education
MFA University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK.
BFA (honours) University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, Media Arts, Oakville, Ont.
selected solo and two person exhibitions
20 A Special Word about Denial, TOSH Gallery, Qualicum Beach BC
14 Interspecies Communication Breakdown, Whitby Station Gallery (ART cube), Whitby ON
13 I'd Rather Learn From One Bird How to Sing than to Teach 10,000 Stars How Not to Dance, Impresario Gallery, Cobourg ON
12 The Wilderness, Gallery, 444-s presented by Thunderbird Research, Toronto ON.
11 Fleximus Maximus, Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon SK*
10 Wild, Wild Life, Harcourt House, Edmonton AB
12 Point Buck, Nouveau Gallery, Regina SK.
Natural Artifice, Gallery 44, Toronto ON.
09 12 Point Buck, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge AB. *
Hurd, Parlor, Lethbridge AB. *
06 The Privilege of Being Solid, Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan,
05 Float, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto ON.
04 Cushion, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, B.C.
Both-And, Campbell River Public Art Gallery
03 Field, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC. (collaboration with Andrew Taggart)
02 Within, Without, CVAG (Comox Valley Art Gallery), Courtenay B.C.
Tele-Cast, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria B.C.
public art commissions
18 The Magpies’ Nests, Edmonton Arts Council, Edmonton AB.
selected group exhibitions
16 Crossing Borders, Blu Seed Gallery, Saranack Lake, NY, curated by Margaret Rogers
Assembling New Realities, curated by Jill Price, Quest Art, Midland ON, curated by Jill Price
12 Recent Acquisitions, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge AB
Art Brownie Rainbow 2012, IndexG, Toronto ON.
11 Mapping A Prairie City: Lethbridge and its Suburbs, SAAG, Lethbridge AB
09 Serendipity, Trianon Gallery, Lerhbridge AB
08 3-11, Nouveau Gallery, Regina SK.
Pot Luck, Trianon Gallery, Letbridge AB
07 The Emerging Landscape, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary AB.
Tales From the Cyclops Library, Third Space Gallery, Saint John New Brunswick
Button Up, Trap Door Artist Run Center, Lethbridge AB.
06 Shoot it, Stuff it, Show it, Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan,
05 Cyclops Dreams, Access Gallery, Vancouver B.C., curated by Jo Cook
Infinity Project, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., curated by Jo Cook
MFA group exhibition Snelgrove Gallery, U of S, Saskatoon, SK.
03 Cast of Idioms, Open Space, Victoria B.C. collaboration with Stacia Verigin,
55, UVic Visual Art Dept. Grad show, UVic Visual Arts Building
UBC Fine Arts Gallery, Vancouver B.C.
02 The Brown House Gallery, Victoria B.C.
MAIN gallery, (UVic), Victoria, B.C. curated by John Tupper
B.C. Festival of The Arts, Surrey, B.C.
AGGV (Art Gallery of Greater Victoria), Victoria B.C.
01 Open Space, Victoria B.C.
TOAE, Toronto, On.
Artropolis 2001 Vancouver, B.C. ,
screenings
12 Dear Me, Dusty Coulee Tumbletown @ IMAA Banff Summit, Banff AB*
08 Deer Foraging, TUFF - Toronto Urban Film Festival *
03 Salt Mind, Antimatter Independent Film and Video Festival, Victoria B.C. with Stacia Verigin
Madeleine Recalls What Ralph Did to the Chickens, Cortes Island Film and Video Festival, Cortes Island BC.
teaching, curatorial and professional experience
curator: VIEW Gallery, Vancouver Island University, 2020 - present
professor of art at Vancouver Island University. 2019 – present,
instructor ARTE 219, Concepts and Practice, Faculty of Fine Art, MacEwan University, Edmonton AB. 2019
Instructor ARTE 107, 3D Foundations l, Faculty of Fine Art, MacEwan University, Edmonton AB. Curator, The Latcham Gallery, Stouffville ON, 2012 -2017
Instructor: Sculpture/Fabrication Studio Durham College, Oshawa ON 01/13 - 04/13
Art Technician Faculty of Fine Art, University of Lethbridge 01/08 – 06/11
board member / vice president,Trap/Door Artist Run Center, Lethbridge AB.
facilitator for 12 Point Buck’s Wild Life Sketch Club, Southern Alberta Art Galllery 10/09*
co-curator with Trap\door, Tales From the Vault, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery,
(catalogue) 10/08
assistant professor: 3D Visual Foundations, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Lethbridge, 09/07 – 12/07
assistant professor: 3DVisual Foundations, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Lethbridge, 09/06 - 12/06
assistant professor: 2DVisual Foundations, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Lethbridge, 09/06 - 12/06
board & selection committee member, AKA artist run center, Saskatoon SK
assistant professor: 2nd year sculpture Dept. of Art and Art History University of Saskatchewan 06/06
lecturer: 2nd year sculpture Dept. of Art and Art History University of Saskatchewan 01/06 – 04/06
Substitute Instructor: drawing, Dept of Art, Education University of Saskatchewan 10/05
Sculpture technician: University of Saskatchewan 09/04 – 08/05
curator: Some Restrictions May Apply, MAINgallery UVic, Victoria BC
co-curator with Christian Giroux: Retailienation, AGGV, Victoria BC
public lectures
2016 The Latcham Gallery
The Art Gallery of Northumberland
2015 The Latcham Gallery
2014 Whitby Station Gallery
11 Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Art Now, University of Lethbridge, ethbridge AB
09 Art Now, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge AB *
06 Art now, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge AB
05 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK
04 Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC
Campbell River Public Art Gallery, Campbell River BC
01 Open Space Artist Run Center, Victoria
awards and distinction
14 OAC grant
13 OAC grant
12 OAC grant
09 AFA project grant*
07 College of Graduate Studies and Research Thesis Award Recipient, Humanities and Fine Arts, U of S, Saskatoon SK
Runner- up Governor General’s Gold Medal Recipient for 2006-2007
06 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Saskatchewan
05 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Saskatchewan
02 The Heather Cragg Memorial Scholarship, University of Victoria
02 The Helen Pitt Fund For the Fine Arts Award, University of Victoria
published works
Catalog essay for Rick Leong, The Phenomenology of Dusk at Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George BC, 2014
Brochure essay for Andrew Taggart, Demonstrations and Rational Demons, an exhibition for Trap/Door at Le Petit Trianon, Lethbridge AB 2008
Tails From the Vault, catalog contributions University of Lethbridge Art Gallery 2008
Delirium Press, illustrator for “Everything is True” by Patrick Leroux 2006
Ripple Effect Press, “construct” digital illustration and creative rant. Vancouver, B.C. 2003
Broken Spoke Press #7, drawings, cover and frontspiece Seattle, WA. 2002
Inner Harbour Review, drawings, Victoria, B.C. 2001
bibliography
Planet S Saskatoon SK. 12/11* Bart Gazzola
Canadian Art 04/10* Amy Fung
Globe and Mail 02/10 Gary Michael Dault*
Natural Artifice (catalogue) essay by Dayna McLeod, 01/10*
Galleries West 01/10*
Galleries West 09/09
Galleries West 01/08
Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo, B.C. 11/04
Campbell River Mirror, 04/04
Comox Valley Echo, Courtenay B.C. 14/03
Monday Magazine, Victoria B.C. Entertainment weekly, 07/01
* with 12 Point Buck, a collaboration with Leila Armstrong