Samantha Dickie is a Victoria-based contemporary ceramic artist, using elements of abstraction, expressionism and minimalism within a sculptural installation practice. Following a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trent University, she completed a Diploma in Ceramics from the Kootenay School of the Arts, and attended residencies at the Sculpture Factory in Jingdezhen China, the Banff Centre and Red Deer College in Alberta, as well as the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in Yukon. She has been invited to present at the 2017 Canadian Clay Symposium, the 2018 Fusion Ontario Ceramics Symposium, and has been awarded project grants from Canada Council, BC Arts Council, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Yukon Arts Fund. Her work is exhibited in public galleries across Canada, including the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in 2018, and is currently represented by the Jonathon Bancroft Snell Gallery in London, Ontario, as well as the Madrona Gallery in Victoria.