, RAW, Calgary, AB
2018 Glass, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Exoteric, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2017 Glass, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Show & Sale, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2016 Glass, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2015 Parkland Juried Art Show, Russell, MB
SELECTED AWARDS & GRANTS
2019 Pilchuck Glass School School Award, AUArts, Calgary, AB
Tyman & Victor Brosz Memorial Award, AUArts, Calgary, AB