EDUCATION

2013          MA: Contemporary and Modern Art History, University of Toronto
2009          Honours BA: Major in Visual Arts, Major in Communication, University of Ottawa

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017          Monument, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, QC
2015          Glide Path, Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, India
2013          That Same Small War Within You, Truck Contemporary, Calgary, AB

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 MUKË, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON

2016         VOLTA 12, Basel, Switzerland
2016         Midnight Massive, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2016         Papier 16, Montreal, QC
2016         10 Years, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, QC
2015         Surface & Stratagem, Division Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015         Triumph of the Theraputic, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, QC
2015         Bunting, Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, India
2015         Launch, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal, QC   2014                                                                                                                                                                                   2014         Push and Pull, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
2014         Montreal Preview, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2014         Art Spin, Toronto, ON
2014         Refined Linen, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2012         Everything and Nothing, N/A, Toronto, ON
2012         Post, The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC
2011         Drawn Together, Sienna Art Institute, Sienna, Italy
2011         Hang With The Best, Toronto Image Works Gallery, Toronto, ON
2011         The Billboard Art Project, Billboard on Interstate 90, Chicago IL

GRANTS / AWARDS

2018 Newcomer Mentorship Grant, Toronto Arts Council

2017         Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council                                                                                                                                                                                           2016         Artist Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2016         Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2015         Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2015         Emerging Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2005         Ontario Secondary School Visual Arts Award, Ontario Arts Council

RESIDENCIES

2019 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity- Leaders’ Lab, Banff, AB

2017          AZ West- Andrea Zittlel Wagon Station Encampment, Joshua Tree, California
2014          VSVSVS Studio Residency, Toronto, ON

PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS WITH OLIVER PAUK

2015         Tensions (with Stephanie Flowers), The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
2015         Come Up To My Room, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2014         Nuit Blanche, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON
2014         Toronto International Film Festival, Grolsch Open House, Toronto, ON
2014         Sunday Drive Presents Warkworth, Warkworth, ON
2014         Long Winter at The Great Hall, Toronto, ON

LECTURES/TEACHING

2016        Instructor: VADA207: Special Topics in Contemporary Art, Humber College, Toronto, ON
2015        Guest Lecture, Humber College Toronto, ON
2014        Guest Lecture, OCAD University, Toronto, ON

AUCTIONS / BENEFITS 

2016         Silent Benefit Auction, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2015         C Magazine Benefit Auction, Division Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015         AGM 12th Annual Benefit Auction, Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON

JURIES

2016         Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2016         Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, ON

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012- Present   Co-Director, Akin Collective & Akin Projects
2013         Inventory Support, Art Metropole
2012         Research Assistant, Barbara Fischer
2009-10   Gallery Assistant, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
2009          Artist Assistant, Justin Lowe & Jonah Freeman, Deitch Projects SoHo, New York, NY
2009          Events, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015         Art F City, Pastoral Romanticism for the Hashtag FOMO Generation,  2015
2015         TOM* Magazine,  Summer Issue, 2015
2015         TOM* Magazine,  Spring Issue, 2015
2014         Canadian Art,  Ruralism: Sunday Drive Takes Art Out of the City, Aug. 29
2014         The Toronto Star, Toronto Art Makes the Trek to Warkworth, Aug. 28
2014         Carbon Paper, Issue 3, Fall 2014
2014         Esse Arts + Opinions, Review: Push and Pull
2009         GQ Magazine, September Issue 2009, Project Upgrade: Artist/Curator Profile
2008         Ottawa Arts Review- Selected Work Vol.2, No.4, Fall 2008         

FILM & VIDEO

2010        Works featured in ‘Happy Thank You More Please’. Premiered at 2010 Sundance Film Festival