About Lynn Fisher
Lynn Fisher has been a ceramic artist for over 60 years.
After graduating from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town she specialized in ceramic art, and moved to live in London, England, where she taught pottery for 22 years.
Her career as a clay artist has always combined creative work and teaching at graduate and undergraduate levels.
Lynn has used ceramic art to inspire adults, children, new artists, immigrant workers and street youth. She also used it as a therapeutic experience with psychiatric patients, abused adults and children, helping people to become familiar with the medium and to explore their personal creativity. This work won her the recognition of South African Women for Women award in 2000 for “a significant contribution to education through the visual arts.”
Her work is sculptural, decorative, varied and unique, reflecting the traditions and historical influences of the many cultures and countries in which she has lived, travelled and studied — Africa, England, India, Greece ( where she worked in her own studio for 10 years ), Turkey, Europe, Mexico and Canada.
Lynn’s work has been exhibited in many countries, and she has completed commissions for personal and corporate collections, hotels, restaurants, offices and homes. These works have included dinnerware, vases, sculptures for gardens and interiors, and murals.
Following immigration to Canada, Lynn taught at many schools and at Toronto’s prominent ceramic centers. She headed the department of Ceramics and taught at the Koffler School of the Arts, and, for over 25 years taught students at various levels, and specialized workshops at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Arts.
During this time, she ran an active and productive studio, where she could explore and advance her own work.
Contact. fisherlynn9pottery@gmail.com
