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EDUCATION
M.V.S., University of Toronto, Toronto, 2008
B.Ed., York University, Toronto, 2004
H.B.A., Art History and Studio, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2003
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2008
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2008
Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Travel Grant, 2008
Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2006 - 2008
Canada Council for the Arts, Inter-Arts Travel Grant, 2006
Status of Women Award: Promoting Equity in the Toronto District School Board, 2005
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008, 'Deaths/Memorials/Births,' Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2005, 'The Snapshot Chronicles,' CWSE, OISE/University of Toronto.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011, 'Eccentricities,' Papermill Gallery, Toronto.
'Here and There,' Propeller Centre for Visual Arts, Toronto.
2010, 'Photorama 2010,' Gallery TPW,Toronto.
'Feminist Research Performance Project' a collaboration with Leena Raudvee, XPACE, Toronto.
'Do You See What I Mean? Voyez-vous ce que je veux dire?' Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON.
'The Trans-Cultural: Women in Performance,' CWSE, OISE/University of Toronto.
'Around the Frayed Edges,' Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON.
2009, 'Photorama 2009,' Gallery TPW, Toronto.
'DIASPORArt: Strategy and Seduction by Canadian Artists from Culturally Diverse Communities in works from the collection of the Canada Council Art
Bank,' Rideau Hall, Ottawa.
'In The Bedroom Series,' Gallery 44, Toronto. (Vitrines)
2008, 'MVS Graduating Exhibition,' The University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto.
'Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week,' The Distillery District, Toronto.
2007, 'Fleeting Face,' A Space Gallery, Toronto .
'Rehab: Weaning Youth off Corporate Crack,' The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
2006, 'Alumni Show,' The Gallery, The University of Toronto.
'Art in the Halls,' 401 Richmond, Toronto.
'Collision 2006 Inter-arts Research and Practices,' University of Victoria, B.C.
'Get on the Bus,' CITY – SPACE, San Francisco, CA.
2004, 'Sticks and Stones,' sisboombah, Toronto. (window)
'7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art,' Toronto.
'LISTEN!: FIVE HOLES series,' FADO, Toronto.
'Squarefoot 2004,' A.W.O.L Gallery, Toronto.
2003, 'Touch and Go,' The Third Floor, Brooklyn, NY.
'Body: Not My Autobiography,' The Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough.
'Gestures,' Implant, Toronto.
'Beautificades,' Ne Plus Ultra, Toronto.
2002, 'hardFORM,' Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto.
'Grapefruit, Lemon, ___________.' Art System, Toronto.
RESIDENCIES
2010, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA), Winnipeg,MB.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2008, 'Vivencia Poetica', FADO Inc., Toronto.
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Guidance Counsellor, Riverdale Collegiate Institute (T.D.S.B), Toronto, 2008 -
Teaching Assistant (Marker), Faculty of Liberal Studies, OCAD, Toronto, 2008
Teaching Assistant, Fine Arts Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2008
Teaching Assistant (Marker), Faculty of Liberal Studies, OCAD, Toronto, 2007
Teaching Assistant, New Media Studies Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2007
Teaching Assistant, Fine Arts Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2006
Visual Arts and English Teacher, Riverdale Collegiate Institute (T.D.S.B),Toronto, 2004-2006
GUEST LECTURE / PANEL
Artist Talk, MAWA, Winnipeg, 2010
Artist Talk, Gallery 44, Toronto, 2009
Panel Member, 'The New Art of Suburbia' at Centennial College, Toronto, 2008
Artist Talk, Platform Centre for Photographic+Digital Arts, Winnipeg, 2008
Artist Talk, A Space Gallery, Toronto, 2006
JURIES/ADVISORY
Jury Member, Masters of Visual Studies Selection Committee, University of Toronto, 2007
Jury Member, A Space Gallery, Toronto, 2006
PUBLICATIONS
Artist portfolio in Prefix Photo (Issue 18), 2008.
"Deaths/Memorials/Births." (Cover Image) The Manitoban: The University of Manitoba Students' Newspaper, Volume 96 November 14: November 12, 2008.
Online artist project 'Deaths, Memorials, Births' on Extensions: The Online Journal of Embodiment and Technology, <http://www.extensionsjournal.org
/the-journal/4/deaths-memorials-births> UCLA, Los Angeles, 2008.
REVIEWS/ESSAYS
Cittern, Zoe. "A Different Spin on Textiles." Country Voice, Volume 3 Issue 9: Thursday, March 25, 2010, p.26.
Carraway, Kate. "The art of Scarborough." Eye Weekly, December 12, 2008. http://www.eyeweekly.com/arts/torontonotes/article/47709
Eyland, Cliff. Akimblog: Winnipeg, December 2, 2008. http://www.akimbo.biz/akimblog/?id=244 (Reproduction).
Thiessen, Brittany. "The significance of a blank page: Toronto artist uses obituaries as her canvas for exhibit." The Uniter: The University of Winnipeg Student
Weekly, Issue 14: November 27, 2008. http://www.uniter.ca/view.php?aid=41020 (Reproduction).
Eigenkind, Heidi. (Exhibition Essay) "Deaths/Memorials/Births." Winnipeg: Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts 2008. (Reproductions).
Landry, Mike. "Deaths/Memorials/Births." Things of Desire: Canada's Alternative Art Weekly, Volume 1 Number 11: October 30-November 5.
http://thingsofdesire.ca/2008/10/30/deathsmemorialsbirths/#more-429 (Reproduction).
Reckitt, Helena. (Catalogue Essay). MVS Programme 2008 Graduating Exhibition. Toronto: The University ofToronto 2008. (Reproductions).
Goddard, Peter. "At the Galleries: Closing Today." The Toronto Star, July 21, 2007, Sec. E6.
Schecter, Fran. "Ethnicity's Fleeting Face." NOW Magazine, July 12-18, 2007, p. 81.
Nicholls, Sophie. "Battling against in-school discrimination." 24 Hours, December 4, 2005, p. 6. (Reproduction).
Whyte, Murray. " Random acts of weirdness." The Toronto Star, March 26, 2005, Sec. H, p. 1 and 12.
COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, 2010
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, 2009
EDUCATION
M.V.S., University of Toronto, Toronto, 2008
B.Ed., York University, Toronto, 2004
H.B.A., Art History and Studio, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2003
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2008
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2008
Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Travel Grant, 2008
Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2006 - 2008
Canada Council for the Arts, Inter-Arts Travel Grant, 2006
Status of Women Award: Promoting Equity in the Toronto District School Board, 2005
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008, 'Deaths/Memorials/Births,' Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2005, 'The Snapshot Chronicles,' CWSE, OISE/University of Toronto.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011, 'Eccentricities,' Papermill Gallery, Toronto.
'Here and There,' Propeller Centre for Visual Arts, Toronto.
2010, 'Photorama 2010,' Gallery TPW,Toronto.
'Feminist Research Performance Project' a collaboration with Leena Raudvee, XPACE, Toronto.
'Do You See What I Mean? Voyez-vous ce que je veux dire?' Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON.
'The Trans-Cultural: Women in Performance,' CWSE, OISE/University of Toronto.
'Around the Frayed Edges,' Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON.
2009, 'Photorama 2009,' Gallery TPW, Toronto.
'DIASPORArt: Strategy and Seduction by Canadian Artists from Culturally Diverse Communities in works from the collection of the Canada Council Art
Bank,' Rideau Hall, Ottawa.
'In The Bedroom Series,' Gallery 44, Toronto. (Vitrines)
2008, 'MVS Graduating Exhibition,' The University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto.
'Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week,' The Distillery District, Toronto.
2007, 'Fleeting Face,' A Space Gallery, Toronto .
'Rehab: Weaning Youth off Corporate Crack,' The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
2006, 'Alumni Show,' The Gallery, The University of Toronto.
'Art in the Halls,' 401 Richmond, Toronto.
'Collision 2006 Inter-arts Research and Practices,' University of Victoria, B.C.
'Get on the Bus,' CITY – SPACE, San Francisco, CA.
2004, 'Sticks and Stones,' sisboombah, Toronto. (window)
'7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art,' Toronto.
'LISTEN!: FIVE HOLES series,' FADO, Toronto.
'Squarefoot 2004,' A.W.O.L Gallery, Toronto.
2003, 'Touch and Go,' The Third Floor, Brooklyn, NY.
'Body: Not My Autobiography,' The Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough.
'Gestures,' Implant, Toronto.
'Beautificades,' Ne Plus Ultra, Toronto.
2002, 'hardFORM,' Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto.
'Grapefruit, Lemon, ___________.' Art System, Toronto.
RESIDENCIES
2010, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA), Winnipeg,MB.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2008, 'Vivencia Poetica', FADO Inc., Toronto.
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Guidance Counsellor, Riverdale Collegiate Institute (T.D.S.B), Toronto, 2008 -
Teaching Assistant (Marker), Faculty of Liberal Studies, OCAD, Toronto, 2008
Teaching Assistant, Fine Arts Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2008
Teaching Assistant (Marker), Faculty of Liberal Studies, OCAD, Toronto, 2007
Teaching Assistant, New Media Studies Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2007
Teaching Assistant, Fine Arts Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2006
Visual Arts and English Teacher, Riverdale Collegiate Institute (T.D.S.B),Toronto, 2004-2006
GUEST LECTURE / PANEL
Artist Talk, MAWA, Winnipeg, 2010
Artist Talk, Gallery 44, Toronto, 2009
Panel Member, 'The New Art of Suburbia' at Centennial College, Toronto, 2008
Artist Talk, Platform Centre for Photographic+Digital Arts, Winnipeg, 2008
Artist Talk, A Space Gallery, Toronto, 2006
JURIES/ADVISORY
Jury Member, Masters of Visual Studies Selection Committee, University of Toronto, 2007
Jury Member, A Space Gallery, Toronto, 2006
PUBLICATIONS
Artist portfolio in Prefix Photo (Issue 18), 2008.
"Deaths/Memorials/Births." (Cover Image) The Manitoban: The University of Manitoba Students' Newspaper, Volume 96 November 14: November 12, 2008.
Online artist project 'Deaths, Memorials, Births' on Extensions: The Online Journal of Embodiment and Technology, <http://www.extensionsjournal.org
/the-journal/4/deaths-memorials-births> UCLA, Los Angeles, 2008.
REVIEWS/ESSAYS
Cittern, Zoe. "A Different Spin on Textiles." Country Voice, Volume 3 Issue 9: Thursday, March 25, 2010, p.26.
Carraway, Kate. "The art of Scarborough." Eye Weekly, December 12, 2008. http://www.eyeweekly.com/arts/torontonotes/article/47709
Eyland, Cliff. Akimblog: Winnipeg, December 2, 2008. http://www.akimbo.biz/akimblog/?id=244 (Reproduction).
Thiessen, Brittany. "The significance of a blank page: Toronto artist uses obituaries as her canvas for exhibit." The Uniter: The University of Winnipeg Student
Weekly, Issue 14: November 27, 2008. http://www.uniter.ca/view.php?aid=41020 (Reproduction).
Eigenkind, Heidi. (Exhibition Essay) "Deaths/Memorials/Births." Winnipeg: Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts 2008. (Reproductions).
Landry, Mike. "Deaths/Memorials/Births." Things of Desire: Canada's Alternative Art Weekly, Volume 1 Number 11: October 30-November 5.
http://thingsofdesire.ca/2008/10/30/deathsmemorialsbirths/#more-429 (Reproduction).
Reckitt, Helena. (Catalogue Essay). MVS Programme 2008 Graduating Exhibition. Toronto: The University ofToronto 2008. (Reproductions).
Goddard, Peter. "At the Galleries: Closing Today." The Toronto Star, July 21, 2007, Sec. E6.
Schecter, Fran. "Ethnicity's Fleeting Face." NOW Magazine, July 12-18, 2007, p. 81.
Nicholls, Sophie. "Battling against in-school discrimination." 24 Hours, December 4, 2005, p. 6. (Reproduction).
Whyte, Murray. " Random acts of weirdness." The Toronto Star, March 26, 2005, Sec. H, p. 1 and 12.
COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, 2010
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, 2009
