education
1949 | Born at La Glace, Alberta, Canada. |
Education | |
1969 - 1972 | Sheridan College School of Design - Honours Diploma, Furniture/Wood. |
1972 | James Krenov, Master Cabinetmaker, Stockholm, Sweden - Private Student. |
Professional Experience | |
Furniture Design, Product Design, Exhibit Design, Interior Design, Marine Design, Graphic Design, Sculpture, plus production and one-of-a-kind manufacturing: | |
2010 - 2015 | Qijuk Design Innovations Inc. - Design Director |
2001 - | PAULEPP.COM INC. |
1999 - 2000 | Fabre Exhibitry - Principal. |
1997 - 1999 | Alphaform Exhibits + Design - Design Director. |
1995 - 1997 | Epp Atelier, Independent Furniture Designers - Principal. |
1989 - 1995 | Aggregation Contract Furniture - Founding Partner, Creative Director. |
1988 - 1989 | Epp and Stewart, Interior Designers - Partner. |
1987 - 1988 | Muskoka Fine Watercraft - Partner, Vice President. |
1981 - 1987 | Ambiant Woodworks Limited - Design Director. |
1973 - 1981 | Epp Studio, Designers and Makers - Principal. |
1973 | Muller & Stewart Limited, Industrial Designers - Designer. |
Voluntary Professional Activities | |
1999 - 2009 | Design for monuments in Ukraine |
1999 | Kortitsa '99 (Mennonites in Russia), Exhibit design, Zaporozhe, Ukraine |
1998 | The Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario, Vice President. |
1990 - 1992 | The Group for Design in Business, Founding Board member. |
1990 | The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Council member. |
1984 - 1988 | The Mennonite Centre, Member of the Library committee. |
1979 - 1980 | The Ontario Woodworker's Association, Founding President. |
1979 - 1984 | Visual Arts Ontario, the Art in Architecture committee. |
1979 - 1981 | CarFac, Regional representative. |
1978 | Canadian Crafts Council, Delegate to the World Crafts Council, Japan. |
1978 - 1980 | Member of the International Committee. |
1974 - 1997 | The Ontario Crafts Council, Various Committee Memberships. |
1975 | The Craft Collaborative, Founding member. |
1974 - 1983 | Artist's Cooperative Toronto, Founding member. |
Professional Achievements/Exhibitions (selected) | |
2005 | Convergence, An Australian and American Studio Furniture ExhibitionSan Diego, San Francisco, Chicago. |
1990 | Prototypical, The Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto. |
1987 | Art in Everyday Life, Power Plant, Toronto. |
1987 | Chairs, Designed and Made in Ontario, touring exhibition. |
1987 | Exhibition, The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Gallery. |
1987 | Mennonite Bicentennial Visual Arts Exhibit, The Meeting House, St. Jacobs, Harbourfront, Toronto. |
1986 | The Creative Spark '86, The MacDonald Gallery, Toronto. |
1978 | Artisan '78, Canadian Crafts Council Nat. Touring Exhibition. |
1976 | Faces of Canada, The Canadian Guild of Crafts (Quebec). |
1975 | Language of Wood, Burchfield Center. Buffalo, New York. |
1974 | Two man show with Stephen Harris, The Craft Gallery. |
Collections | |
Museum of Civilization, Ottawa - The Ontario Crafts Council Permanent Collection and the Massey Foundation Collection. | |
Competitions | |
1981 | Jeux Canada Games, Outdoor Sculpture for the Thunder Bay Sportsplex. |
Professional Recognition and Awards | |
1998 | Best of Canada Design Award |
1992 | IIDEX 92, Innovative Product Award. |
1986 | The Roscoe Award. |
1984 | Design Canada, Award of Merit. |
1984 | IBD, Product Design Award. |
1971 | ODDT, Ontario Furniture Design Award. |
Grants | |
1976, 1978 | Ontario Arts Council. |
1972 | Design Canada Study Grant. |
1972 | The Canadian Guild of Crafts (Ontario). |
Selector/Juror | |
2011 | The Design Exchange annual awards |
2011 | International Design Award, Herford, Germany |
1998 | Kootenay Value Added Wood Symposium. |
1995 | The Tasmanian Wood Design Collection. |
1992 | The Colombian National Contest for Urban Furniture. |
1989 | The Toronto Arts Awards. |
1985 | The Canada Council. |
1984 | The Bronfman Award. |
1979 | The Ontario Arts Council. |
1979 | The Prince Edward Island Craft Association. |
1978 | Northwestern Ontario Craft Association. |
2013 | AWFS Freshwood Competition, Las Vegas |
Publications (selected) | |
1988 | AWorld Wide Interiors, Rikuyo-Sha, Japan. |
1982 | Art in Architecture, Visual Arts Ontario. |
1981 | The Craftsman's Way, U of T Press. |
1980 | Twentieth Century Furniture, Van Nostrand Reinhold. |
1975 | Decorative Art and Modern Interiors, Studio Vista. |
Teaching Experience - Full Time Permanent Appointment | |
2011 - 2015 | Ontario College of Art & Design University, Chair, Industrial Design |
2010 | Ontario College of Art & Design University, Co-Chair, Industrial Design |
2006 - 2016 | Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto (Professor) |
Part Time Sessional Appointments | |
1993 - 2006 | Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto |
1974 - 1976, 1989 - 1997 | Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto. |
1976 - 1977, 1988 - 1991 | Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design. |
1988 | The International Academy of Design, Toronto; Nice, France. |
1979 | Humber College, Toronto. |
1978 | Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. |
Continuing Education | |
1975 - 1977 | The Three Schools of Art, Toronto. |
1974 - 1976 | Haliburton School of Fine Arts, Haliburton. |
1973 - 1978 | Mohawk College, Seneca College, Sheridan College. |
Guest Lectures | |
2001 | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia |
1996 | The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York. |
1995 | The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. |
1992, 1993 | The Association of Colombian Industrial Designers, Bogota, Colombia. |
1991 | IIDEX, Toronto. |
1979, 1986 | The Saskatchewan Crafts Council, Saskatoon. |
1979 | The Newfoundland and Labrador Craft Development Assoc., St. John's. |
1978 | Holland College, P.E.I. |
Memberships | |
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. |