About

Aileen Vantomme is a ceramic artist working in stoneware. She works solely by hand, using both coil and slab-built methods, to create textures and forms heavily influenced by much time spent on the shoreline of Gabriola Island. New work is created by adapting upon traditional clay techniques and presented in groupings. These are then augmented with custom formulated stains and glazes. Small batch runs highlight the subtle variations found in handmade production.

Aileen earned an undergraduate degree in science from McGill University and pursued graduate studies in architecture at Boston Architectural Center. Though largely self-taught, her techniques have been augmented with coursework in fine art from various art centres and universities across North America. She currently resides and works in Victoria, BC, with her husband and young daughters.

Aileen's work is in several private collections in the United States and Canada.

Exhibitions

“Deposit/ed”, solo, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, BC, October 2024.
”Land and Sea”, with Susan Fraser-Hughes, Visual Space Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Mar-Apr, 2024.
Sooke Fine Arts Show. Sooke, BC, 2023.
Emerging Artists Show. Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, 2023.
“En Masse”, solo, Sunshine Coast Arts Council Small Gallery, Sechelt, BC, 2023.
“Touch”, with Bettina Harvey, Hearth Art Gallery, Bowen Island, BC, 2022.
”Marking Time”, solo, Bowen Island Art Gallery, Bowen Island, BC, 2015.
"What About the Print?", Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, BC, 2014.
Exhibition with Anna Gedalof, Gallery at Victoria Hall, Westmount, QC, 2013.
"Eclectic Elements", Bowen Island Art Gallery, Bowen Island, BC, 2011.
"Gifted", Bowen Island Art Gallery, Bowen Island, BC, 2010.
Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver, BC, 2010.
"Celebration of Spring", Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC, 2010.
"Mixed Messages", Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, BC, 2010.
"What is BIG?", Brickbottom Artist Association, Boston, MA, 2004.
Open Studios Show, Brickbottom Artist Association, Boston, MA, 2002-2004.