Terry Hildebrand

Terry Hildebrand works with porcelain, sometimes stoneware, creating elegant teapots, cups and bowls.  He fires in a soda or salt gas kiln, on occasion in a wood kiln, which gives the vessels a delicate flashing of reds, oranges, blues and greens.   The earth tones reflect the qualities of clay.  Good craftsmanship, ergonomics, and visual balance are important to his work, while maintaining the utilitarian purpose.  The ritual of usage becomes a central experience.

“The sharing of food, drink, fellowship, and play lie at the heart of our existence and the conscious ritual and enjoyment of these are greatly enhanced by the experience of the visual and tactile senses that the ceramic wares address.”

Originally from a small town in Manitoba, Terry currently lives in Winnipeg. Terry and his wife Miriam Rudolph lived in Edmonton where he worked as a ceramic artist while she was a Graduate Student at the University of Alberta. Terry received a MFA Ceramics from the University of Minnesota (May 2014).  He received his BFA Honours degree (May 2007) from the University of Manitoba. Hildebrand has taught as Medicine Hat College and the University of Manitoba. From 2008 until 2011 he worked as studio technician in the ceramics department at the University of Manitoba.  In 2015 he attended The Banff Centre's Residency Program WOOD/SODA/FIRE/BANFF with Dan Murphy and Robin DuPont as faculty and has been in residency, a number of times, at Medalta (Medicine Hat).

Aside from his MFA thesis exhibition at the Nash Gallery in Minneapolis, he has exhibited in several group exhibitions and his ceramics are featured in galleries across Western Canada. Terry’s tall mugs fit in your vehicle cup holder!