Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

Central Technical School’s Art Centre - Diploma in Visual Arts (Ongoing)

2010 Ontario Museum Association - Exhibit Planning and Design

2010 Ontario Museum Association - Museum/Gallery Organization & Management

2010 Ontario Arts Council - Artist/Educator Foundations Course

2008 Chelsea College of Art & Design - Curating Contemporary Art Exhibitions

2005 Halliburton School of the Arts - Textile Surface Design Certificate

1988 The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - Certificate in Adult Education

1986 Ontario Society for Training and Development - Advanced Level Certification

1985 University of Toronto - Human Resources Certificate

Residency

2008 Camac Centre d’Art - Marnay-sur-Seine, France

Solo Exhibitions

2006 About Her - Rustic Cosmos Café Gallery - Toronto, Ontario

Collaborations

2010 20 X 20 - The Montreal Centre of Contemporary Textiles - Montreal, Quebec

For Keeps - A Mending Show - City of Crafts - Toronto, Ontario

Winterlude Tea Cozy Installation - Spins and Needles - Ottawa, Ontario

Quilt of Possibilities - Greenbelt and Ontario Crafts Council - Toronto, Ontario

Group Exhibitions

2010 401 Artisans Marketplace - 401 Richmond -Toronto, Ontario

Annual Juried Exhibtion - Latcham Gallery - Stouffville, Ontario

Spring Group Show - Gallery Hittite - Toronto, Ontario

2009 The Octopus Project - Distillery District - Toronto, Ontario

Art Needs - Scarborough Arts Council - Scarborough, Ontario

2007 Art in the Halls - 401 Richmond - Scotia Nuit Blanc - Toronto, Ontario

Urban Talisman - The Smith - Scotia Bank Nuit Blanc - Toronto, Ontario

Bottles - INAD - Scotia Nuit Blanc - Toronto, Ontario

We Are Not Photographers - INAD - Contact - Toronto, Ontario

These Friends of Mine - Beaux-Arts Gallery - Brampton, Ontario

World of Threads Festival - Oakville, Ontario

2006 Seeing the Unseen - INAD - Toronto, Ontario

Reflections - ACA Gallery - Toronto, Ontario

City Show - INAD - Scotia Bank Nuit Blanc - Toronto, Ontario

Square Foot Show - AWOL Gallery - Toronto, Ontario

Earth, Wind, Air, Fire - ACA Gallery - Toronto, Ontario

In Print - Northern District Library - Toronto, Ontario

The Alternate Group Show - INAD - Toronto, Ontario

Towards Abstraction - Assembly Hall - Toronto, Ontario

2005 My Toronto - North York Civic Centre - Toronto, Ontario

Queen West Art Crawl - Toronto, Ontario

Arts Week ’05 - Toronto Arts Council Foundation - Toronto, Ontario

Artist Trading Cards - Port Moody Arts Centre - Port Moody, British Columbia

Square Foot Show - AWOL Gallery - Toronto, Ontario

House of Cards - Columbus Centre for Paper Book Arts - Columbus, Ohio

Guilded Threads - City of Oakville - Oakville, Ontario

Illuminated Threads Vol. 2 - Silver Thimble Needlepoint Shop - Oakville, Ontario

Stitching the Town Red - Red Thread Gallery - Oakville, Ontario

2004 Haliburton School of the Arts Students Graduation Show - Haliburton, Ontario

Queen West Art Crawl - Toronto, Ontario

Mail Mania - Gallery on the Herald - Victoria, British Columbia

Not Set In Stone Ilkley Museum & Art Gallery - Yorkshire England

Art For Life Award Winners - Neilson Park Creative Centre - Etobicoke, Ontario

Signature Works of Art - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Art for Life - Toronto, Ontario

Village Studios - Stratford, Ontario

2003 The National Women’s Show - Toronto, Ontario

Gleaming Treasures - Spring International Quilt Show - Chicago, Illinois

2002 Oakville Premier Craft Show - Oakville, Ontario

Toronto Bead Society Bead Fair - Toronto, Ontario

Curated Exhibitions

2008 Bend, Fold, Manipulate - ACA Gallery - Toronto, Ontario

2007 Textile/Art - And Now for Something Completely Different Part 2 - INAD - Toronto, Ontario

Secrets to Dream On - Rustic Cosmos Café Gallery - Toronto, Ontario

Flow - Riverside Art Walk - Toronto, Ontario

2006 Textile/Art - And Now for Something Completely Different Part 1 - INAD - Toronto, Ontario

Collections

2008 CAMAC Centre d'Art, Science & Technology - Marnay-sur-Seine, France

2003 Ilkley Museum & Art Gallery - Yorkshire, England

Projects

2008 The Fractural Heart - This project explores the emotions of the human heart after the muscle has been stripped away exposing the natural cage of arteries which sometimes trap us and prevents healing. This project was created at the CAMAC Centre d’Art - Marnay-sur-Seine, France as part of an Artist Residency Program - July to October 2008.

Peace Cloth to Silence Contemporary War - A flag made up of 100 8 inches X 10 inches panels depicting the prayer “May Peace Prevail on Earth" in languages representing 170 countries. This was the signature piece for the exhibition Bend, Fold, Manipulate.

2007 Every Woman’s Story - A 5 Panel Tapestry created in memory of women and their families who fought the battle of Breast Cancer. The work hangs at St. Michael’s Hospital, the CIBC Breast Clinic - Toronto, Ontario.

Awards

2010 Third Prize Jurors’ Award - Annual Juried Exhibition - Stouffville, Ontario

2004 First Prize - |Jewellery - Art For Life - Toronto, Ontario

Publications

2008 Texere - Global Newsletter for The Textiles Education Working Group

2007 1000 Artist Trading Cards by Patricia Bolton - Editor-in-Chief for Cloth Paper Scissors and Quilting Arts Magazines

2007 Interview with Mary Kroetsch - Fibre Quarterly E-Zine Review of October ‘06 Curated Show

2006 A Gallery that Gives Back by Stephanie Dickenson- Surface and Symbol

2006 GTA Film Festival NewsMag - Affiliated with the ACA Gallery

2006 Interview by Erin Turner - Haliburton School of the Arts Grad Newsletter

2004 Art In Your Pocket by Andreas Duss - Publish and Be Damned, England

2004 Bead a Mask by Beadboy - Beadworks Magazine

Community Service

2007 Committee Member - Oakville World of Threads Festival

06/07 Director - Oakville Stitchery Guild

93/96 Chair Person - Pickering Village Business Improvement Association

93/96 Director - Durham Tourist Association

93/96 Committee Member - Ajax's Economical Development Advisory Committee

Associations

CARFAC Ontario