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Education
2013-2017 Western University, Honors Specialization in Studio Art (BFA)
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Solo Exhibitions
2020 triple frame, Akin Vitrine, Toronto, ON
Secret, Medicine Cabinet, Toronto, ON
2018 mother / rhythm, Akin Vitrine, Toronto, ON
2017 Accumulations (Thesis Award Show), Earl Selkirk Gallery, Toronto, ON
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Temporary Collection, Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph, ON [UPCOMING]
2020 100 Vases - DesignTO, The Shop, Toronto, ON
2019 Very Careful, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
booksbooksbooks (curated by Rebecca Casalino), The Brandscape, Toronto, ON
Luxury and Value, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
Comfort In, Samara Contemporary, Toronto, ON
GIFC (organized by 0-0 LA), The Costume House, Toronto, ON
2018 feelings, V.S. Studios, Toronto, ON
Lost and Found, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
in attendance, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Under One Roof (curated by Kenneth Jeffrey), Can't Complain Gallery, Mississauga, ON
KID PIX (in collaboration with the AGO Youth Council), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2017 Take Me Away, Friends and Neighbours Gallery, Montreal, QC
TOMPE2017, SATELLiTE Project Space, London, ON
Fellow Feeling, Artlab Gallery, London, ON
Teaser, Good Sport, London ON
2016 Artist Proof Sale, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
Keepers, Forest City Gallery, London ON
TRAP CARD, TAP, London ON
2015 In Kind, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Surface Tension, Artlab Gallery, London, ON
Annual Juried Exhibition (juried by Cody Barteet, Jenna Faye Powell, Mark Kasumovic, and Susan Edelstein), Artlab Gallery, London, ON
2014 Wish List, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
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Grants, Awards, and Scholarships
2018 Emerging Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2017 Tony and Betsy Little Gold Medal in Visual Arts, Western University
BMO 1st! Art Award Nominee, Atlantic Canada
Thesis Award Show, Toronto, ON
Canadian Embroiderers' Guild, Western University
Arts and Humanities Students’ Council, Student Donation Fund, project grant: Fellow Feeling
2016 Tony and Betsy Little Scholarship in Visual Arts, Western University
Craig Henshaw Visual Arts Philanthropy Award, Western University
UWO In-Course Scholarship Year IV, Western University
Arts and Humanities Students’ Council, Student Donation Fund, project grant: TRAP CARD
2015 Arts and Humanities Student Council Award, Western University
2013-2017 Dean's Honours List, Western University
2013 Ontario Scholar, Western University
Rob Crombie Memorial Scholarship for Art, North Toronto Collegiate Institute
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Selected Fairs, Pop-Ups, and Fundraisers
2020 plumbraiser, the plumb, Toronto, ON
Spak Reflector, Samara Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2019 Xpace Holiday Zine and Maker Fair, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
Akin's Annual Holiday Market and Party, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
UNTAPPED - The Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto, ON
2018 Empty Bowls, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
Canzine, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Pop-Up Shop, Drake Commissary, Toronto, ON
2017 XMAS Fair, Studio 7, Toronto, ON
2015 Rag Bag Bazaar, Museum London, London, ON
Juried Holiday Art Fair, SATELLiTE Project Space, London, ON
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Artist's Residencies
2018 Luminous Bodies, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON
2017 AGA LAB, Amsterdam, NL
Sparkbox Studio, Picton, ON
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Lectures and Artist's Talks
2019 On Emerging, H.B. Beal Secondary School, London, ON
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Selected Press and Publications
2019 “10 up and coming Toronto artists you should know”, BlogTO
2016 Work Published in UPSTAIRS MAGAZINE (Vol. 1, Issue 1)
2015 Work Published in Symposium (Vol. 2, Issue 1)
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Curatorial Projects
2017 MEGAPHONE, SATELLiTE Project Space, London, ON
2016 Deep Lines, Concourse Gallery, London, ON
2015-2016 Nuit Violette: Night Art Exhibition, London, ON
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Professional Experience
2019-Present Member of the Special Events and Fundraising Committee, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
2017-2018 Member of the AGO Youth Council, Toronto, Ontario
2016-2017 Vice President of the Visual Arts Supporters Association at Western University
2016 Intern for Forest City Gallery, London, ON
2016 Intern for the Artlab Gallery, London, ON
2015-2016 President of the Visual Arts Supporters Association at Western University
2015-2017 Gallery Sitter at SATELLiTE Project Space, London, ON
2015 Intern for Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, Ontario
2014 Intern for Caviar20, Toronto, ON