Education
MA 2024 - Concordia University | Master of Arts in Art Education
BFA 2017 Simon Fraser University | School for the Contemporary Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts Certificate
2017 Simon Fraser University | Certificate in Liberal Arts
Exhibitions:
Solo Shows
2023, Silk Cocoon, Centre Culturel Georges Vanier, Montreal, QC
Group Shows
2024, transformative futures, Fonderie Darling at the Mediation Studio, Montreal, QC
2024, Bold, Italic, Underlined, Galerie POPOP Gallery, Montreal, QC
2024, EGSS Conference Art Exhibition, McGill University, Montreal, QC
2024, My Heritage, Aldergrove Kinsmen Centre, Langley, BC
2023, Creating Kinship, Black Theatre Workshop, Montreal, QC
2023, New & Emerging, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2022, Imagining Iceland 2022, Langdon Gallery, Montreal, QC
2022, Ós Textile Residency: Samsyning, Icelandic Textile Centre, Blönduós, Iceland
2022, FOSTER DIALOGUE, Langdon Gallery, Montreal, QC
2022, In-TENSION, Produit Rien, Montreal, QC
2017, LandMarks2017 / Repères2017, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
2017, Best Before: Archivised, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016, _____________, and a Space, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015, Group Exhibition: In Circulation, Capture Photography Festival,Vancouver, BC
Shows worked on
2024, Curator, exChange Art Show, Centre des mémoires montréalaises, Montréal, QC
2024, Outreach and Logistics Assistant, BANAL Collective: Dark Diplomacy, 4TH SPACE, Montréal, QC
2024, Logistics Assistant, Extreme as commonplace: In response to Pussy Riot’s Velvet Terrorism, Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Montréal, QC
2023, Artist Assistant, BANAL Collective: NORMS, Montréal Arts Interculturels (MAI), Montréal, QC
2020, Art Preparator, Cartooney, New Media Gallery, New Westminster, BC
2019, Exhibition Model, Adad Hannah: The Decameron Retold, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2018, Collections Assistant, Kerry James Marshall: Collected Works, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC
2018, Collections Assistant/Art Preparator, Yoko Ono: MEND PIECE, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC
2017, Collections Assistant/Art Preparator, Ian Wallace: Collected Works, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC
2017, Exhibition Docent, Simon Starling: Collected Works, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC
2015, Curator, Geometry of Knowing Part 4: You Are Here, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Conference Presentations
2024, "How Building Accessibility Awareness can make you better in Art Critiques" presented at Canadian Society for Education through Art (CSEA/SCÉA) 2024 Conference, Halifax, NS
2024, "Using Silk to Connect with the Self: Material Considerations for Artist-Teacher and Community Art Education" presented at Canadian Society for Education through Art (CSEA/SCÉA) 2024 Conference, Halifax, NS
2024, "Methods of Building Accessibility Awareness with the Arts" presented at Children, Youth and Performance Conference 2024 (CYP), Toronto, ON
2024, "Learning With the St. Lawrence: Interdisciplinary Research and Creation for Community Education, Professional Development, and Sustainability" presented at National Art Education Association 2024 (NAEA), Minneapolis, MN
2024, “Crafting Futures through Silk and Community-based Research-Creation” presented at McGill University, Education Graduate Students’ Society 2024 Conference, Montreal, QC
2023, "Stitches and Stories: Honouring the St. Lawrence with a Sustainable Community Stitch Collaboration" presented at the River Symposium, Cornwall, ON
2023, "Institutional Experience: Interviews with Museums" presented at Concordia University, Department of Education, Montreal, QC
Publications
2022, "Transnational tomorrows today: Graduate student futures and imaginaries for art education", UNESCO Observatory Multi-disciplinary eJournal in the Arts. Volume 8, Issue 1.
Residencies
2022, Ós Textile Residency, Blönduós, Iceland.
Awards
2024, Concordia Conference and Exposition Award, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2023, Bourse Concordia - CCGV, Concordia University and Centre Culturel Georges Vanier, Montréal, QC
2022, Quebec Mobility Award, Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur (MEES), QC
2022, Concordia Fine Arts Scholarship, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
Related Experience
2023 - Present Workshop Facilitator, exChange Project, St James United Church, Montréal, QC
2024 Teaching Assistant, GradPro Skills Centre for Teaching and Learning, Montréal, QC
2024 Logistics Assistant, Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), Montréal, QC
2024 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2024 Graduate Research Assistant, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2024 Accessibility Specialist, Access Centre for Students with Disabilities, Montréal, QC
2021 Creative, Apple Inc., Richmond, BC
2020 Art Preparator, City of New Westminster (New Media Gallery), New Westminster, BC
2018 Collections Assistant, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC
2018 Ambassador, Hauser & Wirth, Vancouver, BC & Hong Kong, China
2016 Studio Assistant, Neil Wedman, Burnaby, BC