Who is SML Glassworks
Artist Bio
Sonya Marie-Pierre Labrie is a graduate of the Craft & Design Program at Sheridan College with a major in Glass. Sonya has focused her career on designing and creating functional, wearable, and sculptural works in blown, kiln-formed, and flameworked glass.
Informed by a background in painting and drawing, Sonya explores surface design, texture, and colour as details of expression. From playful, organic interactions between colours in blown glass vessels, to crystalline surface textures in sculptural pâte de verre art pieces, Sonya’s work contains a spirit of free-form intention; a balance of precision and experimentation that culminates in joyful results. With consideration for form, texture, and colour, Sonya’s wearable glass jewelry elegantly encapsulates the cherished properties of glass and easily evokes a mood; from the soothing calm of subtle blues and greys, to the exuberant cheer of a brilliant jewel-toned rainbow.
Online publications...
Let's Talk About Craft: Sonya Labrie
https://www.emmagerard.com/blog/letstalkaboutcraft-sonyalabrie March 10, 2020
Learn...
I teach private and group lessons in glass blowing, flameworking and beadmaking via the Terminal City Glass Co-op. Contact the Co-op to find out more! terminalcityglass.com
Shop Local…
Find my work at the following Galleries:
Craft Council of BC https://craftcouncilbc.ca/
1386 cartwright St, Vancouver, BC
Seymour Art Gallery https://www.seymourartgallery.com/
4360 Gallant Ave, Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC
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Education
2016 UBC Bachelor of Education
2014-2016 BCIT Technology Teacher Education Program
2006-2009 - Sheridan College, Crafts & Design, Glass Program, Oakville, ON
2001-2002 - University of the Fraser Valley, Visual Arts Program, Abbotsford, BC
2000 University of the Fraser Valley, General Studies, Abbotsford, BC
Workshops
2014 - Bowls & Tumblers, Terminal City Glass Co-op, Vancouver BC ~ Instructors: Boyd Sugiki and Lisa Zerkowitz
2009 - 1+1 =2 , Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA ~ Instructor: Masami Koda
2006 - Getting Centered Beginner Beadmaking, Red Deer College ~ Instructor: Susan Burwash
2005 - Gather, Block, and Blow, Red Deer College-Instructor: Todd Safronovich
Professional Experience
2012 - Present - Instructor Terminal City Glass Co-op
2012- 2015 Glass Blower Bocci Design Ltd
2011 - Poleturner Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2007 - 2009 Teachers Assistant, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
2007 - 2009 Substitute Flameworking Instructor, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
2001 - 2006 Arts Instructor for the Chilliwack Community Arts Council
2001 - 2006 Administrative Assistant, Chilliwack Community Arts Council
2003 - 2005 Volunteer Curator, Chilliwack Artist Association
2005 - Guest Speaker, Artist Education Series hosted by C.V.A.A
2004 - Guest Artist, Chilliwack Senior Secondary School
Awards
2017 Women in Technology Teacher Education Prize
2017 Go Global Award
2016 & 2017 Dean of Education Scholarship
2009 The Bronfman Award, Pilchuck Glass School
2009 Daniel Crichton Memorial Award
2009 Graduate Award Sheridan College
2008 Izik Levy, Rockettoro Award
2007 Millennium Excellence Awards
2006 Millennium Excellence Awards
2006 BCGAA Red Deer scholarship
1999 Visual Art Award, Sardis Secondary School
Member of Organizations
2012 - Present Seymour Art Gallery
2011 - Present Terminal City Glass Co-op
2009 Glass Arts Association of Canada (G.A.A.C)
2008 Glass Art Society (G.A.S)
2006 - 2008 Ontario Crafts Council (O.C.C)
2005 - 2013 British Columbia Glass Arts Association (B.C.G.A.A)
2000 – 2010 The Chilliwack Visual Artists Association (C.V.A.A
EXHIBITIONS
2025
“Art Party!” Seymore Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2024
“Start with Art” Seymore Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2023
“True Colours” The Gallery George, Vancouver
“Common Threads” POMO Arts, Port Moody
“Aspirations” The Gallery George, Vancouver
2022
“Ebb & Flow” The Gallery George, Vancouver
2019
“Northwest Light and Colour”, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody
2015
“Works in Glass” Juried Show, Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver
2014
“Handel With Care” Seymore Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2013
“Corazón Siempre” New-Small and Sterling Gallery, Vancouver
2011
“HEAT: Expressions in Glass” Cityscape, North Vancouver
2010
“GLASS As Art: Cross-Pollination” Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver BC
2009
“Monochromatic” Juried Group Exhibition Chilliwack Artists’ Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
“Miniturs show”, Juried Group Exhibition, Ranger Station Gallery, Harrison Hot Springs, BC
“Shine” Solo Exhibition Cornerstone Gallery Chilliwack, BC
“Unchecked” The Cryptic Canvas Toronto, ON
“Graduates Exhibition” The Gallery, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
“InMaterial” Lennox Contemporary Gallery Toronto, ON
“Glass inside Out” The Gallery, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
“Design Hope” Toronto, ON
“The Interior Design Show/IDS 09” Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
“Memorial Boat “ for Catherine Vamvakas-Lay's project in “Annie E. Brown: In Memory”
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Waterloo, ON
“Glass Under Glass” Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON
2008
“Glass Inside and Out” The Gallery, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
2006
“Free•Dom of Expres•sion” Solo Exhibition Chilliwack Artists’ Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
2005
“Chilliwack Artists’ Association Juried Group Show” Chilliwack Museum, Chilliwack, BC
“Water” - Juried Group Theme Show City Hall Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
“Group of Three” Juanita Noble Studio Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
“Chilliwack Artists’, Art Walk Objects” Juanita Noble Studio Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
“Women at Work” Ranger Station Gallery, Harrison Hot Springs, BC
“Juried Group Exhibition” Fraser Valley Regional District Building, Abbotsford, BC
“Invitational Group Exhibition” CAA University College of the Fraser Valley Student Gallery, Abbotsford, BC
“Juried Group Exhibition” RCMP Training Facility, Sardis BC
2004
“Free•Style” Solo Exhibition Downstairs’ Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
2003
“Chilliwack Artist Association Juried Group Show” Downstairs’ Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
“Flight & Fancy” Juried Group Exhibition Downstairs’ Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
2002
“Chilliwack Artist Association Juried Group Show” Downstairs’ Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
“Sowing the seed of Art” Chilliwack City Hall Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
“Youth Arts Council Group Show” Chilliwack Arts Centre, Chilliwack, BC
1999
“Mural Project” Harrison Hot Springs Memorial Hall, Harrison Hot Springs BC