BRIAN GLADWELL​

Brian Gladwell was born in 1947 in North Battelford, Saskatchewan. After studying political science at the Unversity of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon (1966 - 1970), he moved to Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan and taught himself carpentry by working on furniture. Gladwell started working from his own furniture studio in 1973. He began serving as Woodworker-in-Residence at the Neil Balkwill Civic Centre in Regina is 1983. Gladwell's work has been said to blur the lines between furniture and sculpture. His pieces are constructed from a variety of materials and push the conventions of furniture and provoke thought about functionality and aesthetics.

Gladwell's work has been exhibited in Canada and the United States since the 1980's. In 1987 Gladwell organized a traveling group exhibition of innovative crafts called 'Beyond the Object' for the Saskatchewan Craft Council. More recently his work was the subject of a retrospective exhibition called 'Brian Gladwell : Fifteen Extraordinary Years' at the Susan Whitney Gallery in Regina, and he held a solo exhibition 'Corrugated' at the Richard and Dolly Maas Gallery in Purchase, New York in 2009. Gladwell's work in represented in collections including the Canada Council Art Bank, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Saskatchewan Arts Board, City of Regina and Mendel Art Gallery.

Brian Gladwell continues to teach woodworking in Regina at the Neil Balkwill Civic Art Centre.

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