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education

01 Master of Fine Arts (Studio Arts), Concordia University, Montréal, Québec

96 Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Distinction), Alberta College of Art, Calgary

exhibitions

08 Art on the Block: Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton

07 Thoughful Collecting. Peak Gallery Toronto, Ontario
Ornaminimalism - Solo Exhibtion - Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | review
TIAF07 Toronto International Art Fair. Metro Toronto Convention Centre | Toronto Canada
Alberta Biennial: Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff + Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
University of Calgary Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition

06 LS is More - Solo Exhibition - Peak Gallery, Toronto, Ontario | review
About Time: Contemporary Painting in Calgary, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta

05 Unrepentant Exposure - Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
There and Now Silent Art Auction - Calgary, Alberta

04 RBC/Canadian Art Foundation Painting Competition Group Exhibition: Edmonton Art Gallery; New Brunswick Museum of Art, Saint John; McMaster Art Gallery, Hamilton; Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
ARTview 2004 Auction, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
New Stance – Solo Exhibition – Nocochi, Montréal, Québec
Scaling – Solo Exhibition - Le2, Montréal, Québec
Paper Polyhedra – Two Person Exhibition - Vanier Library, Montréal, Québec

03 Homecoming – VAV Gallery, Montréal, Québec
Sacred Heart – Musée d’art Contemporaine, Montréal, Québec

02 Collective Visions – Visual Arts Center, Montréal, Québec
Baltic Watercolors – Laval University, Laval, Québec

01 Critical Distance – Solo Exhibition – Bourget Gallery, Montréal, Québec
Bravo! – Concordia MFA Group Exhibition, Montréal, Québec
Vanier Faculty Show – Vanier College, Ville St. Laurent, QC
Snapshot – Contemporary Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

00 Paint-or-die – 1946 Ste Catherine, Montréal, Québec
Sur la Ligne/On the Line – UQAM Centre de Diffusion, Québec
MFA Painters – Concordia VAV Gallery, Montréal, Québec
Faire la Rue – Mount Royal Summer Exhibition – Montréal, Québec

99 Painting Insides – Two Person Exhibition - Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Wide Open – Concordia VAV Gallery, Montréal, Québec

98 Picture Windows: New Abstract Painting, Artweek, Calgary, Alberta
Poland Travel Study Exhibition – Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta

97 Alberta College of Art and Design Awards Shows – Calgary, Alberta
Sedimental Shifts – Solo Exhibition - Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Stratagem – Alberta College of Art and CJSW Radio – Calgary, Alberta
Three: Painting Exhibition – Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta

96 Sedimental Traces – Solo Exhibition –Alberta College of Art 371, Calgary, Alberta
Painters – Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta

grants / awards

Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant
Eastern Canada Winner, RBC Canadian Art Foundation Painting Competition
Concordia University Student Merit Award
Concordia University Graduate Fellowship
Prytula Charpenier Grant
Canadian-Scandinavian Brucebo Fine Art Scholarship
Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Grant
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Study Grant
Illingworth Kerr Travel Study Award
Illingworth Kerr Academic Achievement Award

public collections

Alberta Foundation for the ArtsGlenbow Museum
Royal Bank of Canada Corporate Collection
Contemporary Arts Museum, Visby, Sweden

press / publications

06 Globe and Mail, Calgary Herald, Mass Art Guide, ArtForum

05 Canadian Art Magazine (winter)

04 RBC Financial Group Media NewsRoom (oct 21), CBC Radio (nov 17), National Post (nov 18), CBC Arts News (nov 19), Canada NewsWire (fall), Canadian Art Magazine (fall)

03 The Link (fall), Concordia Alumni Magazine (fall)

01 Watercolor Magazine, Faire la rue Catalogue

00 Snapshot CD-Rom Catalogue, Paint-or-die Catalogue

99 Painting Insides Catalogue, Fast Forward Magazine (nov), The Link (nov)

98 Picture Windows Catalogue, ArtWeek Catalogue

artist talks / residencies

06 Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary Department of Art University of Calgary

03 Lecture, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec

02 Lecture, Visual Arts Centre, Montréal, Québec

01 Artist Talk, Advancement for Scandinavian Studies Conference, Laval University, Québec,

00 Artist in Residence, Brucebo Foundation, Gotland, Sweden
Artist Talk, Hunter College, State University of New York
98 London Travel Study Pilot Program
Poland Travel Study Program