2023MFA Textiles, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Thesis: Legend
Education
2017Professional Certification, Couture Embroidery, École Lesage, Paris, France
2014MFA Printmaking, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Thesis: Fur Stories [ you are not wild enough for me ]
Thesis: Fur Stories [ you are not wild enough for me ]
2013PhD, York University, Toronto, ON
Dissertation: An Inquiry into “Learning From”
Dissertation: An Inquiry into “Learning From”
2008–10Drawing Major (non-degree), NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
1997MA Film and Video, York University, Toronto, ON
1994BA (Hons) Philosophy and Cinema Studies, minor in Art History, University of Toronto
Selected Exhibitions
2024Petticoat Jacket, Blossom Tulle Jacket, Chrysalis Waistcoat & Samples, RISD Textile Triennial, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2023–24for D: becoming a tree (solo), Gallery 505, Calgary, AB
2023Black Blossom Lace & Moth Memory Yoke, CAAF Residency Exhibition, cSpace, Calgary, AB
2023Petticoat Jacket, Blossom Tulle Jacket & Western Shirt, New Contemporaries 2023, Gelman Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
2023Legend, MFA Textiles Thesis, RISD Grad Show, Providence Convention Centre, RI
2023Samplers & Other Works, Sensing Fashion, Donghia Textile Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2022Petticoat Jacket / The Wolf & the Lamb & Felt Work I, Inherent Vice: Hidden Narratives, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2022Chrysalis, A Moment That Lasts Beyond Now, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2022Hydrangea Flower Drawing Necklace & Devoré, Incremental Growth, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2015–16Fur Poems, Brainstorms: UAlberta Creates, Enterprise Square Galleries, Edmonton, AB
2014Fur Poems, Strung Out & Undone, The Gallery at the Living Arts Centre, Toronto, ON
2014Fur Fable, Shy Rabbit Print International 5, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, CO
2014enlisted, Drawn: 1st Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2013–14Fur Stories: [ you are not wild enough for me ] (solo), FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2013Fur Suite/Remnants, Prismatika: Illusions of the Universe, Steppes Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2013Fur Suite/Remnants, Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, QC
2013Fur Suite/Remnants, Impact8 Printmaking Conference, Dundee, Scotland
2013enlisted, dog 1, Awagami International Mini-Print Competition, Inbe Art Space, Tokushima, JP
2013Fur Suite/Remnants, Mosty II, Edmonton School of Printmaking, SVK, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
2012Fur Suite/Remnants, Cosmopolitan Animals, Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London, UK
2012Fur Suite/Remnants, Lost Horizon, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012Fur Suite/Remnants, 30Love, Society for Northern Printmakers (SNAP), AB
2012Water & Air, Quotationalism, FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2012Fur Suite/Remnants, Walking on Walls, SNAP, Edmonton, AB
2012Human Natures, Unstable Natures, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB
2011Long Poem Project, UpArt! Nature/Culture, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2010Testimony of Echo (solo), Eleanor Winters Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2010Testimony of Echo (solo), Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2009the butterfly disquisition, 35 Days of Non-Organized Art, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS
Digital and Online Exhibitions
2020Sparrows & Swallows, Devotion: Sewing the Sacred, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2020
2015Fur Suite/Remnants, Negative Exempla, La Vague Journal, 4th Ed.
2014Fur Stories: [ you are not wild enough for me ], All These Theses, Printeresting.org
Research-Creation Grants
2024Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA), Individual Project Grant: creaturely
2022AFA, Individual Project Grant: for D: becoming a tree
2021AFA, Individual Professional Development Grant: MFA Textiles, RISD
2017AFA, Professional Development Grant: École Lesage Certification
2015AFA, Individual Project Grant: The Garment Portraits
2014–17Faculty Professional Affairs Fund, Alberta University of the Arts
2010Halifax Regional Municipality, Open Projects: An Archive of Beautiful Memories
2010Arts Nova Scotia, Banff Centre Self-Directed Residency: The Long Poem Project
Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards
2022–23Graduate Fellowship, Department of Costume and Textiles, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2021Rosanne Somerson Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design
2020RISD Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
2016Peter Lougheed Leadership Award, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB
2013Awagami International Mini-Print Competition Award, Tokushima, JP
2012Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2012AFA Graduate Award in Art & Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2012MFA Scholarship, Department of Art & Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2006Nominee, Price Award for Excellence in Teaching, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Artist Residencies
2023Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, cSpace, Calgary, AB
2014Point Pleasant Park Artist Residency, City of Halifax, NS
2012Klosters Bentlage Printmaking Residency, Cultural Centre and Museum, Rheine, Germany
2011Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Open Studio with Critique, Philadelphia, US
2010Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Self-Directed Residency, Banff, AB
Curatorial and Public Art Projects
2022–23Co-Curator, Sensing Fashion, with Kate Irvin, Department Head and Curator, Costume and Textiles, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2022–23Graduate Fellow, Department of Costume and Textiles, RISD Museum: collections-based research on garment and object history in support of current and future exhibitions, interpretive writing and public programming, Providence, RI
2011–16Project Lead and Curator, An Archive of Beautiful Memories, public audio installation, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, NS
2016Director, Craft at the Cutting-Edge, international artist residency with Katrin Steiger, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2015Coordinator, Visiting Artist Programme with Pamela Norrish, AUArts, Calgary, AB
2011Curator, Moving Subjectivities, Port Loggia Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2010Artist and Curator, Ultramarine Blue, Nocturne, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS
2009Curator, Practice Makes Practice, Port Loggia Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2009Coordinator, Visiting Artist Programme with Alex Kanevsky, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
Artist Talks
2024Artist Talk and Workshop, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
2023Samples, Sensing Fashion, Donghia Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2014Inquiry, Narrative & Matter, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
2014Fur Stories, Stories Unlimited: Layered Meanings & Process, UC Santa Cruz, California, US
2011The Prosthetic Archive, Lunenburg Lecture Series, Lunenburg, NS
2011Make Time: Public Conversations on New Work, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2010Testimony of Echo, Eleanor Winters Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON
2010Testimony of Echo, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
Teaching
2025–27Studio and Course Instructor, OCAD University (Drawing and Painting), Brock University (Visual Arts) and Nipissing University (Visual Arts; Curation and Museology), ON
2015–20Assistant Professor, Visual Culture, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB. Chair, School of Craft and Emerging Media and MFA Program Advisor, 2015–18
2012–13Principal Instructor, Printmaking and Drawing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2007–11Assistant Professor (Limited Term), Foundation Studies, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2005–07Sessional Instructor, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Technical Skills
- Haute couture embroidery and Lunéville hook techniques (École Lesage, Paris)
- Tailoring and garment construction
- Screen printing
- Photo lithography and photopolymer printing
- Digital fabrication tools
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Python
Collections
University of Alberta Art Collection; Royal Bank of Canada Art Collection; private collections