Katie Ohe

Katie Ohe (born Katherine Dorothea Minna von der Ohe [1] 1937, near Peers, Alberta) is a Canadian sculptor living in Calgary, Alberta. Ohe is known as one of the first artists to make abstract sculpture in Alberta, and has been influential as a teacher at the Alberta College of Art and Design. She is best known for her kinetic sculptures. In 1991, Ohe received the ACAD Alumni Award of Excellence Award (formerly the Board of Governors’ Award of Excellence).[2] She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary in recognition of her pioneering influence on art in Alberta in 2001. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002, the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2006, and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. She was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[3]

Biography

She began her studies at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary (then the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art) 1954-57 under the guidance of pioneer modernist artist Marion Nicoll.[4] Other influential instructors were Illingworth Kerr, Stan Blodgett,[5] Ken Sturdy and ceramist Luke Lindoe. Lindoe invited her to work at Ceramics Arts in the summer of 1957,[6] where she worked alongside Walter Dexter, Walt Drohan,[7] Luke Lindoe and Pat Banks (Drohan). She was awarded a National Gallery Study Award to study child art education with Arthur Lismer at the Montreal School of Art and Design,[8] Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1957-58.[9] While in Montreal, she was impressed by an exhibition of the planar work of Anne Kahane.[10][11] On her return to Calgary, she taught in the child art program modeled on that of Lismer at the Coste House, Calgary, where Archie Key was Managing Director.[12] She returned to the Art Department of the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (now the Alberta College of Art and Design) to complete her fourth year and earn her diploma in 1960. With a Green Shield Scholarship secured through the support of Marion Nicoll,[13] and the recommendation of Archie Key,[14] she went to New York City to pursue post-graduate studies for three years at the Sculpture Center where Dorothea Denslow was director. While there, she worked alongside sculptor Sahl Swarz who later invited her to Verona, Italy[15] where she spent several summers working at the Bronze Foundry.[16]

Ohe taught drawing, ceramics and sculpture to adults and children at Coste House 1960-1962, and 1964-67. She taught at the Alberta College of Art and Design 1960-2 and 1970 until her retirement from teaching in 2016. She was sessional sculpture instructor at Mount Royal College 1970-1982, sculpture instructor at the University of Calgary 1978-79, and seminar instructor at the Banff Centre, 1978-79.[17] Her many students include notable artists Evan Penny, Christian Eckart, Brian Cooley, Alexander Caldwell and Isla Burns.[18]

Ohe married artist Harry Kiyooka in 1968.They are the founders of the Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre (KOAC).[19]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.gallerieswest.ca/artists/previews/katie-ohe%3A-sculpted-eloquence/ Blair Brennan, Galleries West, Fall/Winter 2002 issue
  2. ↑ "Alumni award Recipients | Alberta College of Art and Design". acad.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  4. ↑ SAIT. "History of SAIT | SAIT, Calgary, Alberta". www.sait.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  5. ↑ SAIT. "History of SAIT | SAIT, Calgary, Alberta". www.sait.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  6. ↑ "Ceramic Arts. Calgary – A Lost Studio Pottery". canadian studio pottery. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  7. ↑ "WALTER DROHAN, "Towards Perfection" / NEIL LISKE, "Out of Extremes," March 20 to May 2, 2009, Triangle Gallery, Calgary". Galleries West. 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  8. ↑ Grigor, Angela (2002). Arthur Lismer, Visionaty Art Educator. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 9780773522954.
  9. ↑ Gordon, Richard; Ohe, Katie; Townshend, Nancy; Ylitalo, Katherine (1991). Katie Ohe. Calgary, Alberta: The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art. pp. 15–16. ISBN 1-895086-16-7.
  10. ↑ "Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : KAHANE, Anne". cwahi.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  11. ↑ Gordon, Richard; Ohe, Katie; Townshend, Nancy; Ylitalo, Katherine (1991). Katie Ohe. Calgary, Alberta: The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art. pp. 15–16. ISBN 1-895086-16-7.
  12. ↑ "The Glenbow Museum > Archives Main Catalogue Search Results". ww2.glenbow.org. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  13. ↑ "GSC Community Giving Program". Greenshield. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  14. ↑ Gordon, Richard; Ohe, Katie; Townsend, Nancy; Ylitalo, Katherine (1991). Katie Ohe. Calgary, Alberta: The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art. p. 18. ISBN 1-895086-16-7.
  15. ↑ Olafson, Karin (February 2016). "The Life and Legacy of Katie Ohe and Harry Kiyooka". Avenue. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  16. ↑ Kwasny, Barbara; Peake, Elaine (1992). A Second Look at Calgary's Public Art. Calgary, Alberta: Detselig Enterprises Ltd. p. 193.
  17. ↑ Gordon, Richard; Ohe, Katie; Townsend, Nancy; Ylitalo, Katherine (1991). Katie Ohe. Calgary, Alberta: The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art. p. 74. ISBN 1-895086-16-7.
  18. ↑ Ohe, Katie. "biography". Herringer Kiss Gallery. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  19. ↑ Weir, Bruce (5 June 2013). "A Work in Progress". Swerve. Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

Further reading

  1. Livingstone, Donna; Hudson, Anna; Moir, Lindsay; Laviolette, Mary-Beth; Moppett, Ron; Spalding, Jeffrey; Tousley, Nancy; Ylitalo, Katherine (2016). Made in Calgary. Calgary, Alberta: Glenbow Museum. pp. 16, 18, 19, 49, 97, 186, 276, 336, 361, 363, 367, 372. ISBN 978-1-895379-64-8.
  2. Kwasny, Barbara; Peake, Elaine (1992). A Second Look at Calgary's Public Art. Calgary, Alberta: Detselig Enterprises Ltd. pp. 96, 110, 127, 129, 150, 170, 193. ISBN 1-55059-041-3.
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