curriculum vitae
Education / Professional Training
Master of Fine Art, 2020-2022
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, dean's list 1998-2002
Double Major in Art History and Fine Arts
Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada
1 year abroad - University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
Diploma in Architectural Drafting, Design & Technology 1993-1995
NSCC Annapolis Campus, N.S., Canada
Diploma in Graphic Design 1992-1993
NSCC Annapolis Campus, N.S, Canada
Exhibitions
*denotes solo exhibition, ** denotes catalogue
2025 What is lost? What remains?* (upcoming Nov. 2025), Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS
2024 soft landing , NOCTURNE, installation at Halifax Harbour front, Marriott Hotel, NS
whatever way you fold me (July 2024), Halifax Downtown Public Library , Sunroom, NS
Okanagan Print Triennial (July 2024), Kelowna BC
2023 biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de trois-rivière, Québec**
small matters curated by Colleen MacIsaac, Halifax Nova Scotia**
2022 2022 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition, University of Hawai’i, Hilo Hawai’i.
People’s Poetry Festival Exhibition, Loft 112, Calgary Alberta
Gathering**, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Eastern Shore / Western Shore, Gualala Art Center - Dolphin Art Gallery, 2 Person Exhibition (Suzanne Dunn), Gualala, California, USA.
NSCAD Print, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Anthropology- a collection in bloom -curated by Sof Kreidstein, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, NS
lightness of being(s)* MFA Solo Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
&&&, Group Exhibition**, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2021 unpunctuated, Group Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S.**
Waterworks, Portfolio Exhibition and Exchange, Mahone Bay Printmakers and Ottawa-Gatineau Print Collective
intimate ecologies, VANS, Corridor Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
CAC Group Sculpture Exhibition 2021, Chester Art Centre, Nova Scotia.
Symbiosis, Nova Scotia Craft Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia**
Not So Mini International Exchange and Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers,Calgary Alberta
2019 Futurology- Anniversary Print Portfolio and Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers Gallery, Calgary / Snap Print Shop, Edmonton Alberta.
Impress, Lunenburg Art Gallery, Nova Scotia.
Not So Mini Print Exhibition and Exchange, Alberta Printmakers, Calgary Alberta
Art Olympia International Art Competition, The Living National Treasures Museum, Japan (Semi-Honorable mention)
2018 Continuance, Arts Commons, Calgary Alberta
3rd Global Print 2017, Douro Museum, Apartado 22, Portugal (invitational)
Bienal Do Douro, Douro Museum , Portugal (Invitational)
2017 Impressions, Leighton Art Center, Calgary Alberta (invitational)
Not So Mini Print Exhibition and Exchange, Alberta Printmakers, Calgary Alberta
2016 Laura Sharp & Carrie Phillips Kieser, Loft 112, Calgary Alberta
New Prints- Spring / Summer Show, International Print Center New York, New York, USA
TKO International Miniprint Exhibition, B-gallery, Tokyo > Kyoto > Osaka.
SHIFT Environmentally Responsible Print Practice, McMaster Museum of Art, Ontario, Canada*
Automic, the small engine gallery, New Mexico USA
2015 Grafisch Atelier Alkmaar, Cultural Event, Netherlands
Exhibition and Exchange, SNAP, Edmonton, Canada
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Inbe Art Space, Tokushima, Japan
Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Kaminoge Campus, Tokyo, Japan
Not So Mini Print Exhibition and Exchange, Alberta Printmakers, Calgary Alberta
2014 vestige*, Centre de diffusion Presse Papier, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
interweave*, Artist Proof +15 Window, Epcor Center for the Performing Arts, Calgary, Canada
Print International 5, An international Juried Exhibition, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Colorado USA
Not-So-Mini-print exchange and exhibition, Alberta Printmakers, Alberta, Canada
Artist Postcard Exchange and Exhibition, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2013 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Inbe Art Space, Tokushima, Japan
HGAF Conform Confront – International Print Exchange Exhibit, Hong Kong Design Institute, China**
Artist Postcard exchange, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2012 Sequences, Art Point Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Not-So-Mini Print Exchange, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Insomnia (Redux), Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Artist Postcard exchange and Exhibition, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2011 cover*, Art Central, Calgary, Canada
Not-So-Mini Print Exchange, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, 420 Devonshire Road, Windsor, Canada
ARTspace Original Print Exchange, Chatham, Canada
31st MiniPrint Internacional de Cadaqués, Taller Galeria Fort, Spain *
APPEGA Gala, Telus Convention Centre (juried), Calgary, Canada
artist postcard exchange, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
LOCAL IMPRINT , Art Point Gallery and Studio, Calgary, Canada
While you were sleeping, Siziziz , Olympia WA, USA (invited)
2010 CONTEXTURE: new directions and intersections in Printmaking, Untitled Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Studio Show and Sale Triangle Gallery, (juried), Calgary, Canada
PRINTTHINGS, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Winter Show, Keystone Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Significant Projects_________________________________________________________
2021 Organizer of NSCAD Students’ Art for imagery and installation of silk banners within Gynecological Clinic at QEII Hospital, Halifax Nova Scotia
2018-2019 Print(ed) Word Co-Organizer of collaborative Project of 12 artists and !2 writers to create a collection of artist books, film, and permanent collection of New Central Library
2017 - The City of Calgary - Printed Boxes- Corridor of Utility of Boxes, 1 mentor, 10 mentee Artists
2016 - The City of Calgary - Printed Boxes- Corridor of Utility of Boxes, 2 mentors (artist / writer) , 10 mentee Artists
2016 SteamRoller - Calgary’s first Public Performance Large Steamroller Printmaking Event
Professional Development_____________________________________________________
2022-current BOARD MEMBER, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, NS CAN
2019- current MEMBER, The Mahone Bay Printmakers, NS CAN
2016-2018 BOARD MEMBER, The City of Calgary Public Art Board, AB, CAN
2014-2017 BOARD MEMBER, Alberta Association of Artist Run Centers, AB, CAN
2010-2013 BOARD MEMBER, Alberta Printmakers Society and Artist Proof Gallery, AB,CAN
2015 MEMBER Southern Graphic Council International
2016 MEMBER Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists,AB
Residencies_________________________________________________________________
2022 Loft 112 Pearl’s Place Writing Residency
2015 Crown Point Press Workshop, San Francisco Advanced Etching
2011 Calgary Allied Artist Foundation(CAAF) StART Residency, Art Central, Calgary, Canada
2003 Los Angeles County Museum, Registrar & Collection Information
Publications_________________________________________________________________
UPPERCASE Magazine Issue #50, 2021
YYC Pop, A book project with Calgary’s poet laureate, poem published by Frontenac House, April 2020
The HAND Magazine A magazine for Reproduction-Based Arts, Issue # 11 Art published, 2016
Room Literature, Art, and Feminism since 1975, Issue # 39.2, Art published, 2015
Alberta Printmakers, Yuji Hiratsuka / Hybrid Figures, Exhibition Essay Published, 2012
Alberta Printmakers, Kim Huynh / hole/whole Exhibition Essay, Published 2011
Alberta Printmakers, Sylvia Taylor / The Time Between the Dog and the Wolf, Exhibition Essay Published 2010
Grants / Awards___________________________________________________________
2024 Rising Artist Award, Nocturne
2023 Canada Council Travel Grant
2022 State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Recognition Award The Pacific States Biennial _ Hawaii USA
2022 Nova Scotia Arts & Culture Presentation Grant
2021 Judith Jane Leidl Graduate Fellowship
2021 Walker Wood Foundation Graduate Award
2020 Walker Wood Foundation Graduate Award
2019 Semi-Honorable mention - Art Olympia- Tokyo
2014 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travel Grant for solo exhibition in Quebec
Education / Professional Training
Master of Fine Art, 2020-2022
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, dean's list 1998-2002
Double Major in Art History and Fine Arts
Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada
1 year abroad - University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
Diploma in Architectural Drafting, Design & Technology 1993-1995
NSCC Annapolis Campus, N.S., Canada
Diploma in Graphic Design 1992-1993
NSCC Annapolis Campus, N.S, Canada
Exhibitions
*denotes solo exhibition, ** denotes catalogue
2025 What is lost? What remains?* (upcoming Nov. 2025), Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS
2024 soft landing , NOCTURNE, installation at Halifax Harbour front, Marriott Hotel, NS
whatever way you fold me (July 2024), Halifax Downtown Public Library , Sunroom, NS
Okanagan Print Triennial (July 2024), Kelowna BC
2023 biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de trois-rivière, Québec**
small matters curated by Colleen MacIsaac, Halifax Nova Scotia**
2022 2022 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition, University of Hawai’i, Hilo Hawai’i.
People’s Poetry Festival Exhibition, Loft 112, Calgary Alberta
Gathering**, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Eastern Shore / Western Shore, Gualala Art Center - Dolphin Art Gallery, 2 Person Exhibition (Suzanne Dunn), Gualala, California, USA.
NSCAD Print, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Anthropology- a collection in bloom -curated by Sof Kreidstein, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, NS
lightness of being(s)* MFA Solo Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
&&&, Group Exhibition**, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2021 unpunctuated, Group Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, N.S.**
Waterworks, Portfolio Exhibition and Exchange, Mahone Bay Printmakers and Ottawa-Gatineau Print Collective
intimate ecologies, VANS, Corridor Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
CAC Group Sculpture Exhibition 2021, Chester Art Centre, Nova Scotia.
Symbiosis, Nova Scotia Craft Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia**
Not So Mini International Exchange and Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers,Calgary Alberta
2019 Futurology- Anniversary Print Portfolio and Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers Gallery, Calgary / Snap Print Shop, Edmonton Alberta.
Impress, Lunenburg Art Gallery, Nova Scotia.
Not So Mini Print Exhibition and Exchange, Alberta Printmakers, Calgary Alberta
Art Olympia International Art Competition, The Living National Treasures Museum, Japan (Semi-Honorable mention)
2018 Continuance, Arts Commons, Calgary Alberta
3rd Global Print 2017, Douro Museum, Apartado 22, Portugal (invitational)
Bienal Do Douro, Douro Museum , Portugal (Invitational)
2017 Impressions, Leighton Art Center, Calgary Alberta (invitational)
Not So Mini Print Exhibition and Exchange, Alberta Printmakers, Calgary Alberta
2016 Laura Sharp & Carrie Phillips Kieser, Loft 112, Calgary Alberta
New Prints- Spring / Summer Show, International Print Center New York, New York, USA
TKO International Miniprint Exhibition, B-gallery, Tokyo > Kyoto > Osaka.
SHIFT Environmentally Responsible Print Practice, McMaster Museum of Art, Ontario, Canada*
Automic, the small engine gallery, New Mexico USA
2015 Grafisch Atelier Alkmaar, Cultural Event, Netherlands
Exhibition and Exchange, SNAP, Edmonton, Canada
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Inbe Art Space, Tokushima, Japan
Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Kaminoge Campus, Tokyo, Japan
Not So Mini Print Exhibition and Exchange, Alberta Printmakers, Calgary Alberta
2014 vestige*, Centre de diffusion Presse Papier, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
interweave*, Artist Proof +15 Window, Epcor Center for the Performing Arts, Calgary, Canada
Print International 5, An international Juried Exhibition, Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Colorado USA
Not-So-Mini-print exchange and exhibition, Alberta Printmakers, Alberta, Canada
Artist Postcard Exchange and Exhibition, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2013 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Inbe Art Space, Tokushima, Japan
HGAF Conform Confront – International Print Exchange Exhibit, Hong Kong Design Institute, China**
Artist Postcard exchange, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2012 Sequences, Art Point Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Not-So-Mini Print Exchange, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Insomnia (Redux), Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Artist Postcard exchange and Exhibition, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2011 cover*, Art Central, Calgary, Canada
Not-So-Mini Print Exchange, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, 420 Devonshire Road, Windsor, Canada
ARTspace Original Print Exchange, Chatham, Canada
31st MiniPrint Internacional de Cadaqués, Taller Galeria Fort, Spain *
APPEGA Gala, Telus Convention Centre (juried), Calgary, Canada
artist postcard exchange, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
LOCAL IMPRINT , Art Point Gallery and Studio, Calgary, Canada
While you were sleeping, Siziziz , Olympia WA, USA (invited)
2010 CONTEXTURE: new directions and intersections in Printmaking, Untitled Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Studio Show and Sale Triangle Gallery, (juried), Calgary, Canada
PRINTTHINGS, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Winter Show, Keystone Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Significant Projects_________________________________________________________
2021 Organizer of NSCAD Students’ Art for imagery and installation of silk banners within Gynecological Clinic at QEII Hospital, Halifax Nova Scotia
2018-2019 Print(ed) Word Co-Organizer of collaborative Project of 12 artists and !2 writers to create a collection of artist books, film, and permanent collection of New Central Library
2017 - The City of Calgary - Printed Boxes- Corridor of Utility of Boxes, 1 mentor, 10 mentee Artists
2016 - The City of Calgary - Printed Boxes- Corridor of Utility of Boxes, 2 mentors (artist / writer) , 10 mentee Artists
2016 SteamRoller - Calgary’s first Public Performance Large Steamroller Printmaking Event
Professional Development_____________________________________________________
2022-current BOARD MEMBER, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, NS CAN
2019- current MEMBER, The Mahone Bay Printmakers, NS CAN
2016-2018 BOARD MEMBER, The City of Calgary Public Art Board, AB, CAN
2014-2017 BOARD MEMBER, Alberta Association of Artist Run Centers, AB, CAN
2010-2013 BOARD MEMBER, Alberta Printmakers Society and Artist Proof Gallery, AB,CAN
2015 MEMBER Southern Graphic Council International
2016 MEMBER Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists,AB
Residencies_________________________________________________________________
2022 Loft 112 Pearl’s Place Writing Residency
2015 Crown Point Press Workshop, San Francisco Advanced Etching
2011 Calgary Allied Artist Foundation(CAAF) StART Residency, Art Central, Calgary, Canada
2003 Los Angeles County Museum, Registrar & Collection Information
Publications_________________________________________________________________
UPPERCASE Magazine Issue #50, 2021
YYC Pop, A book project with Calgary’s poet laureate, poem published by Frontenac House, April 2020
The HAND Magazine A magazine for Reproduction-Based Arts, Issue # 11 Art published, 2016
Room Literature, Art, and Feminism since 1975, Issue # 39.2, Art published, 2015
Alberta Printmakers, Yuji Hiratsuka / Hybrid Figures, Exhibition Essay Published, 2012
Alberta Printmakers, Kim Huynh / hole/whole Exhibition Essay, Published 2011
Alberta Printmakers, Sylvia Taylor / The Time Between the Dog and the Wolf, Exhibition Essay Published 2010
Grants / Awards___________________________________________________________
2024 Rising Artist Award, Nocturne
2023 Canada Council Travel Grant
2022 State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Recognition Award The Pacific States Biennial _ Hawaii USA
2022 Nova Scotia Arts & Culture Presentation Grant
2021 Judith Jane Leidl Graduate Fellowship
2021 Walker Wood Foundation Graduate Award
2020 Walker Wood Foundation Graduate Award
2019 Semi-Honorable mention - Art Olympia- Tokyo
2014 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travel Grant for solo exhibition in Quebec
