Jai Sallay-Carrington
Jai Sallay-Carrington (they/them) is a Canadian sculptural ceramic artist currently living in Vancouver BC. They are a queer and transgender artist whose work is heavily influenced by these aspects of their life. In 2014 they graduated from Concordia University with a BFA, and since then they have traveled around Canada, USA and Europe for artist residencies, to install exhibitions and teach workshops. Residencies such as C.R.E.T.A Rome in Italy, Watershed Center for Ceramics Arts and from 2023-2024 at Baltimore Clayworks, as the Lormina Salter Fellow. They have been a part of many group exhibitions, at prestigious galleries such as the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Henry Art Gallery, and the Clay Center of New Orleans. Jai has had several solo exhibitions, such as Growing Pains at Pottery Northwest, Trans Passions at Baltimore Clayworks Gallery, as well as Adapting, at Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges. They have been featured in publications such as CBC Exhibitionists and Ceramique: 90 Artistes Contemporarian. Jai has been awarded grants from Canada Council of the Arts, SODEC, CALQ and was a finalist for the Winifred Shantz Award for 2020 and 2021. They earned master’s degree at the University of Washington in 2023, receiving the De Cillia Graduating with Excellence award.
