Jurors

Kai Chan has exhibited across Canada, the United States, Japan, Australia, and Europe. “Kai Chan: A Spider’s Logic – a Thirty-five Year Retrospective Exhibition” is currently touring in Canada. He has received numerous grants and awards including the Jean A. Chalmers National Crafts Award, and the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Fine Crafts. His work is in the collection of Museum London, London, Ontario; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Musée des Arts Decoratifs de Montréal; the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec; Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimusem, Norway; and the Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa. Chan is represented by David Kaye Gallery, Toronto; Galerie Elena Lee, Montréal; and Galerie Ra in Amsterdam.

Paulina Ortiz is a textile artist and professor at the Veritas University, a leading design institution in Costa Rica. She has exhibited and lectured internationally and her work has been included in several publications, including Textile Forum and Embroidery magazine. Ortiz is founding President of the Iberoamerican Textile Network and has organized several major international exhibitions, including the IV International Biennial of Textile Art & Design of the World Textile Art Organization in 2006 and the I Encounter of the Iberoamerican Textile Network 2010, both in Costa Rica. She participated in the II Iberoamerican Design Biennial 2010 in Madrid, where one of her designs received an award. Ortiz was a key speaker at the European Textile Network Conference in Lithuania in 2011 and organized an exhibition of Costa Rican textile artists to be shown at the Kaunas Biennial Textile’11.

Joyce J. Scott holds a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD, and an MFA from Instituto Allende, San Miguel Allende, in Guanajuato, Mexico. Scott is a descendant of African-Americans, Native Americans, and Scots. Three generations of storytellers; quilters; basket makers; and wood, metal, and clay workers inspire her artwork. This wide range of influences plays a crucial role in her interpretation of contemporary issues such as racism and violence, sexism and stereotypes. Scott’s work has appeared in more than 60 solo and group exhibitions and has been collected by many national and international museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of Art and Design, NY; Mint Museum of Art, NC; Kruithuis Museum, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, and many more.