Roseline Delisle

1952Born Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

2003Died Santa Monica, California

EDUCATION

1969-1973Diplome D’etude Professionnelle, Institute of the Applied Arts (College du Vieux Montreal), Montreal, Canada

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1978Studio, Venice, California

1985Commission, J. Paul Getty Center for the Arts and Humanities, Santa Monica, California

BIOGRAPHY

Roseline Delisle’s work is characterized by symmetrical, vertical porcelain shapes with an emphasis on their profiles. These are typically decorated with one color ground, either black or International Kline Blue (developed by artist, Yves Kline) slip applied by hand, with contrasting black or white horizontal glazed stripes. The surface patterning complements the form creating a highly geometrical finished work.

In 1987 Delisle was awarded the Purchase Prize at the 27^th Ceramic National; an annual exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY. The winning vessel, Triptyque 6 was described as “…Porcelain jar in three sections, including top. Triangular shapes are stacked upon each other‒the conical bottom is topped by a tapering cylinder with a flat shoulder, which is then topped by a triangular lid with a tiny triangular finial.” (Perry, American Ceramics the Collection of Everson Museum of Art,1989, p. 232-33)

Her later works concentrated less on profile and more on the essence of volumetric forms. In 1985, she received a commission to decorate the entrance at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. After this commission, she began to stack multiple pieces, thus, creating larger works. A metal rod stabilizes these assemblages. Later in her career she began to use earthenware to make these large composed pieces.

In her undergraduate studies, Delisle focused on ceramic industrial production. After immigrating to the United States in 1978, she established her first studio in Venice, California before moving it to Santa Monica, California where she worked until her death in 2003.