Curriculum Vitae
MA: Art History and Visual Culture
Thesis titled "Living Trees and Networks: An Exploration of Fractal Ontology and Digital Archiving of Indigenous Knowledge"
University of Guelph, 2017- 2020
Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours
Nipissing University, 2016
A four year degree with a major in Studio Arts and Minor in Psychology. Thesis work centered around the exploration of value through the idea of "Cheap Luxury in Capitalist Society". Specialized in sculpture, photographic and print media.
Grants and Scholarships
Laidlaw Youth Action Fund
College of Arts: Travel, Research, and Creation Grant, 2019
Master’s Aboriginal Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph, 2018-2019
College of Arts Research Seed Grant, University of Guelph, 2019
Graduate Entrance Scholarship, 2017
Atikameksheng Trust Education Grant, 2017, 2018
The Laidlaw Youth Action Fund is currently supporting the Creative ACE (Arts-based Civic Engagement) Project, bringing arts programming to youth with lived experience at the Laurentian Learning Centre in North Bay, Ontario.
Grants received between 2017 and 2019 went towards participation and video production for the Manitoulin Island Summer Historical Institute (MISHI) conference at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (June of 2018, August of 2019), and towards digitization of artworks for the Inuit Artist Database (IAD) and the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Culture Knowledge Sharing System (GKS).
Employment
Project Lead: Creative ACE (Arts-based Civic Engagement) in North Bay, ON. 2020-2021
360 Film Workshop Instructor at Near North Mobile Media Lab, 2019
Project Coordinator: Virtual Reality Workshops Series for Northern and Arctic Communities
at Near North Mobile Media Lab, North Bay, ON
January 2019-October 2019
Production Assistant & Archival Researcher for Northern Gold Documentary for TVO, Timmins
April 2018
March Break Art-Camp Leader at Art Gallery of Guelph, 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistantship at the University of Guelph, September 2017- 2018
Art Instructor & Assistant Curator at the Algonquin Art Centre, Jun-Oct 2016, May-Aug 2017
Art Department Daily, Commissioned Artist for Hard Rock Medical, May 2017
Art Department Daily Set Dressing for the Wrong Bed at Naked Pursuit/Harlequin, Dec 2016
Art Department Trainee Assistant Art Director (TAAD) for Love on Ice at Ice World Productions/Hallmark, Nov 2016
Exhibitions
Nipissing University Alumni Show & Creative Summit Panel Discussion, WKP Kennedy Gallery
North Bay, ON. 2018
International Women's Day Exhibition, Silence
Guelph, ON. 2018
Canada Day Exhibit for Experimental Editing, North Bay Heritage Museum
North Bay, ON. 2017
Graduate Exhibition, W.K.P Kennedy Gallery
North Bay, ON. 2016
Undergraduate Research Conference, Nipissing University
North Bay, ON. 2016
Ice Follies,
Lake Nipissing, North Bay, ON. 2016
Interdisciplinary Group Show, Westlake Gallery
North Bay, ON. 2016
Juried Exhibitions, White Water Gallery
North Bay, ON. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Projects
Board Member for Creative Industries North Bay, 2019
Board Member for White Water Gallery North Bay, 2019
Social Media, Graphic Design & Promotions Manager for North Bay & Area Potters' Guild, 2019
Official Videographer for MISHI Conference, June 2018 & August 2019
Ontario Veterinary College Guest Curator of the Dr. John Gordon Edmeads Collection of Inuit and First Nations Carvings, 2018
Archival Researcher and Catalogue Author for Canadian Society
for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, 2018
Turtle Island Mural for the Friendship House in Brantford, August 2018
Digital Creator Timmins Guest Instructor, February 2018
Project Manager for the Bachinski/Chu Print Study Collection Catalogue, 2017 Kiln Committee Member and Graphic Designer, North Bay Potters' Guild, 2017
Programs
Adobe [Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere]
Basecamp (Project Management Software)
Microsoft [Word, Powerpoint]