Interdisciplinary Artist & Writer, BFA
Grassroots Community Organizer
EXHIBITIONS & MARKETPLACES
2023
MKTMKT's "CRAFT" at Goldie Mill Ruins, Guelph. July 15th, 11AM - 8PM ---> Facilitator for live drawing Workshop at 4PM - 5PM.
BIONIC SOUNDSCAPES: The Infusion of Electronic and Organic Music, 209 Geary Ave, Toronto. June 22nd, 9pm doors open.
KW Vintage Fest (hosted by St. Jacob's Antique Market), May 20th, 11-6PM
MKT MKT's "Spring Market", Royal City Park, Guelph, May 13th
The Seth House - Jane's Birthday Celebration & Grand Opening, May 6-8th (Volunteer Graphic Designer for Event Poster)
The Bazaar of the Bizarre, The Parkdale Hall - 1605 Queen St. W, April 29th
OCAD Artist Alley, OCAD University - 100 McCaul St, Toronto. Saturday Feb 11th
2022
Visionary Market, Sunday December 11th, 2022 (same location, on site at gallery).
8th Toronto Visionary Art Exhibit, 333 Bloor St. W. Toronto (Alternity). Saturday December 10th. Exhibit runs until January 7th, 2023.
Holiday Vintage Show, The Parkdale Hall (1605 Queen St. W). Sunday December 4th.
HOOP-LA Art Show & Sale - Necessary Arts Collective, November 15th - December 15th, 2022. (In-person reception at 84 Wyndham St. N.)
RAW Toronto Presents: "PORTAL" Showcase. Exhibition Place, Fountain Blu. Saturday October 22nd.
The Ward Night Market II, 74 Ontario St, Guelph. Thursday October 6th.
The Ward Night Market, "The Boathouse" @ 116 Gordon St, Guelph. Thursday September 8th.
ART ON THE STREET, Downtown Guelph, June 25th & 26th
Necessary Arts Collective OPEN STUDIO, 84 Wyndham St. N, June 25th & 26th
Monthly Vendor with "TAKE HOME THURSDAYS" Events @ The Guelph Farmer's Market
Vendor at the "KW Punk Rock Flea Market", Rhythm & Blues Brewing Company, Cambridge, June 4th, 2022.
Necessary Arts Member Show, 84 Wyndham St. N, May 17 - June 6th.
The GCAA 2022 Spring Art Show & Sale, Quebec St. Mall (Downtown Guelph), April 29th, 30th and May 1st.
2021
Guelph Arts Council Emerging Artists Exhibition, University of Guelph, December 2021
A Winter Wonderland - Indoor Christmas Market | Victoria Park East Golf Club, 1096 Victoria Road South, Puslinch. December 2021
Witches' Night In by Creative Market Local, Victoria Park East Golf Club, 1096 Victoria Road South, Puslinch. October 30th, 2021.
"MYSTERY MARKET" hosted by Mystery Vintage - 29 Peter Street, Kitchener - September 11th 2021
Celebrate Toronto / Toronto Made Market - Online Event: March 6 - April 6, 2021, (as well as the following Summer Marketplace June 25th - July 25th)
The Big January Sale - Virtual Craft Fair - Online Event: January 16th & 17th, 2021
2020
HOOP-LA Art Show & Sale - Necessary Arts Collective - Online Event: November 15 - December 15, 2020
Quirky AF | Art Fair - Online Event: Marketplace open November 17 – 30, 2020
Hexes & Jinxes Mystical Art Market, St. Thomas, ON
"Universal Pharmacy" Published in Mad In America’s Online Art Gallery
“Medicine Buddha Invocation” Installation on Display, The Joy Clinic, Toronto, ON
2019
Vendor at Lavinia Mabon Variety Show : Day Party Remix, Toronto, ON
Vendor at Lavina Solstice: Day Party Remix, Toronto, ON
2018
Vendor at OCAD Artist Alley 2018: Holiday Edition
Featured Guest Artist, The 2018 Toronto Visionary Art Exhibit, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
OCAD University Graduate Exhibition (GradEx 103), Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, ON
Figuratively Speaking, Artusiasm Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017
1000 for 10 Market & Salon Exhibition, DCP Studios, Toronto, ON
“CRUSH” Zine Launch & Exhibition, Glory Hole Gallery, Toronto, ON
REVersion: A Figurative & Portrait Group Art Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
The ETA Tarot Launch, Group Exhibition by Emerging Toronto Artists, Toronto Creative Events, Toronto, ON
The Independents Show, Queen West Pop-Up Gallery, Toronto, ON
Several Artworks on Display / Art Prints for Sale (long term) at See Scape Gallery & Bar, Toronto, ON
2016
“TEXThibit”, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, ON
Vendor at The Outer Limits 3, A Night of Alternative Art, See Scape, Toronto, ON
Positivi-Tea, OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto, ON
Fake Geek Girls Like Us, Annex Art Centre, Toronto, ON
Vendor at Mad Pride Arts Market, Butterfield Park, Toronto, ON
Vendor at The Outer Limits 2, A Night of Alternative Art, See Scape, Toronto, ON
Mystic Arts Collective 1 Year Anniversary Show, Ratio Bar & Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015
Vendor & Featured Artist at The Outer Limits (debut), A Night of Alternative Art, See Scape, Toronto, ON
WIMA Women’s Art Exhibition, Emmanuel Park United Church, Toronto, ON
Aries 27 Group Art Show & Pop Up - Curated by Lexiquette, 416 Gallery, Toronto, ON
Vendor & Featured Artist at Artistic Abominations, The Devil’s Cellar, Toronto, ON
2014
Art of Imagination Opening Exhibition, Orange Gallery, Hintonberg, Toronto, ON
ARTvsALT with the Canadian Alternative Art Collective, Moniker Gallery, Toronto, ON
Spitting Image:Portrait & Figurative Exhibition, Moniker Gallery, Toronto, ON
REVersion: A Figurative & Portrait Group Art Exhibition - Opening Reception, Moniker Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013
Audacious Woman by Fil Collective (Opening Group Art Exhibition), Brockton Collective, Toronto, ON
COLLECTIVES / COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP
2023 International Fine Art Collectors (IFAC)
2023 "Chapel of Sacred Mirrors" Community / Collective, hosted by Alex & Allyson Grey, International.
2021 Guelph Creative Arts Association (GCAA), Guelph, ON
2020 Necessary Arts, Guelph, ON
2018 The Toronto Visionary Art Collective, Toronto, ON
2016 Mystic Arts Collective, Toronto, ON
2013 FIL Collective, Toronto, ON
2012 The Canadian Alternative Art Collective, Toronto, ON
EDUCATION
2023
"Fine Line Accelerator" Business / Entrepreneurship program. Toronto, ON
Graduate, Participant with the "capstone project". (https://www.fineline.art/fineline-accelerator).
2020
The Laing & Cooper Centre for Existential Counselling & Philosophy of Toronto
Student under seminar lecturer Stephen Tickin
2012 - 2020
OCAD University (Ontario College of Art & Design), BFA +
Bachelor of Fine Art Graduate - Minor degree in Social Sciences. 3 years of experience in Material Design.
2015 - 2018
University of Toronto
(Informal, part-time) Religious Studies - Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health
2014
New Acropolis Toronto
Classical philosophy, Stoicism
2011 - 2012
Seamstress & Theatre Costume Design Apprentice
Internship under Leslie Gail-Hill, Performing Arts Professional, Independent Designer & Seamstress
WORKSHOPS & TEACHING
2024
Guest Artist / Instructor, "Surrealist Methodology" - 6 week Course - Workman Arts, Toronto. (Online).
2023
Sessional Instructor, Central Technical School, 725 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, M5S 2R5
General Interest Night School Courses
2019-2020
Volunteer Facilitator / Instructional Monitor - Artist25 non-profit Studio, Toronto, ON
Summer 2019 - Spring 2020 open studio sessions
WRITING & COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
2023
Guest Speaker / Presentation for Bonnie Burstow's "Creative Empowerment" Course, on behalf of CAPA (Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault). February 16th, 2023.
2020
Member of the Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault (CAPA), Toronto, ON (since 2019)
Activist volunteer under leadership of Dr.Bonnie Burstow, Ph.D
Guest Speaker at "Crazy Talks" with facilitator Erick Fabris.
Open-Forum Presentation: "Astrology, Divination and 'Madness'", OISE, Toronto, December 3, 2019.
2019
Assistant to Will Hall, PhD candidate at Maastricht University School for Mental Health And Neuroscience
Research Director, Recruitment & Community outreach / Networker for the ‘World Survey on Antipsychotic Drug Withdrawal”
2017
Volunteer Organizer/Supervisor of the MAD Arts Marketplace, Toronto, ON
Activist with “Mad Pride” Community 2016 onwards - 2017 Representative Chair of the Arts/Cultural Events
Xpace Cultural Centre and Gallery, Toronto, ON
Writer for Exhibition: "To Whom It May Concern", February 17 – March 24, 2017. Published: http://www.xpace.info/exhibition-event/to-whom-it-may-concern/ Assistant to artists Benjamin Tova and Kendra Yee.
2016
Nuit Blanche Toronto - Volunteer Tour Guide for Nathan Phillips Square Installations, Toronto, ON
Representative to the general public for OBLIVION: Death of the Sun, Ocean, and Pleroma, artworks by Director X, Floria Sigismondi and Philip Beesley, respectively.
Co-Founder, Editor and Publisher of “The Mad Times” Magazine
On behalf of the grassroots activist movement “Mad Pride”.
Contributing Conceptual Artist / Team Participant in creation of "Unknotted — the OCAD U activation of Sexual Assault: The Roadshow." , a "Travelling Exhibition", part of OCAD U's Diversity, Equity & Sustainability (ODESI) Faculty of Liberal Studies
PERFORMANCE
2023
Runway Model for Refaya Turshin (RT), May 1st --- FASHION ART TORONTO Runway Show / Exhibition, Toronto, ON
2020
Model for NUIT Clothing Atelier (Designer)
2019
Collaborative Model for Maison Chardon & FraiseVinyl (Designer, Burlesque Performer & Director)
Model for NUIT Clothing Atelier (Designer)
Performer / Model in “PINS & CREAM 2”, a Fashion Experience (Art Performance) by Maison Chardon, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
Performer / Model in “Barbarians of Fashion” Runway Show / Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
(Toronto Based) Professional Life Modelling for:
Northern Contemporary Gallery
McMicheal Gallery
Forest Hill Art Club
Toronto School of Art (TSA)
Kagan McLeod, Illustrator (& company)
Artist25 Studio
Banbury Drawing Group
Humber College - Animation Program
Unionville High School
2018
Performer / Model in “The Amazing Sci-Fi Show - An Exhibition of Intergalactic Art”, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
Collaboration with “Defective Collective” (Designer).
Performer / Model with Maison Chardon in FASHION ART TORONTO Runway Show / Exhibition, Toronto, ON
Featured Performance on April 24th, 2018.
Performer / Model with Maison Chardon in “Fashion Shoot Extravaganza”, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, ON
Performer / Model in “PINS & CREAM - Fetish Burlesque Couture”, a Fashion Experience (Art Performance) by Maison Chardon, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
Runway Model in “Fashion Wars 5” Costume Art Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
Representative of / In Collaboration with “Defective Collective” (Designer).
2017
Runway Model in “Fashion Wars 4” Costume Art Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
Representative of / In Collaboration with “Spiritual Depressionism” (Designer).
Performer / Model in Elizabeth Czartoryski’s “THE PERCH”: Live Performance / Art Exhibition, Mulherin Toronto (Queen St. West), Toronto, ON
Performer / Model in “The Shock Show”, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
Runway Model with Defective Collective (Designer) in “Harajuku Fashion Show”, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016
Several Performances --- Member of the Counterpoint Community Orchestra, The 519, Toronto, ON
Cellist with 12+ years of experience
PUBLICATIONS
2019
Professional Model featured in “Green Issue - Canadian Hairdresser”
Published photography from performances with Maison Chardon, “Fashion Shoot Extravaganza”, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, ON.
2017
Contributing Artist to “CRUSH” Zine, Launch Issue
Official Zine of the Toronto Bi Arts Festival
Featured Contribution to “The ETA Tarot” Deck
Collaborative Product of the “Elevate/Emerging Toronto Artists” Collective
University of Toronto: Comparative Literature dept./Grad Minds TRANSverse Journal
Featured artist in "Madness" Issue 16
2016
Co-Founder, Editor and Publisher of “The Mad Times” Magazine
On behalf of the grassroots activist movement “Mad Pride”.
Contributing Artist to “Mouldy Banana” Zine - Toronto’s Intersectional Feminist Art Magazine
Launch / Issue 1: August 2016
Cover Art Producer for 'LOFT' CAMPUS COLLECTIVE ZINE
"Sometimes I Feel Very Strange, and I Don't Know Why": August 2016
2014
Contributing Artist to “Art Katalyst” Magazine
April 2014 Issue