Nicole

  Nicole Kolig

  Ceramicist


About | Work | CV

NAME

Nicole Josefa Kolig

Austrian citizen and Permanent Resident of New Zealand since 1973.
Research Assistant, Western Australia 1970- 1973.
Certificate in Ceramics, Otago Polytechnic 1974, New Zealand.
Commission by the W.A. Education Department to carry out project to introduce pottery in an Aboriginal community in the Kimberleys, 1978-79.
Freelance studio ceramics from 1974 to present.
Member of Stuart Street Potters Cooperative 2005-2010.
Conference Co-ordinator of New Zealand Potters Inc., "Fusion 2010", Dunedin.
Regional Council Member, Otago and Southland of New Zealand Society of Potters, 2012-2021.
Vice President New Zealand Potters Inc. 2014 -2015.
Special Advisor to New Zealand Potters Inc. 2015-2016.
Convener of Forum "Fired Up", public meetings for potters/ceramicists, Dunedin School of Art, 2012 - 2017.
Project Leader of 60th Diamond Jubilee Exhibition and Conference, New Zealand Ceramics Association, Dunedin 2021.

JURIED EXHIBITIONS: A BRIEF SUMMARY

2023 Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin, Merit Award.
2023 Portage Ceramic Awards Finalist, Auckland, New Zealand.
2023 Waiclay National Ceramics Award Finalist Waikato Museum, New Zealand.
2023 Cleveland National Arts Awards, Merit Award, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2020 12th International Ceramic Competition, Finalist, Mino, Japan.
2019 Portage Ceramic Awards Finalist, Auckland, New Zealand.
2019 Waiclay National Ceramics Award, Waikato Museum, New Zealand.
2018 Uku, Award, Hastings, NZ.
2018 Ceramics NZ, Award, Dunedin.
2015 Portage Ceramic Awards Finalist, Auckland New Zealand.
2013 Judge"s Commendation, NZ Potters National Exhibition, Wellington, N.Z.
2012 Guest Exhibitor, Otago Potters Group 50th Anniversary exhibition, Dunedin, N.Z.
2012 Guest Exhibitor, Spring Exhibition, Anderson Park Gallery, Invercargill, N.Z.
2011 7th International Biennale, "Inside Out", Kapfenberg, Austria.
2011/12 Invitation of "Inside Out" selected work to Varazdin, Croatia.
2011 Mayor"s Choice Award, Dunedin City Art Award, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2000- 2016 Finalist in New Zealand Potters Inc. Juried National Exhibitions: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Hastings, Upper Hutt, Whangamata, and Whangarei.

GROUP SHOWS

Several annually throughout New Zealand.

OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Collection of pottery from Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu for the Otago Museum.
Feature article in "Fusion", magazine for Clay and Glass, Canada, Vol 37, No.3, 2013
Podcast by Ben Carter, "The Red Clay Rambler", 2018.

RESEARCH

Development of a Pure Ceramic Glaze as a three dimensional medium without a clay substrate. The research and development has taken eight years to achieve and is a continuing focus of my work portfolio. I called this invention, a world first, Naked Glaze.
Ongoing research into rocks of eruptive phases of the volcano Hereweka, New Zealand.

PUBLICATIONS

"Playing alonga Mud". In: New Zealand Potter, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 14-16, 1977, (cum Erich Kolig).
"A ceramic journey - the search for the Arcanum". In: Clay News, Vol. 29 No.4, pp. 8-12, 2009.
"Where it all began". In: Ceramics Quarterly, Vol. 32, No 4, p.12, 2012.
"We meet - Fired Up". In: Ceramics Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2013.
"Lasting Impressions". In: Ceramics Quarterly, Vol 34, No. 1, p. 4-6, 2014.
"Barry Brickell, His Own Steam". Review. In: Ceramics Quarterly, Vol. 35. No.1, pp.8-10, 2015.
"Eternally Beautiful: Vienna's Augarten Porcelain Celebrates 300 Years". Ceramics, Art and Perception, 2019, No 114, pp. 68-75.
"Diamond Jubilee". Ceramics Association of New Zealand 60th National Exhibition Catalogue 2021, pp. 1-74, editor.


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