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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
Residencies / Grants
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
2023 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