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Manager of Shore Hall Studio & Gallery, Summerville, West Hants County, Nova Scotia
Education
2008: MFA Studio Arts, Sculpture; Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
2003: BFA Sculpture; University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
2001: Arte Sotto un Tetto, Florence, Italy; semester abroad
Professional Endeavours
2022 – present: Vice President of the Avon River Arts Society
2023: Instructor for Form and Materials course, NSCAD University
2015-17: Arts Nova Scotia Grants to Individuals, Circus of Life project, Creation Grant
2015: SOFA Chicago Educational Mission, Craft Alliance/ Métiers d’arts, Chicago, IL
2010: Self-directed Residency, Visual Arts, Winter, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
2010: Independent Arts Grant, Visual Arts, funding for program at the Banff Centre, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2009: Sculpture Department, Artist Residency, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
2008: Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center Visual Arts Residency, Johnson, Vermont, USA
2008: Can Serrat International Art Center Artist Residency, El Bruc, Spain
2006-7: MFA Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, Montréal
2005: Visual Arts Individual Assistance Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2004: Global Stone Workshop, Marina di Carrara, Italy
2003: Visual Arts Individual Assistance Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board; Individuals sculpture series
Selected Exhibitions
2019-2023: Shore Hall Studio & Gallery summer exhibitions, including annual community art exhibitions
2024: Great Little Art Show, Artist’s Landing Gallery, Avon River Heritage Museum, Avondale, NS, frequent participant for over a decade
2023: Long Winter Nights ARAS members show, coordinator and participant, the Bread Gallery, Brooklyn, West Hants, NS, frequent participant for over a decade
2021: Transpose, group exhbition, The Ice House Gallery, Tatamagouche, NS
2017: Circus of Life; solo sculpture exhibition, 2nd story, Cedar Centre, Windsor, Nova Scotia
2013: Love Me; image of sculpture printed on flag, DMZ International Installation Art Exhibition, seokjangri Art Sculpture Park, South/North Korean Border
2011: it’s (not) all about you (now The Collective); solo sculpture exhibition, Chase Exhibition Room, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2010: Thread-Bound; group exhibition with theme based on ‘the stitch’, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
2008: Collision 4; MFA group thesis exhibition, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, Québec
2007-8: Ignition 4; MFA group exhibition, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal
2006-7: ‘SCAM’ Small City Art Museums tour; selected works from the Individuals series included in group touring exhibition visiting the Art Gallery of Swift Current, Estevan Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Prince Albert, Esplanade Art Gallery, Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George, and the Kelowna Art Gallery