JOANNE SOROKA
telephone: 0131 220 3355
email: ivorytap@soroka.plus.com

Born in Montreal, Canada, 1949. Citizenship: British and Canadian.

Employment:
Part-time tutor, Edinburgh College of Art, 1992-date.
Founded Ivory Tapestries, 1987.
Artistic Director, Edinburgh Tapestry Company (Dovecot Studios), 1982-87.

Education:
Post-graduate diploma (with distinction), Edinburgh College of Art, 1976.
Diploma in Design, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1972.
BA, McGill University, 1970.

Awards:
Prize, Tallinn Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia, 2004.
Scottish Arts Council Major Award for Individual Development, 2001.
Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers grant, 2000.
British Council grant, 2000.
Hope Scott Trust grant, 2000.
Wingate Scholarship, 1997.
Index of Selected Makers, Crafts Council, 1992.
Elected Professional Member, Society of Scottish Artists, 1989.
Scottish Arts Council travel grant, 1989.
British Council travel grant, 1988.
Scottish Development Agency Travel Award, 1987.
Ontario Arts Council grant, 1980.
Judges Choice Award, Handweavers Guild of America, 1980.
Elected to the Ontario Society of Artists, 1980.
John Noble Craft Award commendation, the Saltire Society, 1976.
Entrance scholarship to McGill University, Montreal, 1966.

Collections and Commissions:
Scottish Arts Council
Amnesty International, London
Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown, Scotland
Chase Manhattan Bank, Bournemouth
The City of Edinburgh Council
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Civil Aviation Authority, London
Weatherall, Green and Smith, London
Okura Hotel, Tokyo
Arco, Berkshire, England
Okura Hotel, Kobe, Japan
Baillie Gifford and Co, Edinburgh
Isetan Department Store, Tokyo
Co-operative Insurance Society, Edinburgh
1st Quebec Corporation, Montreal
Central Office of Information, London
Laurence Rockefeller, Jr., New York
Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Royal Insurance (at the Eastgate Shopping Centre), Inverness
and public and private collections in Scotland, England, Canada, the USA, Japan and Estonia.

Eleven solo and over 80 group exhibitions in Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, the USA, Finland, Japan, Italy, Hungary, the CIS, Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.

Other professional activities:
Secretary, Society of Scottish Artists, 2003-2006.
Crafts Committee, Scottish Arts Council, 1996-1999.
Council member, Society of Scottish Artists, 1995-1998.
Trustee, Lady Artists Club Trust, Glasgow, 1992-1997.
Board member, Scottish Arts Lobby, 1990-1995.