Malcolm Zander
Biography
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
"Hand Made" exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art collection, April 2011
"Emerging Patterns", invited exhibition, Asheville, NC, 2011
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.
Interview with CTV, Ottawa, November 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.
Featured in "Conversations With Wood", 2011, Pub. Minneapolis Institute of Art, p.232
Featured in "Woodturning Today", 2011, 25th Anniversary of AAW, pp. 10 & 17.
Featured in Woodworker's Journal, issue 265
Session with blind group, Saint Paul MN, June 2011
Acts of Chairorism, with Michael Hosaluk
Featured in October 2011 American Woodturner, pp. 6,34 & 35
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.
Letter to AAW membership, December 2010
Collections:
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii
Her Excellency Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada
The Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
Shell Canada
Telus Communications
To date (2011), my work is owned by collectors in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, British Columbia,
Ontario, Quebec, France and Australia.
Professional Activities
Competition Coordinator, Ottawa Wood Show, 2004 & 2005.
Member, Publications Committee, American Assn. of Woodturners, 2005-present.
Member, Bylaws and Policy Committee, American Assn. of Woodturners, 2011-
Advisor to the Editor, American Woodturner, 2009 - 2010.
Member, Nominations Committee, American Assn. Of Woodturners, 2010.
Director, American Assn. Of Woodturners, 2010
(Invited onto Board as replacement for resigning Director)
Advisor to AAW Board, 2011 -
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
Kapiti; Franklin; & South Auckland Woodturning Guilds, NZ, 2011
Finger Lakes Woodturners, NY, 2011
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
Saint Paul, MN, 2011
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
del Mano Gallery, 2001 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90025, USA.
Tel. 1-800-335-6266. E-Mail gallery@delmano.com