- Thierry Delva
Thierry Delva (Born 1955 in
Deinze ,Belgium ) is a Canadian sculptor living inProspect, Nova Scotia .He is a master stone mason, and his early work involved stone carving and cutting. [ [http://www.thierrydelva.net/Texts.htm thierrydelva.net] ] His more recent work comprises plaster, iron and bronze casts everyday containers.
Delva graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in 1993 with a Masters in Fine Arts and has taught at
NSCAD University in the Sculpture department since 1994.His first exhibition was at the
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery in 1990. [ [http://umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/delva.html umanitoba.ca] ] Group shows include "Manifest" at theSir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery (1998), [ [http://www2.swgc.mun.ca/artgallery/publications.html swgc.mun.ca] ] "Container: New Canadian Wave of Minimalism" atReal Art Ways ,Hartford, Connecticut , [ [http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2003/10/06/31425.html absolutearts] ] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E7D8133AF933A05752C1A9659C8B63 Benjamin Genocchio, "New York Times", November 30, 2003.] ] and "Pictured: Image & Object in Canadian Sculpture" at theArt Gallery of Nova Scotia (2007/8) [ [http://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/en/home/exhibitions/pictured/default.aspx artgalleryofnovascotia.ca] ]He has participated in a symposium at
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College . [ [http://www.mun.ca/marcomm/gazette/2000-2001/August17/newspage9.html mun.ca] ]References
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