EDUCATION
2023 Queen’s University, Graduate Diploma in Arts Management
2013 OCAD University, BFA with Distinction, Major in Criticism and Curatorial Practice
2011 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. Mobility/Exchange Student, Art History Department
2008 Toronto School of Art, Independent Studio Program. Advisors: Iris Haeussler and Lyla Rye
2006 Toronto School of Art, Fine Art Diploma
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES
2024 Cuts and Lock Ups , Centre[3] for Art and Social Practice, Hamilton
2023 The Sweetest Little Thing, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB; Swarm, Hamilton Artists’ Inc., Hamilton
2022 Art and Labour Lab, Living is Easy, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB; Owens Free Space, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
2021 New New Deal, Hamilton Artist’s Inc., Hamilton
2019 Political Type, Hammer City Records, Hamilton; Keep In Touch, The Assembly, Hamilton
2017 Two-Person exhibition with Aaron Murphy, you me gallery, Hamilton
2016 Swarm, Annual Members Exhibition, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton; The Mending Lounge, Craft Ontario, Toronto
2015 YMG Invitational, you me gallery, Hamilton; Tara Bursey: Selected Illustrations, Hammer City Records, Hamilton
2014 Market Value, Hamilton Farmer’s Market, Hamilton
2013 Swarm, Annual Members Exhibition, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton; Art is the Word, The Bank, Eye, Suffolk, UK; Fear of Punk//Fear of Art, Communication Art Gallery, Toronto; The End (Seven Samurai), Gallery 1313 Window Box, Toronto; GradEX Medal Winners Exhibition, Great Hall, OCAD University, Toronto
2012 // The Annual //, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto (Curated by Noa Bronstein and Deborah Wang); This We Know..., Planet IndigenUS Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto; Under 30 at 30, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto; Eyelevel Re-Shelving Initiative: 5, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2011 Heir/Looms, Studio Beluga, Montreal (Curated by Nicole Dawkins); Paradise Lost, Fly Gallery, Toronto; The Wunderkabinet 3: The Reading Raum, Etsy Labs Berlin, GER; (Pop)Corn Maze, Dundas Square, Toronto; Berlin; The Wunderkabinet 2, La Bastellerie, Berlin
2010 Fresh, Local, Craft!, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto; The Wunderkabinet, La Bastellerie, Berlin, GER; Drawing on Washi: The Presence of the Void, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto; Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative: 4, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax; Body + Object, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto
2009 Lookit, Lookit, Lookit, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (Curated by Melanie Egan); Cluster, Launch Projects, Toronto; paperwork/foodwork, poplar.gallery online; Elemental Connections, Saskatchewan Crafts Council, Saskatoon (Curated by Arlene Gehring)
2008 City of Craft (Off-Site Installation), League of Lovers and Thieves, Toronto; Elemental Connections, Alberta Crafts Council, Edmonton (Curated by Arlene Gehring); Washi Lockdown and Auction, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto; World Washi Summit Juried Exhibition, Toronto School of Art, Toronto; Pleasure-Purpose, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto (Curated by Janna Hiemstra); Insecurity Blanket, Fly Gallery, Toronto; Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative: 3, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax; Elemental Connections, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto (Curated by Arlene Gehring)
2007 Canzine 2007 (Room Installation), Gladstone Hotel, Toronto; Elemental Connections, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto (Curated by Arlene Gehring); Zine Soup, Teflon Til Chefen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Response, Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto; Sex Pots II, Prime Gallery, Toronto
2006 Holiday Show and Auction, Bobby Five Gallery, Toronto; Love Potion Project, Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto
2005 The Drawing Show, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto; Collide-O-Scope, Gallery 61, Toronto
ARTIST’S MARKETS AND AUCTIONS
Zinetopia, Kitchener (2023); Hamilton Zineposium (2016-23); Sackville Zine and Craft Fair (2022); Hamilton Feminist Zine Fair, Hamilton Central YWCA, Hamilton (2014); Canzine, 918 Bathurst Community Centre, Toronto (2013); Zine Dream, TRANZAC Club, Toronto (2009-10, 2012); City of Craft, The Theatre Centre, Toronto (2009); Artists Flea Market, Katherine Mulherin Art Projects, Toronto (2008); Shadow Box Exhibition and Auction, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto (2007-11); Artists Proof Sale and Open House, Open Studio, Toronto (2005)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023 Co-Curator, Infrastructures of Dissent (with Mitra Fakhrashrafi), Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton
2021 Co-Curator, How to Read a Vessel, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington | Curator, Larry Weyand: Peeling the Sticker Off an Overripe Pear, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington
2019 Curator, My Back Pages: The Art of Zines and Self-Publishing, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
2018 Curator, Punching The Clock: Working to Wrestle in Hamilton, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton
2017 Curator, Labour and Love Film Program (for Factory Media Centre), Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton
2015 Guest Curator, Repair Centre, Peter MacKendrick Community Gallery, Toronto | Curator, On The Waterfront, Pier 8, Hamilton Winterfest, Hamilton, Ontario (Forthcoming) | Co-Curator (with Melissa Bennett), Things Made Here: The Collection of Glen Faulman, AGH Design Annex, Hamilton
2014 Organizer, Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative in Hamilton, Multiple Venues, Hamilton | Co-Curator (with Melissa Bennett), Meryl McMaster: In-Between Worlds, AGH Design Annex | Curator, Winterlore, Pier 8, Hamilton Winterfest, Hamilton, Ontario
2013 Co-Curator (with Phil Anderson), Telling: An Audio Survey of Parkdale, Gallery 1313, Toronto | Co-Curator (with Ben Needham), Fear of Punk, Exhibitions in Toronto/Hamilton | Programmer, Gallery 1313 Window Box, Toronto | Curator/Publisher, Father Knowledge, Mother Tongue, BFA Thesis, OCAD University, Toronto
2010 Curator, Love and Money, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery, Toronto
2008-10 Curator, The Portable Library Project, Exhibitions at the Regional Assembly of Text, Vancouver; Roberts Street Social Centre, Halifax and Mixed Media, Hamilton
2009 Installation Coordinator, City of Craft 2009, Toronto | Curator, Home and Away (and In-Between), The Great Hall, Toronto | Co-Curator (with Stephanie Cormier), Po-lar-i-ty, Launch Projects, Toronto
2007-08 Programmer, She Said Boom! Window Space, Toronto
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Present Executive Director, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton, ON | 2023 Hamilton Artist-in-Residence, Centre[3] for Art and Social Practice, Hamilton
2022 Artist-in-Residence, Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
2021 Publishing and Education Consultant , ReStorying Autism in Education Zine Project, Brandon University, Brandon, MB | Juror, Century Street Parkette, City of Hamilton Public Art and Placemaking, Hamilton
2020-22 Associate Educator, Art Gallery of Burlington
2019 Juror, Norfolk Visual Arts Competition, Simcoe
2018-20 Interim Manager, Education, Art Gallery of Hamilton | Curator, Interpretation, Art Gallery of Hamilton
2018 Juror, Hamilton Arts Awards (Category: Arts Education), Hamilton | Juror, Norfolk Visual Arts Competition, Simcoe
2017-18 Lead Programmer, Multigenerational Arts in the Classroom (with Red Tree Collective), Prince of Wales School
2017 Juror, 150 Seconds of Ontario Film Festival, Factory Media Centre, Hamilton
2015-20 Program and Exhibitions Specialist, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre
2013-16 Curatorial Committee Member, James Street North Supercrawl, Hamilton
2015-16 Volunteer, Textile Society of America (2016 Symposium), Berkeley, CA
2014 Curator-In-Residence, Artasia 2014: Regeneration, Culture for Kids in the Arts, Hamilton; Collective Member, Pulling Strings
2013 Curatorial Assistant, UnArchive/Stairmasters, Youngplace Inaugural Exhibitions, Toronto | Community History Researcher, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto Artscape, Toronto | Administrative Assistant, Toronto School of Art, Toronto | Contributing Curator, Gallery 1313, Toronto | Juror, First Capital Realty Award, OCAD University, Toronto | Co-organizer, She Said Boom Feminist Zine Symposium, Multiple Venues, Toronto, Ontario
2012-13 Project Assistant, Ancestry and Artistry: Maya Textiles from Guatemala, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2006-09 Member, Toronto Zine Library Collective
2006 Exhibition Guide/Performer, The Legacy of Joseph Wagenbach by Iris Haeussler, 105 Robinson Street, Toronto
AWARDS
2024 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance
2022 City of Hamilton Art Awards, Shortlist, Creator Award
2021 Galleries Ontario, Public Programming Honourable Mention (for AGB Kids’ Variety Show, as Associate Educator, Art Gallery of Burlington)
2019 Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Education Award (for AGH Artful Moments, as Interim Manager, Education, Art Gallery of Hamilton)
2017 Ontario Arts Council, Artists in Communities and Schools Grant (on behalf of the Red Tree Collective)
2016 City of Hamilton, Emerging Artists Grant, City Enrichment Fund 2016
2013 OCAD University, OCAD University Medal, Criticism and Curatorial Practice | Nora E. Vaughan Award | First Capital Realty Criticism and Curatorial Practice Award | Spoke Club Membership Prize
2012 OCAD University, Art Works Art School and Gallery Scholarship, Criticism and Curatorial Practice
2011 OCAD University, George A. Reid Scholarship, Criticism and Curatorial Practice
2010 OCAD University, George A. Reid Scholarship, Liberal Studies/Writing
2008 World Washi Summit Juried Exhibition, Toronto School of Art, Best in Show
2007 Toronto School of Art, ISP Award
2005 Toronto School of Art, Matthew David Stein Memorial Scholarship
2004 Toronto School of Art, Barbara Barrett Scholarship
ARTIST’S TALKS + WORKSHOPS + CONFERENCES
2023 Guest Talk, In Conversation with Helen Cammock, Oakville Galleries, Oakville | Guest Lecturer, MUSE 3301 Museums, Education and Engagement, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB (Virtual)
2022 Demystifying Artists Residencies, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON (Virtual) | Plotter Jam, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB | Artist’s Talks/Lectures/Workshops at Mount Allison University, Fine Art Department (Artist’s Talk), WGST 4911 Feminist Praxis Studies (Zines and Feminist Praxis), CENL 1991 Community and Social Change (Artist’s Talk), FINA 2511 Photography II (Dada, Photomontage and Photocopy), FINA 3611 Intermediate Open Media (Performance Art), Sackville, NB (Virtual and In-Person)
2021 Zines: Form and Content, ReStorying Autism in Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Virtual)
2020 Workshop Facilitator, Zine Making (for Free Fair Fare), Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington
2019 Presenter and Workshop Facilitator, A Handmade Assembly, Owens Art Gallery/Struts and Faucet, Sackville, NB | Workshop Facilitator, Make a Zine, Cambridge Comic Arts Festival, Idea Exchange - Queen’s Square, Cambridge | Panel Discussion (Moderator), “Stakes and Strategies,” Pressure Points: Gentrification and the Arts in Hamilton, Hamilton Artists’ Inc.
2018 Panel Discussion, ‘This Art Doesn’t Crawl!’” Against Artwashing, Towards Creative Anti-Gentrification Resistance, Gaged Symposium, The Spice Factory, Hamilton
2017-18 Guest Artist/Workshop Facilitator, Prince of Wales Elementary School, Hamilton | Guest Artist/Workshop Facilitator, Zine-Making Studio, Sitelines Program, Centre3, Hamilton.
2016 Guest Lecturer, Visual Culture Inquiry ARTSSCI 4VC3, McMaster University, Hamilton | Presenter, Jacqueline Stories: Newfoundland Stories of Work (and No Work) in Cloth and Contemporary Art, Textile Society of America Symposium 2016: Land, Labour and the Port, Savannah, GA | Organizer, Erick Lyle Streetopia Launch and Community Talk, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton
2015 Panel Discussion (Moderator), On The Waterfront, Hamilton Winterfest, Waterfront Trust Centre, Hamilton
2014 Guest Educator, HWDSB SHSM Curatorial Techniques, Hamilton Conservatory of the Arts, Hamilton | Guest Lecturer, Criticism and Curatorial Practice Thesis, OCAD University, Toronto | Presenter, Pulling Strings: Textiles, Community and DIY in Post-Industrial Hamilton, Textile Society of America Symposium 2014, New Directions, Los Angeles, CA | Guest Educator, HWDSB SHSM, Curatorial Techniques, Hill Park Secondary School, Hamilton | Panel Discussion, Market Value, Workers’ Arts and Heritage Centre, Hamilton | Guest Lecturer, Textiles Studio Seminar, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2013 Panel Discussion, Generation Z(ine) (Moderator), XPACE, Toronto | Cheesecake, Trampoline Hall Lecture Series, The Garrison, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Zine Libraries 101, London Public Library (Central Branch), London, Ontario
2008 Zine-Making for Social Change, Ladyfest Toronto, St. Stephens-in-the-Fields Church, Toronto | Artist’s Talk, Toronto School of Art, Toronto
2007 Panel Discussion, Elemental Connections, Lennox Gallery, Toronto | Artist’s Talks, Toronto School of Art, Toronto | An Introduction to Zines, William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, Toronto | Make a Zine! A Workshop for Beginners, Global Citizenship Conference, WLU, Waterloo | Make a Zine! A Workshop for Beginners, Toronto Zine Library/TRANZAC, Toronto, Ontario
2006 The Value of Art: Selling Your Work with Integrity, Toronto School of Art, Toronto | Zines: A Short History of the Underground Publication, Toronto School of Art, Toronto
PUBLISHED WORK
2019 Exhibition Text, Mere Phantoms: Winter Garden, Hamilton Artists’ Inc. Hamilton
2017 Exhibition Text, WhiteFeather, Function Keys Symposium, Centre3, Hamilton | Contributor, Critical Superbeast Blog
2016 Feature, Drawing the (Picket) Line: Sherman Avenue workers' history recorded in the new comic Showdown! Making Modern Unions, Sherman Hub News, Hamilton (print) | Exhibition Text, Stephanie Cormier: Toolbox in the Head, Open Studio Toronto, Ontario (print) | Colin Lyons: Right to Ruin, Centre3, Hamilton, Ontario (print)
2015 Illustration, MRR Art and Comics Issue, Maximumrocknroll, San Francisco, California (print)
2014 Exhibition Text, You Can't Step in the Same River Twice, Hamilton Artist’s Inc, Hamilton, Ontario (print) | Illustration, Naziosare, Ediciones ¡Joc-Doc!, Mexico City, Mexico (print)
2013 Curatorial Essay, Telling: An Audio Survey of Parkdale, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario (print) | Illustration, MRR Art Page, Maximumrocknroll, San Francisco, California (print)
2012 Catalogue, //The Annual//, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario (web)
2011 Catalogue, Heir/Looms, Studio Beluga, Montreal, Quebec (print) | Review, Marian Bantjes: I Wonder, Toronto Craft Alert (web)
2010 Exhibition Text, Odds and Entries, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario (print) | Catalogue, Quilt of Possibilities, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario (print)
2009 Spot and Cover Illustrations, To Whom in May Concern: A Novel, Doubleday Canada, Toronto
2008 Catalogue, World Washi Summit 2008, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, Ontario (print) | Exhibition Catalogue, Pleasure-Purpose, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario (print/web) | Artist Commissioned Pin Set, Cheap Dates, The Sweetie Pie Press, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Exhibition Catalogue, Elemental Connections, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario (print/web)
2006 Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book, Black Dog Publishing, London, UK (print)