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Curriculum Vitae

Academic Background

2009-2010     Young Entrepreneurial Funding and Training Program – Government of Ontario

2002-2005      Crafts and Design Program Glass Major, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario

2000-2002     Bachelor of Arts Geography Program-incomplete, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario

1995-2000      OAC Diploma, Northern Secondary School, Toronto

 Professional Work Experience

2011     Artist Assistant to Bruce Mau -  Pilchuck Glass School, WA

2010     Glassblowing Workshop – Pilchuck Glass School, WA

2010     Glassblowing Workshop – Haliburton School of the Arts, Huntsville

2009-present     Managing Editor – Contemporary Canadian Glass Online Magazine, Glass Art Association of Canada

2009-present     Part-time Glass Faculty – Sheridan College Craft & Design Program, Oakville

2009     Function Speaks Glassblowing Workshop – Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium

2008     Teaching Assistant for Michael Fox – Pilchuck Glass School, Washington

2007     Teaching Assistant for Blaise Campbell – Pilchuck Glass School, WA

2006     Teaching Assistant for Jen Elek – Pilchuck Glass School, WA

2005–2008    Beginner Weekend Workshops – Harbourfront Center, Toronto

Solo Exhibitions

2008     24-Day Coaction – Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

2006     Defiant, Diligent & Delicate – Studio Works, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Group Exhibitions

2011     In Formed by Fire – The Guild Shop, Toronto

Spring Show – Elevator Art Lab, Toronto

2010     Giftworthy – XEXE gallery, Toronto

               Pilchuck Annual Auction – Seattle

Slanguage – Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Urban Artefacts – XEXE gallery, Toronto

2009     Ontario Craft 09 – Ontario Craft Council Gallery, Toronto

Tenuous Tenacity, Contemporary Canadian Glass – Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition – Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto

TALENTE – Munich Convention Centre, Munich, Germany

Radiant Dark – MADE gallery, Toronto

TIMID prototype -Interior Design Show – Direct Energy Centre, Toronto

2008     OBJECToronto – The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition – Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto

Sally McCubbin, Lucie Weir, Amanda McCavour – Lafreniere & Pai Gallery, Ottawa

Review – Ontario Craft Council Gallery, Toronto

Vesna Sontse – Magic Pony, Toronto

UPDATE: 2008 AiR Biennial – York Quay Gallery, Toronto

2007     Ontario Craft O7 – Ontario Craft Council Gallery, Toronto

Pilchuck Annual Auction – Seattle

Ontario Craft Council Award Winners Exhibition – OCC Gallery, Toronto

A VEST guide to smuggling – MADE, Toronto

Varied Approaches, objects from Harbourfront Centre’s glass studio – *new* Gallery, Toronto

Young Glass 2007 – Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark

               Lucent: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Glass – Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary

               The object of Objects – Harbourfront Center, Toronto

               Nostalgia, Vest Collective – Interior Design Show, Toronto

2006     Pilchuck Annual Auction – Seattle

Ontario Craft Council Glass Invitational – The Guild Shop, Toronto

                THAW contemporary design show – The Idea Group, Edmonton, AB

                Bloom – Distill Gallery, Toronto

The Spring Show, Vest Collective – Koma Gallery, Toronto

               Come Up to My Room, Vest Collective “1984 Project”– Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

               Material World Resident’s show – Harbourfront Center Gallery, Toronto

2005     Vest Collective Booth – IIDEX Convention, Toronto

Ontario Craft Council Award Winners Exhibition – OCC Gallery, Toronto

Cross Canada Student Exhibition – Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal

                Design Downtown – Drive In Studios, New York, USA

NEWS, Graduate Show – Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto

National Glass Graduate Exhibition – Material Matters, Toronto

Breathing Room – Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo

2004        From Hands to Lips – Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo

Glass Art Society International Student Exhibition – Contemporary Arts Centre, New Orleans

Contemporary Craft Issues Exhibit – The Design Exchange, Toronto

Public Art Commissions

2010         here today gone tomorrow, TTC St. Clair Ave. West Improvement Project – Commissioned by the city of Toronto

                 One Among Many, TTC St. Clair Ave. West Improvement Project – Commissioned by the city of Toronto

Permanent Collections

Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark

Creative Groups

2010-present    Elevator art lab, founding member and director –A studio space and multi-functional gallery that promotes new and experimental works of art and design.

2005-2008       VEST collective, founding member –A multi-disciplinary group in pursuit of innovative design and progressive exhibition

Grants & Awards

2011     RBC Award for Glass, awarded by The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, funded by the Royal Bank of Canada

2010     Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2009     Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council

Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council- recommended by The Textile Museum of Canada

2008     One of a Kind Show Award of Excellence, Awarded to TIMID – Harbourfront Centre

Glass Art Association of Canada Scholarship – Professional Category

2007     Personal/Professional Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council

Best in Show – Ontario Craft ’07, Ontario Craft Council, Toronto

Volunteer Committee’s Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Craft Council

Metropolitan Magazine ‘Best Collection’ Awarded to VEST, Interior Design Show, Toronto

2006     Half Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Washington

2005     Student Scholarship, for Conference Attendance in Australia, Glass Art Society

Full Bronfman Award, Top-scoring Canadian Applicant, Pilchuck Glass School

One-Year Rent Scholarship, Harbourfront Center

Kingcrafts/Lady Flavelle Award, Ontario Craft Council

Daniel Crichton Award, Sheridan College

Betty Kantor Scholarship Award, for further education, Sheridan College

2004      Harbourfront Centre Summer Residency Scholarship

Sheridan College Gaffers Club, Glass Award of Excellence

2003     Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Summer Company Student Entrepreneurial Grant

Residencies

2011         Short term Residency – Harbourfront Center, Toronto

2005-2008         Full-time Residency – Harbourfront Center, Toronto

2004     Summer-Student Residency – Harbourfront Center, Toronto

Workshops Attended

2010     Tyler Rock – Harbourfront Center, Toronto

2008     Katherine Gray & Nancy Callan – Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Maine

2006     Peter Ivy – Pilchuck Glass School, Washington

Katherine Gray – Harbourfront Center, Toronto

2005     Hiroshi Yamano – Pilchuck Glass School, Washington

2004     Pipaluk Lake – SUPERDANISH symposium, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Oratory

2010     Instructor Presentation – Pilchuck Glass School, Washington

2008     Emerging Artist Presenter – Ontario Craft Council, Toronto

Guest Lecturer – Sheridan College, Oakville

2007     Viva Voce – Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Guest Lecturer – Sheridan College, Oakville

Memberships

2003-present         Glass Art Association of Canada – board member (2009-present)

2003-present         Glass Art Society

2003-present         Ontario Craft Council