In my workshop

MALCOLM ZANDER Resumé

Education

• M.Sc. (New Zealand, 1964)
• Ph.D. (Toronto, 1967)

Former career

• Professor and program coordinator, Algonquin College, Ottawa, 1969-1999. Taught courses in biochemistry, organic chemistry, toxicology & occupational safety, in English and in French. Coordinated program producing biochemical technologists. Retired in 1999.

Woodturning career

• 2000 - Began turning.
• 2001 & 2002 - Toronto 'One of a Kind' juried craft show.
• 2003 - Ottawa Signatures 'Originals' juried craft show

Awards

• Ottawa Wood Show, 2002.
  First competition. Entered in Intermediate and Senior categories, against several turners of long experience. Received first and second in Intermediate, first and second in Senior, People's Choice Award (for the turning voted most popular by the public), and Best of Show.

• Ottawa Wood Show, 2003.
  Second competition. Entered in Senior and Master categories. Received second and third in Master, first in Senior hollow forms and first in Senior bowls.

• Canada Council for the Arts: Travel Grant, 2004.

• Ontario Arts Council Craft Artist's Grant, 2004.

• Winner of the Niche Award for Turned Wood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2009.

Exhibitions

• Invited national craft exhibit for G-20 meeting, Toronto, 2010.

• "Made of Wood", juried exhibition, Erin, Ontario, Canada, 2010.

• "The Teapot", invited exhibition, Annual Symposium of the American Association of Woodturners, Hartford, Connecticut, 2010.

• Contemporary Wood Art: Collectors' Selections" exhibition, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010

• "The Art of Craft", juried Canadian national crafts exhibit for Cultural Olympiad at the Museum of Vancouver for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, 2010.

• "Ontario Craft '09", juried exhibition, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, Ontario.

• "Unity and Diversity: Selected Works" juried Canadian national exhibition, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea, 2009.

• "Over the Edge, Woodturning into Sculpture", invited exhibition, Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, 2008.

• Collectors of Wood Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2008.

• Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2008.

• "Small Treasures" Exhibitions, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2005-2008.

• "Northern Exposure: Works in Wood by Canadian Artists", Invited Exhibition, Canadian Consulate, Los Angeles, California, 2007.

• "Turning Green", juried Exhibition of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW) ; Portland, Oregon, & St.Paul, MN,2007.

• SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art) Exhibitions, New York and Chicago, 2006 & 2007.

• "From Sea to Odyssey", juried AAW Exhibition; Orlando, Florida and St.Paul, Minnesota. 2004.

• Two-man show with watercolour artist Charles Spratt at Charles Spratt Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, 2003 & 2004.

Selected Publications

• Featured in the Summer 2004 American Woodturner, p.13.
• Featured in the September 2005 American Woodturner. p.37.
• Featured in November 2005 Woodturning,p.19.
• Featured in the September 2006 American Woodturner. p.16.
• Featured in "Woodturning Tips and Techniques" by Carol Rix, GMC Publications, 2006, pp. 5,8,159,170.
• Featured in 2007 Craft Arts International No.69, p.72.
• Featured in the September 2007 American Woodturner, p.20.
• Featured in the Winter 2007 American Woodturner, p.47.
• Featured in September 2008 Woodturning, pp.48-51.
• Featured in Winter 2008 American Woodturner, Back Cover.
• Featured in ID-Digest.com: "A Lace Fetish" by Joyce Hutchinson, 03/31/2009.
• Featured in April 2010 American Woodturner, inside front cover.
• Featured in June 2010 American Woodturner, p.6
• Featured in July 2010 Woodturning, p.70.
  
  
• Article in September 2005 American Woodturner, pp.54-56.
• Article in Winter 2005 American Woodturner, p.60.
• Article in August 2006 Woodturning, p. 57
• Article in Summer 2009 American Woodturner, p.14.
• Article in April 2010 American Woodturner, p.25.

Collections:

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada
• The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii
• Her Excellency Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada
• The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• To date (2009), my work has been bought by collectors in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ontario, Quebec, and Australia.

Professional Activities

• Competition Coordinator, Ottawa Wood Show, 2004 & 2005.
• Member, Publications Committee, American Assn. of Woodturners, 2005-present.
• Advisor to the Editor, American Woodturner, 2009- present.
• Member, Nominations Committee, American Assn. Of Woodturners, 2010.
• Director, American Assn. Of Woodturners, 2010
  (Drafted onto Board as replacement for resigning Director)

• Demonstrator:

  • Valley Woodturners, Ottawa, Ontario (numerous occasions)
  • Hawkes Bay Woodturning Guild, Hastings, New Zealand, 2005
  • Ontario Woodturners Guild, Pickering, Ontario, 2006
  • Totally Turning symposium, Albany, NY, 2006
  • Kingston Woodturners, Kingston, Ontario, 2008
  • Kawartha Woodturners, Peterborough, Ontario, 2008
  • Centre for Fine Woodworking, Nelson, New Zealand, 2008
  • AAW Annual symposium, Richmond, VA, 2008
  • Forest Hill Woodturners, Melbourne, Australia, 2009
  • Greater Vancouver Woodturners' Guild, Vancouver, B.C, 2010
  • Cascade Woodturners, Portland, Oregon, 2010
  • AAW Annual Symposium, Hartford, CT, 2010
  • Saskatoon Twenty Ten Woodturning Symposium, Saskatoon, SK, 2010

• Annual symposia of the AAW:

  • Providence, RI,2002
  • Orlando FL,2004.
  • Kansas City,KA, 2005.
  • Louisville, KY , 2006.
  • Portland OR, 2007.
  • Richmond VA, 2008.
  • Albuquerque, NM, 2009.
  • Hartford, CT, 2010

• Echo Lake collaboration, Pennsylvania, 2009; invited participant
• Totally Turning symposium, Albany, NY, 2003 & 2004
• 25th Utah Symposium & Totally Turning, Albany, NY, 2004.
• CollaboratioNZ, New Zealand, 2005

Galleries

• Snapdragon Gallery, 791 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, KIS 3V7.
  Tel. (613) 233-1296. E-mail: info@snapdragongallery.com

• del Mano Gallery, 11981 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA.
  Tel. 1-800-335-6266. E-Mail gallery@delmano.com