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OCAD University, Toronto, ON. — Bachelor of Fine Arts
2006 - 2010 Printmaking Major
Education
2023 July - 2023 September Still Present Yet Absent, Next Contemporary, AURA collective, Toronto, ON.
2021 February - 2021 March No Danger in Being Enacted, the Run Gallery, group show, AURA collective, Toronto, ON.
2018 August to 2021 February Art of the Book, 10 locations national tour, including Audain Gallery, University of Victoria, Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, Winnipeg, Craft Ontario, Toronto, Mary E. Black Gallery, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, and Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
2017 February Virtual to Physical: thepostdigitalprintmaker, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
2015 November – December Curio Shadow Box Show, Earl Selkirk Gallery, Toronto, ON
2012 July PRESS exhibition, Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, ON
2012 June Now, Then, Here, Always, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, ON
*2011 October – November RLPA2011THF, George Gilmour Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2011 May 100 Prints, Palais Royale, Toronto, ON
2011 April Rock and Roll 3, Function 13, Toronto, ON
2010 December – 2011 Februrary Watershed: A Tale of Hong Kong and Belfast, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2010 December Convergence/Divergence: An International Prints Exchange Exhibition, exhibited at: Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong City Hall, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre and Queensway Government Offices, Hong Kong
2010 October Revealing the Matrix, PROOF Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2010 May Print Show, 2010 Print Thesis Show, Studio 561, Toronto, ON
2010 May Enter OCAD: 95th Annual Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
2010 April, 2010 Retro Show, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
2010 March, 13th Annual Figure Show, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
*Solo shows
Exhibitions
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Paperhouse Studio*
Co-Founder and Co-Director, 2013 - present
*Paperhouse Outreach Collective has now merged with Paperhouse Studio
AURA
Duo artist collective member with Raoul Olou, 2021 - present
CARFAC Ontario
Artistic Director, 2024 - present
Artist Support and Coordinator, 2022 - 2024
OCAD University
Teaching Assistant, 2014 - 2019
Contract Technician, 2014
Mozilla Foundation
Contract Project Manager, Facilitator, and Hive Toronto Coordinator, 2016 - 2017
Cultural Worker
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Paperhouse Studio
Artist Professional Development in Papermaking
Introduction to Papermaking Intensive
High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate class groups
Zine Making
Youth Council Training
Ages: Children, teens and youth, and adults (4 - 30+), Toronto, ON, 2013 - Present
Kinngarni Katujjiqatigiit
In partnership with Cape Dorset / Kinngait District Education Authority and Peter Pitseolak School and, Pangnirtung Land and Climate Program and Attagoyuk Ilisavik
Papermaking
Marbling
Printmaking
Ages: Teens and youth (9 - 21), Kinngait and Pangnirtung, NU, 2020-2021
Open Studio
8 week Introduction to Etching
Etching Level II
Private classes
Ages: Adults (18+), Toronto, ON, 2013 - 2021
Harbourfront Centre
Young Collagraphs
Painted Creatures
Government Studies
Ages: Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 (4 - 18), Toronto, ON, 2019 - 2020
Toronto District School Board, Central Technical School
Advanced Etching Techniques Demonstration for Credit Programme
Ages: Adults (18+), Toronto, ON, 2018
Facilitation
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Individual
Explore and Create, Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts, 2022
Explore and Create, Professional Development, Canada Council for the Arts, 2022
Skills and Career Development, Ontario Arts Council, 2022
Visual Artist Project, Toronto Arts Council, 2021
Artist Response Initiative, Ontario Arts Council, 2021
Professional Development, Artist Professional, 2021
AURA Collective
Explore and Create, Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts, 2021
Paperhouse Studio / Paperhouse Outreach Collective
Innovation Grants, Digital Greenhouse, Canada Council for the Arts, 2021
Creative Communities Project , Toronto Arts Council, 2019, 2018 & 2017
Arts Education Project, Ontario Arts Council, 2019
Artists in Library Residency, Toronto Arts Council, 2018
Access to the Arts, Public Outreach Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2017
Artists in Communities and Schools, Ontario Arts Council, 2019 & 2016
Rainbow Grant, Community One Foundation, 2020, 2018 & 2017
Toronto Dominion Bank, Private Funding for ZIPE, 2017 & 2016
Public/Private Funding
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Presentation / Publications
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Honourable Mention, Art of the Book, National Touring Show, 2018-2020, Canada
First Prize, Annual PRESS Exhibition, Button Factory Arts, 2012, Waterloo, ON.
Don Phillips Scholarship, Open Studio, 2010, Toronto, ON.
Printmaking Award, Open Studio, 2010, Toronto, ON.
Open Studio Prize, OCAD University, 2010, Toronto, ON.
Accu-Screen Supplies Ltd. Scholarship, OCAD University, 2010, Toronto, ON.
Scholarships / Awards
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University of Toronto, Scholars-in-Residence, Artist talk, 2023, Toronto, ON.
OCAD University, RBC Speed Networking, Artist Panel, 2022, Toronto, ON.
SKETCH Working Arts, Next Up! Leaders Lab, Power and Contracts, presenter, 2022, Toronto, ON
Project 40 Collective, Creator to Creator, Artist Interview, 2017, Toronto, ON.
Fairchild Television, Leisure Talk, Artist Talk, 2016, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton & Hong Kong
Paper on the Press, Friends of Dard Hunter and American Printing History Association, Artist Talk Co-Presenter, 2017, San Francisco, US.
The Point Residency, AURA Collective, 2021, Dunchurch, ON.
Residencies
Toronto Arts Council, Creative Communities, Committee Member, 2024 - present, Toronto, ON.
Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC), Member, 2014 - present, Toronto, ON.
Open Studio, Member, 2016 - 2020, Toronto, ON.
Hive Toronto, Member, 2017 - 2021, Toronto, ON.
Hand Papermaking, Board Member, 2017 - 2018, Minnesota, U.S
Professional Affiliations
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Toronto Arts Council, Creative Communities Project Grant, 2020
Open Studio x StreetARToronto, Public Art Project, 2020
Toronto Arts Council, Artists in the Library, 2019
Toronto Arts Foundation, Community Arts Award, 2018