Education
2014 MFA, University of Waterloo
2011 BFA in Art and Design, University of Alberta
2009 Visual Art and Design Diploma, Keyano College
Solo Exhibition
2022 Tina Dolter Gallery, Rotary Arts Center, April 6-27, Corner Brook, NL/Canada
2014 The Jackalope in the Room, MFA thesis exhibition, UWAG, University of Waterloo, April 10-26, Waterloo, ON/Canada (Advisors/Committee: Lois Andison, Joan Coutu, David Blatherwick; External Advisor: Janet Morton)
Select Group Exhibition
2022 The Chateau Gallery, Still II: Elaboration on the Inanimate, May 15-July 1, Louisville, Kentucky/USA (Virtual Exhibition)
2021 Art Gallery of Mississauga, Juried Show of Fine Arts 2021, juried by Asma Mahmood, Fausta Facciponte, Jay Wilson and Asma Sultana; Sept.3 to Oct. 6; Mississauga, ON/Canada
Art Center of the Bluegrass, The Object Seen: Contemporary Still Life, Sept.24-Nov. 1, juried by Sheldon Tapley, Danville, Kentucky/USA
Eastern Edge, Members Exhibition, July 3-Aug. 7, St. John’s, NL/Canada
2020 Eastern Edge, Members Exhibition, Oct. 10-Nov. 7, St. John’s, NL/Canada
Art Gallery of Alberta, Art on the Block 2020, Oct. 2-4, Art Auction in Support of the Art Gallery of Alberta. Edmonton, AB/Canada
2019 the Propeller Art Gallery, Unmade, curated by Jill Price, June 26 - July 14, Toronto, ON/Canada
Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA), Art on the Block 2019, Art Auction in support of the Art Gallery of Alberta, May 24, Edmonton, AB/Canada
Gallery 1313, The Sex Show (2019), curated by Phil Anderson, Feb. 13-24, Toronto, ON/Canada
John B. Aird Gallery, Drawing 2019: The 20th Edition of Juried Drawings by Contemporary Canadian Artists, juried by Kais Padamshi and Jennifer Vong, Jan. 29-Feb. 22, Toronto, ON/Canada
2018 Tromsø Museum, Resisting Extractivism in Border Zones: Art and Protest from the Arctic North to the Global South, exhibition associated with conference held by Universitet i Tromsø – the Arctic University of Norway, Oct., Tromsø/Norway
Lougheed House Museum, Formed by Sand, curated by Caroline Loewen, June 21 – Oct. 15, Calgary, AB/Canada
Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA), 2018 Art on the Block, Art Auction in support of the Art Gallery of Alberta, May 11, Edmonton, AB/Canada
2017 Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Center, and at the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA), For the Time Being:2017 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Peta Rake (WPG) and Kristy Trinier (AGA), May 27-Sept. 10, Banff/Edmonton, AB/Canada
University of Edinburgh, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Postcards from the Anthropocene: Unsettling the Geopolitics of Representation, exhibition associated with symposium, June 22-24, Edinburgh/UK
Birth and its Meanings, an exhibition curated by Nadya Burton Phd. and committee, for the Midwifery Education Program at Ryerson University for their Open Doors: Midwifery Education in Toronto event series in conjunction with the International Confederation of Midwives Congress. Exhibition held at the Milk Glass Gallery, June 16-23 Toronto,ON/Canada
2016 Spadina Museum, Beyond, Nuit Blanche: Independent Projects, installation collaboration with Srdjan Segan, Oct. 1, Toronto, ON/Canada
2014 Art Mûr, Fresh Paint/New Construction, 10th edition, a survey of student painting and sculpture in Canada, July 19 – Aug. 30, Montreal,QC/Canada
2013 The Artery, Storage, graduate student exhibition, Sept., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON/Canada
2012 MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery, Sharp Ephemeral Cloud, Duo exhibition, Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
2011 Raw Destinations: explorations of individual phenomena, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo AIR program, Suncor Energy Center for the Performing Arts/Holy Trinity Catholic High School, Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
From Soul to Seawater, FAB Gallery, Bachelor of Fine Art graduation exhibition, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB/Canada
2010 The Front Gallery and The Peter Robertson Gallery, Sculpture from the Human Body, U of A sculpture dept. student work selected by gallerists, Edmonton, AB/Canada
Enterprise Square, Blue Whale, Visual Arts Student Association (VASA) member exhibition, Edmonton, AB/Canada
Artist Residencies
2018 Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC), April 9th - May18th, Macaulay House, Dawson City, YT/Canada
2016 Banff Research in Culture (BRiC): On Energy, Artist in residence for Banff Research in Culture residency with Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey, May 29th-June 25th, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB/Canada
2011 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Artist in Residence, June-Aug., Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
Publications
2021 “The Motor Vehicle: on the Aesthetics of the Canadian Oil Sands,” Cars Issue, Popular Inquiry|The Journal of the Aesthetics of Kitsch, Camp and Mass Culture, issue edited by Scott Elliot, editors in Chief: Max Ryynänen (Aalto University) & Jozef Kovalčik (Slovak Arts Council), Aalto University, Lämpömiehenkuja,, Finland.
2019 "Anecdotal Encounters on Driveways: the Aesthetics of Oil in Northern Alberta and Newfoundland,"Energy Culture: Art and Theory on Oil and Beyond, artist statement/essay and images by Megan Green, edited by Imre Szeman and Jeff Diamonti, for the Energy and Society series edited by Brian Black, West Virginia University Press.
Grants/Scholarships
2021 Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Artist Research and Creation component of the Explore and Create Program, $25,000
Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artist’s Creation Projects: Emerging Artist, $5000
2017 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artist's Creation Projects: Emerging Artist, $5000
2013 Keith and Win Shantz Internship, University of Waterloo Fine Arts Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo
UW/Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2012 Arts Graduate Experience Award, University of Waterloo
Arts Senate Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2009 Jason Lang Scholarship for Exceptional Academic Achievement, Alberta Scholarship Programs
2008 Harvard Broadcasting VPA Visual Arts Award, Harvard Broadcasting Company
Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship, Alberta Scholarship Programs
Conference Papers/Artist Talks/Public Lectures and Workshops
2021 “Relationships to ‘Remains’ on the Landscape of the Canadian Oil Sands,” in the Wounded Worlds: Trauma and Melancholia in the Anthropocene seminar, at the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA), April 9th, online.
2019 “Home Décor” presented at Animal Remains, conference at the University of Sheffield, The Sheffield Animal Studies Research Centre (ShARC), April 29-30, Sheffield/UK
2018 Education, Career Paths, And Grants for Visual Artists, rural workshop for youth/adults through Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo AiR Master Class Program, August 16, Anzac Recreation Center, near Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
What is Petroculture?: Artists and the humanities discussing Fort McMurray and the Oil Sands, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo AiR Master Class Program, August 15, McMurray Experience, Jubilee Plaza, Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
Artist Talk, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo AiR Master Class Program, August 13, McMurray Experience, Jubilee Plaza, Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
Artist in Residence Artist Talk, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, KIAC Ballroom, May 3, Dawson City, YT/Canada
2016 “A Petroculture Narrative: the Oil Sands and the Newfoundlander,” presented at Petrocultures 2016: The Offshore, August 30-September 3, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, NL/Canada
2015 “The Jackalope in the Room,” presented at the North of Understanding conference, March 16, Keyano College, Fort McMurray AB/Canada
2013 “Perceptions of Decay in Northern Alberta,” presented at the Decadence and Decay graduate studies conference, Keynote Speaker: Maskull Lasserre, Carleton University, March 9-10, Ottawa, ON/Canada
2011 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo AIR Program, Art Talk Series Artist Talk, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
Instructor/Post-Secondary Employment
2018 Masterclass Session Instructor, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Artist in Residence Program, Mold-making, Casting, Wood Working, Aug 12-17, Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
Guest Artist for end of Term Critique, 3DS 102- 3-Dimensional Studio- Exploring Sculptural Forms II, Instructor: Veronica Verkley, Yukon College: Yukon School of Visual Arts, April 12, Dawson City, YT/Canada
2013 Instructor, Fine 150: Art and Art Appreciation, students alternated with Srdjan Segan at mid-term, Supervisor: Bruce Taylor, University of Waterloo, Sept-Dec, Waterloo, ON/Canada
Teaching Assistant, Fine 221: Painting and Mixed Media, Instructor: David Blatherwick, Jan-April, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON/Canada
Studio Visitor/Co-Mentor for 4th year Undergraduate Students, University of Waterloo, Fall Semester, Waterloo, ON/Canada
2012 Teaching Assistant, Fine 222: Sculpture, Instructor: Lois Andison, Sept- Dec, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON/Canada
Studio Visitor/Co-Mentor for 4th year Undergraduate Students, University of Waterloo, Fall Semester, Waterloo, ON/Canada
2011 Drawing Instructor, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Summer Leisure Program through AIR program, 6 week, weekly sessions, Fort McMurray, AB/Canada
Other Employment
2017-present Scenic Painter for film and television, Member with IATSE 873, Toronto, ON/Canada
Internships
2013 Studio Assistant to artist and taxidermist Claire Morgan, University of Waterloo Keith and Win Shantz Internship, 6 weeks, May-July, London/UK
Select Reviews/Press
2020 Murze, Issue 10| 2020 Wildlife, edited by Pierre Ehmann, image of “What exactly were we supposed to have learned from the fire?” 2016, February 2020, page 41, London/UK
2018 CFYT 106.9 FM The Spirit of Dawson Community Radio, Interview on Jazz and the Arts with artists in residence at KIAC, April 29, 3-4pm, Dawson City, YT/Canada
2017 Canadian Art, “Longing and the Edges of Landscape at the Alberta Biennial” by Merray Gerges, Sept. 5, 2017. Online. https://canadianart.ca/reviews/longing-and-the-edges-of-landscape- at-the-alberta-biennial/
The Wanderer, “An Ambitious & Messy Homage to Life: Alberta’s Biennial of Contemporary Art” by Maja Staka. Online. http://thewandereronline.com/an-ambitious-messy-homage-to-life- albertas-biennial-of-contemporary-art/