Laura Wee Láy Láq

Laura Wee Láy Láq (born 1952) is a Sto:lo ceramics sculptor, educator, recognized cultural caretaker, and member of the Tzeachten First Nation (Ch'iyaqtel people).[1][2] Her ancestral name is Lumlamelut.[3][4] Wee Láy Láq is recognized for hand-built ceramics that utilize firing techniques involving burnishing and sawdust firing.[5][6][7] Many of Wee Láy Láq’s vessels take the basic form of the olla, while others draw inspiration from natural forms, including spiky seedpods and flower buds in bloom.[8] Wee Láy Láq believes working with clay gives her a sense of harmony and peace.[9]

Wee Láy Láq is a recipient of the 2015 Fulmer Award in BC First Nations Art,[10][11] and the 2015 BC Creative Achievement Award for First Nations’ Art.[12]

Education

Laura Wee Láy Láq studied fine arts with Fred Owen, founder of the Ceramics Department at Douglas College in New Westminster, British Columbia, from 1970 to 1973, and then ceramics at the Vancouver School of Art, where she graduated with an honors degree in 1977.[13][14][15][4] In the late 1970s, she studied Northwest Coast design with Chief Tony Hunt. [16]

Career

In 2004, Wee Láy Láq's ceramic artworks were included in the exhibition Hot Clay: Sixteen West Coast Ceramic Artists at the Surrey Art Gallery, curated by Carol E. Mayer.[17]

In 2010, Wee Láy Láq was part of the exhibition Border Zones: New Art Across Cultures at the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology, in parallel with the 2010 Winter Olympics.[18][19]

In 2023, Wee Láy Láq was an exhibiting artist in the exhibition Apparition Room curated by Lee Plested at The Western Front to commemorate the organization's 50th anniversary.[20]

In 2026, Wee Láy Láq was part of the exhibition The Structure of Smoke at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.[21]

Collection

Ceramic sculptures by Laura Wee Láy Láq's are included in permanent collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery,[22] the Winnipeg Art Gallery,[7] Surrey Art Gallery,[23] the Richmond Art Gallery in Richmond, British Columbia,[24] the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia,[25] and the Nanaimo Art Gallery.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ye Selsí:sele: The Grannies; Grandmothers". Man Turned to Stone: T'xwelátse. 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Laura Wee Láy Láq". Latimer Gallery. 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ Kefi, Robyn Heaslip (2023-11-28). "Ethical Relational Space: Autoethnographic Reflections on Learning From Indigenous Mothering". Ethnographic Edge. 6 (2): 43–62. doi:10.24135/ee.v6i2.264. ISSN 2537-7426.
  4. ^ a b Laura Wee Lay Laq in conversation with Marc Johnson at MOA, retrieved 2024-02-15
  5. ^ "Laura Wee Lay Laq | Art Gallery of Alberta". Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  6. ^ "Contrasts mesh in the work of Laura Wee Lay Laq and Marcus Bowcott". 2017-03-29. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  7. ^ a b "Art Search | Winnipeg Art Gallery". Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  8. ^ "Contrasts mesh in the work of Laura Wee Lay Laq and Marcus Bowcott". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2017-03-29. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  9. ^ "Laura Wee Lay Laq". BC Achievement Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  10. ^ "Outstanding BC First Nations artists celebrated". Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  11. ^ "Laura Wee Lay Laq". BC Achievement Foundation. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ^ "BC Achievement First Nations Art Award 2015". BC Achievement Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  13. ^ "The geometry of space". The Source. 23 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  14. ^ Fleetham, Anne (1982). ""Meeting"" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  15. ^ "RRN - Knowledge - People - Laura Wee Lay Laq". www.rrncommunity.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  16. ^ O'Brian, Melanie; Willard, Tania (2026). The Structure of Smoke (Exhibition catalogue). Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
  17. ^ Davison, Liane (2004). Hot Clay: Sixteen Westcoast Ceramics Artists. Surrey, British Columbia: Surrey Art Gallery. ISBN 0-920181-60-0.
  18. ^ "Artist talks about the 'cycle' of ceramics". 2016-02-23. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  19. ^ "borderzones.ca: The Ideas Behind the Exhibit | Artists' Files | MOA University of British Columbia". www2.moa.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  20. ^ "Apparition Room". WesternFront.ca. 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Reading Room: The Structure of Smoke". 2025-12-15.
  22. ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  23. ^ "Program Guide Spring & Summer 2018" (PDF). Surrey Art Gallery.
  24. ^ "Unknown" (PDF).
  25. ^ "Collection Online | Museum of Anthropology at UBC".
  26. ^ "We Do Not Work Alone". Nanaimo Art Gallery. 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2024.


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