Known for her minimalist abstract sculpture and architecturally-scaled, multi-component installations, Dickie has received numerous national and provincial grants and awards. She has attended national and international artist residencies and exhibited her work extensively in solo and group shows across Canada. Her work can be found in permanent collections across North America, at select commercial galleries, and at her studio in Victoria BC.

In her talk, Dickie will bring together many of the threads that weave through her 20 years of working in clay. She will discuss her aesthetic focus, investigate materiality as it relates to large sculptural projects, and trace the development of her conceptual concerns. In particular, she will discuss the planning involved in executing and installing commissions and large-scale public gallery projects comprising many thousands of components, such as her most recent installation, A Moment in Time, at the Victoria Art Council Gallery.