Curriculum Vitae
b. 1988, Edmonton
EDUCATION
2020-2023 MFA Candidate Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA, USA
2020-2022 Ideas for Creative Exploration, Interdisciplinary arts research, Athens, GA, USA.
2015 BFA Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC Canada
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Tom Hollingsworth Scholarship
Service-Learning Support Grant
2021 Tom Hollingsworth Scholarship
Edmonton Arts Council Large Project Grant
2020 Unison Benevolent Fund
Willson Center for Humanities & Arts Grant
2018-2019 Edmonton Arts Council Large Project Grant
2018 Granville Island Activation Grant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Peanut Butter, Scissors, and Coca Cola, Fish Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Absurd Architecture, Collab w/ Ethan Snow, Lupin Gallery, Athens, GA, USA.
2021 how many ? are inside ?, Soft Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Am I Home, Charlton Diaz and Sarah Seburn, curated by Rachel Seburn, Glass Gallery, Athens, GA, USA.
Flexible Architecture: We’re not trying to be heavy; we’re trying to be light, Suite Gallery, Athens, GA, USA.
2016 Portable Frontier, Curated by Lauren Zbarsky, Untitled Art Space, Vancouver, BC.
2015 We Should Take Below: The Gambling Splinter, Curated by Jamie Ward, UNIT/PITT Projects, Vancouver, BC.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 One Night Only, temporary public art event, Athens, GA, USA.
MFA Invitational, curated by Jason Rafferty, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2021 Social Dissonance, Curated by Audrey Martinich and Francesca Felicella, Suite Gallery, Athens, GA, USA.
2020 Metamorphosis, Curated by Alfredo Martinez, Coral Plaza, Edmonton
2018 #TEARITDOWN2018, Facilitated by UNIT/PITT Projects, Vancouver. BC.
Yukon Sova Alumni Show, Yukon Arts Center Gallery, Whitehorse, YT.
Open Season Curated by Pongsakorn Yananissorn and Denise Holland, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2016 The Garden Show, curated by Lauren Zbarsky, Quietly, Vancouver, BC.
2015 In Passing, curated by Caitlin Chaisson, Ground Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
The Show, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver BC.
Considering Heterotopia’s, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC
2014 Social Circles, UNIT/PITT Projects, Vancouver, BC.
The Visitor Vegetable, Skylight Gallery, Curated by Kristel Saan, Vancouver, BC.
Break the Legs off what I want to Happen, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Last Call, Piss Factory Vancouver, BC.
Silent Night, ISBE Cultural Center, Edmonton, AB.
RESIDENCIES
2022 Short-Listed, Land Rights, 1927 Art Space, Interdisciplinary programing, 2022-2023, Athens, Greece.
2016 Helikopter Residency, An Open Creative Space, Tallin, Estonia.
Neighbourhood Time Exchange, Artist Residency established by Justin Langlois, Prince George, BC.
2013 Residency with artist Saiman Li, Mission Arts Studio, participated with Kristel Saan, San Francisco.
PUBLIC ART
2021 Athens UGarden Mural Project, Collab w/ Zahria Cook and AJ Aremu, Athens, GA, USA.
2020 The Athens Affordability Garden, Collab w/ Lisa Novak, Niki Gajjar and Amber Orozco, Athens, GA, USA.
2019 Mutate to Belong, Temporary Sculpture, Andres Lõo, KIWA, Ryland Forties and Stacey Cann. Edmonton, AB.
2018 Aural Typologies: Parking Lot Platform, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC.
The Good Little Bad Boys of Autonomy, Open Season, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2017 Pink and Blue: It May Need to Get Violent, Sculptural Intervention, Edmonton, AB.
2016 Sliver of Freedom, Permanent Sculpture, Commissioned for Revitalization Project, Prince George, BC.
Short-Listed AM Pri Public Art Competition, Richmond BC.
2015 This Is Not a Public Space, Emily Carr Art in Public Spaces, 555 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC.
CURATORIAL
2022 Autonomy is Light, Collab w/ Mickey Boyd, Temporary Public Art Exhibition, Athens, GA, USA.
2021 Visibility in the City, Coral Plaza curatorial public art project, Edmonton, AB.
2019-2020 Curatorial Research, Parking Lot Platform, Moscow to Canada edition, Moscow, Russia.
2019 Mutate to Belong: Estonia >> Edmonton Artist Residency Exchange, August 2019, Edmonton, AB.
2018 Cameo Royale, Co-curated with Marie Hélèn-Tessier, The Bunker, Vancouver, BC.
Coral Plaza Art Show, assistant curator for Jai Tanninen, queer pop art exhibition, Coral Plaza, Edmonton, AB.
2015 Dress Code in Effect, Curatorial Cohort, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Considering Heterotopias, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2013 Arts Benefit for DTES Women’s Center, The Gates, Vancouver, BC.
ARTS FACILITATION AND COMMUNITY WORK
2022 Youth Led Community Art Garden, Sculpture technician/Educator, Athenaeum, Athens, GA, USA.
2019-2022 Co-Founder of Coral Plaza Arts Society, Curator, facilitator, grant writer, Edmonton, AB.
2019 Artist in Residence Design & Facilitation, Hannah Schneider, Coral Plaza, Edmonton, AB.
Defender Dance Party, Fundraiser for the Wet’suwet’en Legal Fund, Coral Plaza, Edmonton, AB.
Mermaid Ball, Voguing/Ballroom, Coral Plaza, Edmonton, AB.
Âcimowin, Curated by Marcus Thunder and Allysa Pierre, Edmonton, AB.
2018-2019 Coral Plaza Arts Venue Co-founder. Curator, Facilitator, Producer, Programmer, Edmonton, AB.
2018 Curatorial Assistant Position, UNIT/PITT Projects, Vancouver, BC.
2015 Exchange Youth Workshop, Technical Assistant, Keg De Souza and Walter K Scott, Designed by Lisa Novak, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2013-2014 Piss Factory, Co-Founder and Director, Studio, Venue and Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2012-2017 333 Venue, underground music & arts space, organizer / bartender / facilitator, Vancouver, BC.
SELECTED MUSIC EVENT PRODUCING IN EDMONTON
2019 The Glitter Saloon, Presented by Night Comfort, Queer Cabaret Show, Chez Pierre Cabaret
Calvin Love and Aladean Kheroufi, Production Collab with Evan Pearce, Chez Pierre Cabaret
Fetish Dance Party with Citizenry / Rhythm of Cruelty & Kiwanoid, Collab w/ Evan Pearce, Chez Pierre Cabaret
Matthew Cardinal + GLAZ / Andres Lõo + Kwanoid, Temporary Investments, Parallel Space
Mutate To Belong, Andres Lõo/Kiwanoid/Static Control/Citizenry, Parallel Space
Dopey’s Robe / Bored Decor/ Dead Friends, Chez Pierre Cabaret
Coral Plaza 420, DBBTHICC, LONA, Innerchild, Coral Plaza
Coral Plaza After Hours, DeLab, Noosh, Tuztooz, Coral Plaza
REVIEWS / PUBLICATIONS
2021 UGA students turn military containers into useful art, by Shannah Montgomery, Albany Herald.
2020 Tear it Down Responses to a Once-Ephemeral Poster Kiosk Project, 2018-2020: designed by Ricky Castanedo-Laredo and riso-printed by Erica at Mokier Press.
2019 Kiwa and Andres Lõo in Edmonton, Estonian contemporary Art Development Center.
2018 Ten Different Things, ten local artists that provoke, prototype and test new visions of art and civic life in Vancouver, edited by Kate Armstrong.
2017 Modes of Exchange: Long Form Placemaking in Prince George, Neighborhood Time Exchange, curated by Justin Langlois and Caitlin Chaisson.
Discorder Magazine: Architectural Demolition, March Edition.
2016 Relief Colouring book Series, No. 1. Compiled by Emma Metcalfe Hurst & Scott Kemp.
2015 We Should Take Below: The Gambling Splinter, Darcy Blake, Bartleby Review, Issue 41.
Art This Week: Wild Electronics, the art of trespassing and revisiting the 70’s. Vancouver Sun.
Colour of Right, Ground Gallery’s Debut Exhibition, In Passing, Ex Situ. Brit Bachmann, Vandocument.
2014 Spacious Ladder: found Scaffold/Architectural Sculpture/ Curios Construction/ Perfect Blue, Katharina Schulz, Satellite Gallery.