Education
BFA York University: Visual Art, Studio Major completed in April 2007
 
Artist Residencies
2012 (Upcoming) Artist-In-Residence, Maison des Metiers D'art de Quebec, Quebec City
2011 (Upcoming) Artist-In-Residence, Spark Box Studio, Picton, Ontario
2010 Artist-In-Residence at the Klondike Institute of Art And Culture
2007-2010 Artist-in-residence at the Harbourfront Centre’s Textile Studio
 
Grants and Awards
2011 Ontario Crafts Council, Helen Francis Gregor Scholarship
Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant
2010 Ontario Crafts Council, Volunteer Committee Scholarship
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Project Grant
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
2009

Toronto Arts Council, Level One Visual Arts Grant
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Fibre,
Ontario Crafts Council, Kingscrafts/Lady Flavelle Scholarship
Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant
The Artist’s Project, Untapped Emerging Artists Competition
2007 Harbourfront Centre, One Year scholarship - Textile Studio
York University, Winters College Award
York University, Creative Arts Student Association Cold Beverage Award
2006 York University, Creative Arts Student Association Initiative Grant
 
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibition Record
2011 (Upcoming) Accumulate, The Gladstone Hotel (with MADE), Toronto
Ice Box, MADE, Toronto
2010 Glitter Beginnings (with Adriana McNeely), Harbourfront Centre Vatrines, Toronto
2009

Mothing, Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto
still (with Margaret Lim), Harbourfront Centre Vatrines, Toronto

2008 Line Weight, Portable Gallery Project, Toronto
2007

Unravel, Archive Inc. Gallery & Art Library, Toronto            
Threadbare, Niagara Gallery, Toronto

 
Selected Group Exhibition Record
2011 (Upcoming) Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
(Upcoming) Award Winners 2011, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto
Play, Textile Arts Centre, New York
A Quiet Revolution: Canadian Art Now, Art Chicago, Chicago
A Quiet Revolution: Canadian Art Now, The Armory Show, Pier 94, New York
Come Up to My Room 2011, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Avian, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto
2010

(Upcoming) Hard Twist, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
(Upcoming) Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
Around the Frayed Edges, Anges Jamieson Gallery, Minden
It’s a Big Deal: Artists In Residence Craft Biennale, York Quay Gallery, Toronto
Body + Object, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto
Best of Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2009, FCP Gallery, Toronto

2009

Drawn (by a, out of, from, in) Thread, Loose Cannon Gallery, Hamilton
Looking Ahead, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto
Unity and Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju South Korea            
World of Threads Festival, Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, Oakville
Peep Show, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto            
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto
Award Winners 2009, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto            
The Artist’s Project, Liberty Grand, Toronto National Fibre Directions Exhibition 2009, Wichita Centre for the Arts, Wichita            
DIWhy?, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto

2008

Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Chicago            
Hard Twist, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Retelling Anne, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph            
Fibreworks 08, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto            
Three x Four, Harbourfront Centre Vatrines, Toronto
Lafreniere & Pai Gallery, Ottawa            
Update: Artists in Residence Biennale, York Quay Gallery, Toronto

2007 Big Fibre, Little Fibre, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Playing In Traffic, 381 Projects, Toronto
Farago, Third Floor: 9 Ossington, Toronto
 
Publications
2011 The Globe & Mail, Ghosts and Glass Birds, R.M. Vaughan, February, 2011
2010 ELLE Canada, Winged Migration, October Issue
2008 National Post, Toronto- At the Galleries, August 23, 2008
Y-File: York's Daily Bullitin, February 12, 2008
Mondo Magazine, Artist of the Week, February 5, 2008
 
2006 Mondo Magazine, Artist of the Month, February 2006
 
Professional Development
2009 Apprenticeship Supervisor, Ottawa School of Art
2008

Level One Jury Member, Toronto Arts Council Visual Arts Grants            
Assistant curator for Other.World, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto
2006 Exhibition Co-ordinator for Playing in Traffic, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto
 
Lectures
2011 Artist Presentation, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2010 Artist Presentation, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon
Viva Voce: Voices from the Craft Studio, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Artist Presentation, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario
2009 Artist Presentation, Kingscraft Studio, King City, Ontario 
 
Teaching Experience 
2011 Design Workshop Instructor, Art Education Program: Toronto District School Board,Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2010 Design Workshop Instructor, Art Education Program: Toronto District School Board, Harbourfront Centre
2009 Textile Studio Workshop Instructor, Art Education Program (TDSB), Habourfront Centre, Toronto           
2008 Textile Studio Workshop Instructor, Art Education Program (TDSB), Habourfront Centre, Toronto
2007 Present Workshop Instructor, Silk screening and Embroidery, Textile Studio, Harbourfront       Centre,Toronto
 
Memberships
Ontario Crafts Council