Artist Statement
I make conceptual art, with a focus on the relationship between humans and the natural environment. My work is concerned with remembering, rebuilding, and exploring boundaries. The boundaries between natural and unnatural, between human and non-human, and between wild and domesticated are pertinent to my work. The works are surreal yet whimsical fictions. Ambiguity, contradiction, and juxtaposition express the complexity and paradoxical manner of humans within the natural world.
Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions
2010/2011
Allow me to Introduce...and Take Away..., Haida Gwaii Museum, Skidegate BC.
2009/2010
Haida Gwaii Art Route, Queen Charlotte BC.
2009
Evolving, Queen B's Gallery, Queen Charlotte, BC.
2008
Becoming Bygones, Queen B's gallery, Queen Charlotte BC.
2006
So Solo, University of Victoria, Victoria BC.
Group Exhibitions
2008-2022
All Islands Art Show, Haida Gwaii, B.C.
2007
Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild Art Museum, Idyllwild California.
2007
Painting’s Edge, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside California.
2007
Desperately Mashed, University of Victoria, Victoria BC.
2006
Black Tie Event, University of Victoria, Victoria BC.
2006
The December group, University of Victoria, Victoria BC.
2006
Alter Ego, University of Victoria Victoria BC.
2004
Elora Art Festival, Elora Ontario.
Education
2016-2018
Teacher Education Program, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo BC.
2010-2012
Environmental Practice program, Royal Roads University, Victoria B.C.
2007
'The Edge' Advanced Painting Program with Matthew Ritchie, Dana Schutz, Ronald Reiss, and contemporary painters, Idyllwild California.
2007
B.F.A. Visual Arts Honors program, University of Victoria, Victoria BC.
2004- 2007
Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, Visual arts, University of Victoria, Victoria BC.
2001- 2003
Women’s Studies and Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario.
Memberships
2021-present
Active member of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
2021-present
Active member of Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP).
