EDUCATION
2012-2016 Industrial Design DEC, Dawson College, Montreal, QC
2003-08 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, NS
1995-96 Industrial Woodworking Certificate, La Cite Collegiale, Cornwall, ON
1994 Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
1992-93 Physiotherapy, University of Ottawa, ON
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2011
Hamilton Organ Festival, Audience Favourite Award
2009
VANS Mentorship Program, Mentee
Helen Hill Animation Scholarship, Linda Joy Foundation
2008
Simon Chang and Phyllis Levine Foundation Scholarship,
NSCADU
Endowment Fund Scholarship- Winter,
NSCADU
Scholarship Prize for “Best On-Stage Design” & Scholarship Prize for “Best Off-Stage Design” NSCADU Wearable Art Show
2007
Joseph Beuys Memorial Scholarship, NSCADU
Endowment Fund Scholarship- Winter & Fall semesters, NSCADU
2006
Centennial Scholarship- Winter & Fall semesters, NSCADU
2005
McDonald Scholarship -Winter & Fall semesters, NSCADU
Most Innovative Award, Atlantic Filmmakerʼs Cooperative, Annual Members Screening, Halifax, NS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014
Field Studied, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB (April/May) [solo]
2013
The Human Body Exhibition, Warren G Flowers Gallery, Montreal, QC ( April/May)
2011
Art Bank of Nova Scotia 2011 Purchases, Cape Breton Center for Craft and Design, Cape Breton, NS (October/November)
Waiting, Chives Window Gallery, Halifax, NS (August/November) [solo]
2010
I/O, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS (October/November)
Tracks-Mentorship Show, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS (August)
Signal Cascade, St Mary’s Gallery, Halifax, NS (May/June)
Re-shelving Initiative Four, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS (March)
2009
4 Rwanda, FRED, Halifax, NS (May)
Crystal Cave, Khyber Institute for Contemporary Art, Halifax, NS (March)
2008
Recent Kinetic Sculpture, Anna Leon Owens Gallery, Halifax, NS (June) [solo]
Graduation Group Show, Anna Leon Owens Gallery, Halifax, NS (April)
Wearable Art Performance, Wearable Art Show, Halifax, NS (March)
Wearable Art Sculpture, Wearable Art Show, Halifax, NS (March)
The Most Humble of Crackers, Anna Leon Owens Gallery, Halifax, NS (March) [solo]
2007
Parade Crashers, Parade of Lights, Halifax, NS (November)
Truck Stop, Nocturne Festival sponsored by the AGNS, Halifax, NS (October)
IWK Benefit - Crafts for Kids Rock n’ Roll Art Show, The Rock Garden, Halifax, NS (December)
High Fibre Café, Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, NS (September/October)
Domes, Khyber Institute for Contemporary Art, Halifax, NS (April) [two person, Rob Shedden]
Soapbox, Khyber Institute for Contemporary Art, Halifax, NS (December)
Re-shelving Initiative Three, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, NS (March)
Broom Closet, Khyber Gallery, Halifax, NS (April-May) [solo]
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2010
Paint the Town Brown, San Telmo district, Buenos Aires, Argentina (December)
2006
Park, Portland Street, Halifax, NS (April)
Talking Cones, Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Halifax, NS (March)
Lost Keys, Air Canada Airplanes, Canada (March)
Icy Lions, Granville Street, Halifax, NS (February)
SCREENINGS
2011
The Red Toque, Hamilton Organ Festival, Hamilton, On (July) [group screening]
2010
Heart Trouble “Hair Comes Trouble” Halifax Independent Filmmaker Festival, Halifax, NS (April) [group screening]
Heart Trouble “Hair Comes Trouble” CFATʼs Animation With Love! Windsor Theatre at
AGNS, Halifax, NS (March) [group screening]
2006
My Own Private Hell, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (November) [group screening]
2005
My Own Private Hell, Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, NS (September) [two screenings]
My Own Private Hell, Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative Annual Members Screening, Halifax, NS (June)
AFFILIATIONS
The Stride Gallery Association, Calgary, AB, Member (2014)
Center for Art Tapes, Halifax, NS, Member (2008-2010)
Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS, Member and Volunteer (2008-2010)
Khyber Arts Society, Halifax, NS, Programming Committee, Volunteer and Member (2005-2010)
Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, Halifax, NS, Member and Volunteer (2003–2008)
RESIDENCIES
2012 Arquetopia, Oaxaca/Puebla, Mexico
2008-09 Center For Art Tapes, Halifax, NS-Electronics Residency
2011 Nova Scotia Art Bank - Stretching
2010 St-Mary’s Gallery - Cracker Package
DISTRIBUTORS
Art Metropole, Toronto
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax