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Born: June 4, 1956, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Current Address: 24 King St., St. Andrews, N.B., E5B 1Y2

Education:
1973 Graduated Saint John High School with honours.
1973-76 successfully completed 3 years engineering studies University of New Brunswick.
1977-78 received diploma in clay from the N.B. Craft School.

Solo Studio:
1978-1980 Stall One Pottery, City Market, Saint John.
1980-82, 1986-92 Idylwyld Studios, Pocologan, N.B.
1992-1994 Alanna Morgan Studio Gallery, 172 Water St., St.Andrews, N.B.
2002 The Tin Fish Shop

Awards:
1986 Best Booth Award, NSDCC Christmas Market
1987 Best Booth Award, NSDCC Christmas Market
1988 Award for Excellence Production Clay; Honourable Mention One of a Kind Clay, NBCC Mactaquac Sale
1988 Best Booth Award, NBCC Moncton Sale
1989 Award for Excellence One of a Kind Clay, NBCC Mactaquac Sale
1991 Honourable Mention, booth design, One of a Kind Canadian Craft Sale, Toronto
1992 Best New Product Award, NSDCC Summer Sale, Tin Fish

Juried Shows and Exhibitions:
1988 New Works Fireworks Gallery, Halifax, NS
1989 Biennale '89 "Arizona Series" NBCC show
1991 Biennale '91 "Fish Pot" NBCC show
1991 All Boxed Up "Salt Box" The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto
1991 Weathervane Competition "T'ain't No Tuna Here" The Museum of Civilization, Hull, Que.
1991 The Incredible Animal Show, The Guild Shop, Toronto
1991 Recent Works in Raku, The Guild Shop, Toronto
1992 Artists Celebrate the Season, an exhibition of goblets Queen's Quay, Toronto
1992 Terra, The York Sunbury Historical Society Museum, Fredericton, NB
1992 Tin Fish, Variations on a Theme, Aitkens Bicentennial Exhibition Centre, Saint John, NB
1993 Alanna Morgan and Denise D'oust, Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre, St. Andrews, NB
1993 Collaborations exhibition of pots with four metalsmiths, Sue Lawrence Gallery, Fredericton, NB
1993 Top of the Line, NBCC juried exhibition, Fredericton, NB
1994 Containment, The Space Within, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo
1994 Renewable Resourses, Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, NS
1996 Tin Can Alley, the art of recycled can and bottle caps Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA

Publications:
1992 Arts Atlantic Terra
1992 City & Country Home Magazine Sept issue, CHOICE section, Tinned Fish
1992 Arts Atlantic Tinned Fish, Variations on a Theme
1993 Abrams Desk Diary, The Year of American Craft - American Craft Council publication in celebration of the year of craft, week of July 1, "T'ain't No Tuna Here"
1994 Canadian Gardening Magazine, weathervanes for the garden


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