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Education

Alberta University of the Arts - Calgary, AB

SEPTEMBER 2019 - MAY 2024

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Print Media)​ with distinction

Recipient of the Board of Governor's Award

Alberta College of Art and Design - Calgary, AB

JULY 2018 - AUGUST 2018

Pre-College Program (For Credit)

Artists Residencies

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Banff, AB

Get LIT!! Visual Arts Residency

JUNE 24 2024 - JULY 26 2024

Work Experience

Alberta Printmakers Society (A/P),  Airdrie, AB -Event Contracted Educator

​10 SEPTEMBER 2022 (One day event)

  • Public relations for (A/P) at the event: Promoting and providing information about A/P’s services, studios, and gallery in an event setting.

  • Providing demonstrations of printmaking processes and equipment. 

  • Event set-up and take-down of tents, tables, and fixtures for print sales

Alberta Printmakers Society, Calgary, AB - Manager’s Assistant

JULY 2022 - SEPTEMBER 2022

  • Daily public relations with the community, artists, and gallery attendees. Promoting and providing information about A/P’s services, studio, and gallery.

  • Handling and creating an inventory of artwork for a large exhibition.

  • Creating inventories of studio materials with Google Sheets and Excel.

  • Day-to-day maintenance of the studio/gallery facilities, supplies, and equipment. 

  • Working independently/leading own work. Regularly communicating with a team about our priorities, tasks, and responsibilities. 

  • Processing sales using Square terminal and desktop dashboard. Creating invoices with Square dashboard.

Volunteer Experience

Galerie Gaulin, Calgary AB - Co-Director (Volunteer position)

JUNE 2022 - PRESENT

  • Installation of artwork and maintenance of gallery space.

  • Inventory of gallery tools and materials. 

  • Creating programming for the gallery with my fellow co-directors.

  • Budget management and grant writing.

  • Administrative communications with exhibiting artists.

  • Training successors to run the gallery when I graduate. 

  • Successfully balancing these responsibilities with my education and other commitments.

Solo Exhibitions

NOV 2024 (upcoming)//YELLOW FEVER!!//Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, AB

Group Exhibitions 

2025 (upcoming)//Other Horizons//School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, USA

2024//Metamorphosis//Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery, Calgary AB, Canada

2024//Artist Showcase during theatre production of The Woman in Black//Vertigo Theatre, Calgary AB, Canada

2023//Flux and Flax//Poly and Esther Gallery, Calgary AB

2023//Freak Show//Galerie Gaulin, Calgary AB

2023//Angry Arts Month Community Mural//Galerie Gaulin, Calgary AB

2022//No Belonging//Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB

2022//Lasting Impressions//Alberta Printmakers Society, Calgary AB

2022//2nd Pressing//Alberta Printmakers Society, Calgary, AB

2020//10th Annual President’s Student Art, Craft And Design Exhibition//Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB

Exhibitions (Programmer)

2023//Freak Show//Galerie Gaulin, Calgary AB

2023//Angry Arts Month Community Mural//Galerie Gaulin, Calgary AB

2022//2nd Pressing//Galerie Gaulin, Calgary AB

2022//Imaging Futures//Galerie Gaulin, Calgary AB

Awards

2024 Board of Governors Graduating Award

2023 Printastic Awards

2023 Winter Jason Lang Scholarship

2021 Fall Louise Mckinney Scholarship 

2020 Winter Jason Lang Scholarship

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