Education
2018 Simon Fraser University, Arts for Social Change, Master of Education, Vancouver, CA
2001 NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art + Design), Continuing Education in Photography, Halifax, CA
2000 Ryerson University, Continuing Education Advanced Studio Lighting, Toronto, CA
1994 OCAD University (Ontario College of Art + Design), AOCAD in General Studies, Toronto, CA
1993 OCAD University (Ontario College of Art + Design), Independent Studies, Florence, Italy
Awards
2015 World Builder Alumni Award, Ontario College of Art and Design University
2010 John Hobday Award in Arts Management, Canada Council for the Arts
Solo Exhibits (Represented by the Lonsdale Gallery in Toronto, Ontario)
2025 Queen Elizabeth Theatre • Convergence, Vancouver, CA
2024 Lonsdale Gallery • Convergence, Toronto, CA
2023 Atuarfik Edvard Kruse • Convergence,, Uummannaq, Greenland
2022 Permanent: Humboldt Forum Ethnological Museum • More than Masks, Berlin, Germany
2019 Ontario Science Centre • EMPATHY through our eyes, Toronto, CA
2018 Gallery of Modern Art • The 9th Asia Pacific Trienniel of Contemporary Art (APT9), Brisbane, Australia
2018 Gallery 1515 (Capture Festival) • Witnessed (Chief Beau Dick Potlatch), Vancouver, CA
2017 Little Mountain Gallery (Capture Festival) • WonderLAND, Vancouver, CA
2009 National Museum Denmark • Arctic Portraits, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 Minzu University Gallery (Olympics) • Potlatching, Beijing, China
2003 Lonsdale Gallery • Potlatching, Toronto, CA
2003 Joseph D. Carrier Gallery • Potlatching, Toronto, CA
2003 Museum of Civilization • Potlatching, Ottawa, CA
2003 Harbour Front Centre • Potlatching, Toronto, CA
Co-Curated Exhibits
2022 The Shore (Carving on the Edge Festival) • Through Our Eyes® Tla-o-qui-aht Territory, Tofino, CA
2018 Nelson Memorial Public Library • Portraits of Resilience, Apia. Samoa
2017 Permanent: Ontario Science Centre • Portraits of Resilience: Teens Take on Climate Change, Toronto, CA
2016 Prince of Wales Norther Heritage Centre • Portraits of Resilience, Yellowknife, CA
2016 Vancouver Aquarium • Portraits of Resilience, Vancouver, CA
2014 Burke Museum • Portraits of Resilience, Seattle, USA
2014 Two Rivers Gallery, Portraits of Resilience, Prince George, CA
2013 National Ethnographic Museum • Portraits of Resilience, Warsaw, Poland
2012 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution • Portraits of Resilience, Washington, DC, USA
2012 Durban Natural Science Museum • Portraits of Resilience, Durban, South Africa
2011 Fiji Museum • Portraits of Resilience, Suva, Fiji
2010–11 Chicago Field Museum • Portraits of Resilience, Chicago, USA
2010 Northern House (Olympics) • Portraits of Resilience, Vancouver, CA
2010 Artstarts Gallery (Olympics) • Portraits of Resilience, Vancouver, CA
2010 Norwegian Museum of Cultural • Portraits of Resilience, Oslo, Norway
2009 Várjjat Sámi Musea • Portraits of Resilience, Unjårga, Norway
2009 National Museum Denmark • Portraits of Resilience, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 Minzu University Gallery (Olympics) • Through Our Eyes®, Beijing, China
2008 Permanent: Britannia Community Centre • Brit Lit (Light Boxes), Vancouver, CA
2004 The Ottawa Gallery • Through Our Eyes®, Ottawa, CA
2003 U’mista Cultural Centre • Through Our Eyes®, Alert Bay, CA
2003 Lonsdale Gallery • Through Our Eyes®, Toronto, CA
Artist Residencies
2019 EMPATHY: through our eyes – Ontario Science Centre and the Museum of Modern Art, Toronto, CA
• Studio Space at the Museum of Modern Art and Exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre.
• Arts for Social Change investigation of how an image can evoke empathy and connect us worldwide.
The interactive exhibit encourages the audience to engage and imagine vulnerable climate change areas.
2007– 2008 Brit Lit Permanent Light Box Project – Britannia Community Centre Vancouver Parks Board, CA
Brit Lit is a youth driven Arts for Social Change photography project which captures the places
and personalities that light up the Britannia community. Photo workshops summer 2007.
• Selected photos were designed into light boxes and permanently installed around the Britannia site.