Curriculum vitae

Education
2006 M.F.A. Tapestry, School of Drawing & Painting, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2004 B.F.A. Art History & Studio Art, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
   
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Lost in Contemplum, Board of Directors, Toronto.
  euphoria, Convenience gallery, Toronto.
2006 Pixels, M.F.A. Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
2003 Heart Strings/Love Knots, Fibres Area show space, Concordia University, Montreal.
   
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 I'm Ok You're OK: The Art of Self-Improvement, concertina gallery, Chicago. Collaboration with Jaimie Henthorn.
2009 Arcade Park (1978-1985), Brooklyn Fire Proof, Bushwick. Curated by Steve Mykietyn as part of BETA Spaces.
  BANK on ART, ATM exhibition and intervention, 952 Queen St. W., Toronto. Organized by Kelly McCray.
  Wish you were here: Postcards from Toronto, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. Curated by Katharine Mulherin.
2008 Darkling Eclipse, Kunstverein das weisse haus, Vienna, Austria. Curated by Leisure Projects (Susannah Wesley and Meredith Carruthers).
2006 Annual Members Exhibition, The Embassy, Edinburgh.
  Bunkers, exhibition and public intervention on Cramond Island, Edinburgh.
  Do Something for Wildness and Make the Mountains Glad, Demarco Skateraw Project, Dunbar.
  Prawn, Pawn, Porn, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh.
2005 Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh. Collaboration with Zeynep Arman.
  On the Way to the Peak of Normal: A Crack in the Cosmic Egg, The Embassy, Edinburgh. Curated by Centre for Visual and Cultural Studies (CVCS) graduate students, Edinburgh Colllege of Art.
  Fromage et Frottage, Evolution House, Edinburgh.
  Student Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2004 Out Mess or Clean, Vennel Project Space, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh. Collaboration with Steven Mykietyn.
  Hello Neighbour, Cell77, Edinburgh. Collaboration with Zeynep Arman. Organized by Naomi Garriock.
2003 Primp, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal.
2002 Spiffy, Espace 306, Belgo Building, Montreal.
   
Professional Development and Related Experience
2010 Instructor, Web Art & Design, Continuing Studies Programme, Ontario College of Art & Design.
2009- Freelance web designer.
Member of Mercer Union artist-run centre, Toronto.
2008 Participant in Cosmic Ray Research thematic residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
  Education Coordinator at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto.
2007 Interim Education and Exhibition Coordinator at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto.
2006 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Digital Imaging for Painters, Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto.
  Gallery attendant for The Invisible Landscape: Revealing Our Place in the World, selected works from the National Gallery of Canada, at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto.
  Volunteer Coordinator and gallery attendant at Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, for the 2006 Edinburgh Festival exhibition Robert Ryman at Inverleith House.
2004-2006 Member of The Embassy artist-run gallery, Edinburgh.
2004 Residency at Cove Park, Roseneath, Scotland.
Member of mawa, Winnipeg.
  Costume design assistant for "Sissy Boy Slap Party", "A Trip to the Orphanage", and "Sombra dolorosa", three short films directed by Guy Maddin, Winnipeg.
2002 Volunteer bead-worker for Nadia Myre’s Cont(r)act, exhibited at Oboro Gallery, Montreal.
   
Grants and Scholarships
2010 Visual Arts Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
Joseph S. Stauffer Prize, Canada Council for the Arts.
2008 Bess Winspear Memorial Scholarship, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
2007 Ontario Art Council (OAC) emerging artist project grant.
2002 First prize in the Department of Classics, Linguistics and Modern Languages Essay Contest, Concordia Univeristy, Montreal.
2001 Helen McNicoll Art Prize, Concordia University, Montreal.
   
   
Collections
  Private collections in Canada, Scotland and Turkey.