Education

2011  Central Technical School’s Art Centre - Visual Arts Foundations

2010  Ontario Museum Association - Exhibit Planning and Design

Ontario Museum Association - Museum/Gallery Organization & Management

Ontario Arts Council - Artist/Educator Foundations Course

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

2005  Haliburton 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, ON

Collaborations

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

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

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

Group Exhibitions

2012  1812 - Niagara Falls Art Gallery - Niagara Falls, ON

Annual Juried Exhibition - Beaux Arts Gallery - Brampton, ON

2011  ARTspace Original Print Exchange & Exhibition - Chatham, ON

2010  Annual Juried Exhibition - Latcham Gallery - Stouffville, ON

Spring Group Show - Gallery Hittite - Toronto, ON

2009  What Art Needs - Scarborough Arts Council - Toronto, ON

Octopus Project - Artist Collective Projects - Toronto, ON

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

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

Bottles - INAD - Scotia Nuit Blanc - Toronto, ON

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

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

World of Threads Festival - Oakville, ON

2006  Seeing the Unseen - INAD - Toronto, ON

Reflections - ACA Gallery - Toronto, ON

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

Square Foot Show - AWOL Gallery - Toronto, ON

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

In Print - Northern District Library - Toronto, ON

The Alternate Group Show - INAD - Toronto, ON

Towards Abstraction - Assembly Hall - Toronto, ON

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

Queen West Art Crawl - Toronto, ON

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

Artist Trading Cards - Port Moody Arts Centre - Port Moody, BC

Square Foot Show - AWOL Gallery - Toronto, ON

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

Guilded Threads - City of Oakville - Oakville, ON

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

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

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

Queen West Art Crawl - Toronto, ON

Mail Mania - Gallery on the Herald - Victoria, BC

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

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

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

Art for Life - Toronto, ON

Village Studios - Stratford, ON

Curated Exhibitions

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

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

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

Flow - Riverside Art Walk - Toronto, ON

Collections

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

Projects

2011  Take a Memory / Leave a Memory - Installation at Central Technical School’s Art Centre - Toronto, ON

2008  The Fractural Heart- CAMAC Centre d’Art - Marnay-sur-Seine, France

Awards

2012  Best in Show Jurors’ Award - Beaux Arts Brampton Gallery - Brampton, ON

2010  Third Prize Jurors’ Award - Latcham Gallery - Stouffville, ON

Publications

2012  Haliburton School of the Arts' Blog - Artist of the Week - March19th

                                                                        Big Book of Art - Scarborough ON Arts Council

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

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

Associations

The Print Studio - Hamilton, ON

Hamilton Artists Inc. - Hamilton, ON

Guelph Arts Council - Guelph, ON

Community Service

2007  Committee Member - Oakville World of Threads Festival

2006/07  Director - Oakville Stitchery Guild

1993/96  Chair Person - Pickering Village Business Improvement Association

1993/96  Director - Durham Tourist Association

1993/9  Committee Member - Ajax's Economical Development Advisory Committee

December 2011 - Hamilton Artist Inc. - 2013/2014 Jury Committee

June 2011 - July 2012 - The Peel Heritage Centre - Various Instructor Contracts

September 2010 - January 2011 - Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition - Intern Program

September 1999 - Present - Talisman Fibre Arts Studio Incorporated