education

2019  MFA, Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art Media and Design, OCAD University, Toronto  ON, Canada

2014  BFA, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

selected residencies

2026  East Carolina University Residency, Greenville NC, USA Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI) Residency, Corner Brook NL, Canada

2025  Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland Ohio, USA Studio H Canada International Artist Residency, Victoria BC, Canada

2024  Ós Textile Residency, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland Ohio, USA

2023  Kunstkollektivet 8B, Sølvagervej 8B, 4500 Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark

2022  Ós Textile Residency, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland

2018   Feminist Art Collective, Artscape Gibralter Point, Toronto ON, Canada

selected grants & rewards

2024  Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation

2023  Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Abroad - Residencies

2017   Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal QC, Canada

 selected solo exhibitions

2027  You Sound Like Absolute Trash, I Think I Like You, Eastern Edge Gallery, NL, Canada

2026  Sweet Nothings, Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, Revelstoke BC, Canada

2019   Nostalgia is (not) Productive, Toronto ON, Canada

2014   Rumination, eHub Entrepreneurship, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB,  Canada

selected group exhibitions

2026  World of Threads Festival, Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre,  Oakville ON, Canada

            Living Spaces, The Point Artist-Run Centre, Whistler BC, Canada

            Digital Weaving Residency Alumni Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland  Ohio, USA

            What We Hold Close, North Van Arts, CityScape Community ArtSpace, 335

            Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver BC, Canada

2025  Patterns, Back Alley Gallery, Hamilton ON, Canada

           Summer Lovin’! Maury Young Arts Centre, Whistler BC, Canada

           Shear Bliss, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland Ohio, USA

           Making Your Mark, META4 Contemporary Craft Gallery, Port Perry ON, Canada

2024 9 Threads, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland

          Provocation: Investigating Technology, Salt Spring Island BC, Canada

2023 Open Studio, Kunstkollektivet 8B, Sølvagervej 8B, 4500 Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark

2022 Looped, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland

           Unravelled, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland

           KITCHEN, Fabricated Gallery, Online

2020 Feminist Art Festival, Feminist Art Collective, OCADU, Toronto ON, Canada

2019  Ghost Stories, Taboo Health and Design TO, Toronto ON, Canada

2018  Open Studio, Feminist Art Collective Residency, Artscape Gibralter Point, Toronto ON, Canada

           Always Already, Graduate Gallery OCADU, Toronto ON, Canada

2017  Trace, Graduate Gallery OCADU, Toronto ON, Canada

           More Than Meets The Eye, Squamish Employment Services, Squamish BC, Canada

2016  Creative Boom, Maury Young Arts Centre, Whistler BC, Canada

           Piece of Mind, Moat Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada

           Show Your World, Gallery MC, New York NY, USA

2015  Nextfest, Mudhoney Salon, Edmonton AB, Canada

2014  Kaleido Festival, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, Edmonton AB, Canada

           Affinities, FAB Gallery, Edmonton AB, Canada

           Nextfest, The Clever Rabbit Vegetarian Cafe, Edmonton AB, Canada

           Portrait of the Artist, Milner Gallery, Edmonton AB, Canada

           Impression Obsession, Block 1912 Cafe, Edmonton AB, Canada

2013  Fluency, Rutherford Gallery, Edmonton AB, Canada

           Bright Lights, SNAP Print Affair

2013  Member show, Edmonton AB, Canada

           Speakeasy, Art Auction and Sale, Tim Centre, Edmonton AB, Canada

           Found Festival, Strathcona Library, Edmonton AB, Canada

selected lectures

2022  Conference, Representing Pasts - Visioning Futures, AMPS | Queen’s University

           Belfast | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | National University of Singapore

2019  Guest Speaker, Lecture for PRNT-3003 Text and Image, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada

           Panel Talk, Issues Magazine, Fourth Issue: Domestic Issues, Toronto ON, Canada

selected reviews & catalogues

2025  Kinhouse 2025 Exhibition Catalogue, Curated by Kaylan Buteyn and Dana Caldera

           Kinhouse Gallery, 1601 Oakland St, Fort Wayne, IN 46808

2024 Ós Residency Catalogue, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland

2023 AMPS Proceedings Journal Series, ISSN 2398-9467: Representing Pasts - Visioning Futures, AMPS | Queen’s University Belfast | Cape Peninsula       University of Technology | National University of Singapore

           Ós Residency Catalogue, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland

2019  NOW magazine, Edwards, Sam, Death Gets a Redesign at DesignTO, Toronto ON, Canada

           Issues Magazine, Sophia, Tal, Fourth Issue: Domestic Issues, Vide Press, Toronto ON, Canada

2016  Interview, Ybarra, Vanessa, Creative Boom Pop Up Exhibition on Shaw TV, Shaw TV

           Sea to Sky, Whistler BC, Canada

selected collections

2014  Printmaking Teaching Collection, Department of Art and Design, University of  Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

professional experience

2026       TA, CROS-20 04-301, (Fall) Working From Home, OCAD University, Toronto ON,  Canada

                 TA, CROS-3030-301 (Fall) Thinking Through Objects, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

                 Residency Manager, Studio H Canada International Artist Residency, Victoria BC, Canada

2025      TA, DRPT-2013-001 (Spring) Watercolour, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

                TA, DRPT-2013-001 (Winter) Watercolour, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

2024      TA, DRPT-2025-501 Drawing with Vectors, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

                TA, DRPT-2025-502 Drawing with Vectors, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

2023     TA, CROS-2004-301 Working From Home, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

               TA, DRPT-2024-301 Drawing from Objects, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

               TA, DRPT-3025-001 Experimental Watercolour, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

2019-22 Studio Assistant, Michelle Forsyth, Toronto ON, Canada

2022      TA, DRPT-2013-001 (Winter 2022) Watercolour, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

               TA, DRPT-3025-001 Experimental Watercolour, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

2021    TA, CROS-2004-001 Working From Home, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

             TA, DRPT-2013-001 Watercolour, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

             TA, DRPT-3025-001 Experimental Watercolour, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

             TA, DRPT-3025-001 Experimental Watercolour, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

2019    Note-taker, Centre for Dissabilities, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

2019    Note-taker, Centre for Dissabilities, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

2018    Transforming Spaces: Memory, Mind, and Wayfaring, Mural Project at the Rekai Centre Long Term Care Facility, Toronto ON, Canada

             Graduate Research Assistant with Art Toronto, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

             Class Assistant, DRPT-300-001: The Meaning of Materials, OCAD University, Toronto ON, Canada

2016    Audain Art Museum, Educational Programs, Docent, Whistler BC, Canada

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