Artist Statement: My research-based visual/media arts practice combines painting, photography, video and installations, drawing inspirations from everyday life and materials. Artworks engage on themes relating to the uncertainties of climate warming impacts on place identity. International artist residencies inspire ongoing learning and creative growth.
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions (Juried *)
- 2024 Annex Gallery, Art Rental & Sales, Ottawa Art Gallery*
- 2023-22 In Search of Bearings, installation, Ottawa Corridor Gallery 45/75 Solo *
- 2023 Across the Water, Through the Reeds, Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe Group*
- 2023 Metamorphosis, new acquisitions, City of Ottawa Gallery Group*
- 2023 Art + Parcel, Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe, Group*
- 2023 Society Canadian Artists Elected Members, Galerie Carre des artistes, Montreal
- 2023 Paint the Town Pink, Ottawa Art Gallery fundraiser*
- 2021 Zone4, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden Ontario*
- 2020-Ongoing: Saatchi On-line Gallery and Zatista On-line Gallery, juried membership
- 2020 John B. Aird, DRAWING 2020, Toronto Ontario, Group*
- 2020 Carleton U, 5th Carleton Community Exhibition, Group
- 2019 – 2010, Ottawa Art Gallery, Annex Commercial Gallery*
- 2019 – 2017 Research in Art (RIA) Project Room – Holding-on, What’s the Weather
- 2018 Create for Peace, ArtTour International, Rio Gallery, New York City Group
- 2018 Climate Change, 2 exhibitions @ Research in Art (RIA) Project Room
- 2017 DATUM Shifts, ASP Gallery, City Studio Program, Ottawa ON, Solo
- 2017 Water and Navigation Series, Galerie Luz @ Belgo Montreal Quebec, Solo*
- 2013 Arctic Return 2013 – Ecology of Memory, City Atrium Gallery, Ottawa, solo*
- 2013 ASAP Studio Gallery, Arctic Return – A Long Journey, Ottawa, Solo
- 2010 CONTACT Photo Festival, Arctic photomontage, Toronto, Group*
- 2010 Ecology of Identities, Reference Gallery, Queen St. W. Toronto, solo
- 2010 Paintings and Prints, Gevik Gallery, Yorkville, Toronto ON. Featured
- 2010 Available Light, National Gallery of Pakistan, Islamabad, Invited
- 2009 Available Light, Alhamra Gallery, Lahore Pakistan, Catalogue
- 2009 Still Revolution, CONTACT918 Bathurst Photography Festival, Toronto*
- 2009 4° HOMENAJE AL AGUA (4th Homage to Water), Extensión Bogotá*
- 2009 Reversal, Video 11-minute, Estuary Gallery, Bogotá Columbia*
- 2009 Deep North, Art & Digital Culture, House of World Culture, Berlin Germany*
- 2009 Global Forces, Intimate Spaces #2, Rails End Gallery Haliburton ON, solo*
- 2009 Arctic Crisis #2, City of Ottawa Centrepointe Theatre Gallery ON solo*
- 2009 Global Forces-Intimate Spaces, MVS Gallery, St. Lawrence College solo*
- 2009 Arctic Journal Reading Performance, video, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre
- 2008 Arctic Crisis, Ottawa Photography FestivalX, Arts & Architecture, solo
- 2008 Eros Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art & Erotic Art (MaReA), Bogotá
- 2008 Hungarian Multicultural Centre, Vizivarosi Gallery Budapes Hungary*
- 2008 SUBA, Vi Bienal De Arte Cultural Indigena M.A.C.I. Bogotá Columbia Catalogue*
- 2007 Liminal Spaces, City of Ottawa Gloucester Gallery, Ottawa, solo*
- 2007 FlashFlood, Museum of Multidimensional, Video Festival, Arizona U.S.A.*
- 2007 Water, International Multimedia Festival, Kaliningrad Russia group*
- 2004 Between Far and Near, painting & installation, X’ian Academy, China, solo*
- 2004 Nature’s Wintertime, Galerie L’imagier, Gatineau, Québec, solo*
- 2003 Insights, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa, juried – 2 artists, Catalogue*
- 2003 Novus, Lost and Found Innocence, Daimon Video, Québec, juried – 6 artists*
- 2003 Video Poem, Tidal Wave International Film Festival, U. of New Brunswick*
- 2003 Lost and Found Innocence, Daimon Novus Screening, Québec, 6 artists*
- 2003 Video Poem, Tidal Wave International Film Festival, U. of New Brunswick*
- 2001 Performance – installation, Galerie 303, Montréal QC, juried solo*
- 2001 To New York City (photo install), Galerie 303, Montréal Québec, solo*
- 2000 Casablanca Video Festival, PIM Video & Daimon Morocco Africa*
- 2000 Rendez-Rous du cinemas de Québecois, Daimon & PIM Video Montréal*
Formal Arts Education
- Masters in Environmental Studies, Urban Planning, York University Toronto
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, University of Ottawa
- Certificate in Fine Arts, St. Lawrence College & Premier’s Award Nominee 2005
- Post Graduate Studies, Sociology of History & Culture, Carleton University Ottawa
- Bachelor of Arts, Sociology/Architecture, Carleton University Ottawa
Selected Courses
- 2024 Gum Bichromate Alternative Processes, School of Photographic Arts Ottawa
- 2023 Ceramics Hand building course, City of Ottawa Nepean Visual Arts Center
- 2015 Zinc Plate Etching Lithography, Ottawa School of Art
- 2006 Digital Printing Techniques, School of Photographic Arts Ottawa
- 2013 Stone Lithography, private workshop
- Pre 1997 Watercolour Painting workshops, Ottawa, California, France, South Africa
Artist Residencies (*Juried)
- 2024 International Residency (6-months), School of Photographic Arts Ottawa (SPAO)*
- 2019 Arctic Circle 2019 Arts & Sciences Expedition, Svalbard Norway [1]* (3 weeks) *
- 2014 City of Ottawa Short Term Project Studio (6 months) *
- 2014 Vermont Art Centre Artist Studio Residency, USA (1 month) *
- 2013 City of Ottawa Short Term Project Studio (6 months) *
- 2013 Arctic Return Visual Research Project, six communities, independent
- 2010 Sabbatical, Career Marketing Research, independent (3 months)
- 2009 Banff Centre, self-directed, photography, Alberta Canada (6 weeks) *
- 2008 Hungarian Multicultural Centre AIR, Budapest Hungary (2 weeks) *
- 2002 Gibraltar Point Art Centre, painting, Toronto Islands Ontario (1 month) *
- 1999 Daimon Video Production, Residency, Gatineau Quebec*
- 1998 National Gallery Internship (Technical Services)
- 1998 Ottawa Art Gallery Internship (Market Research)
Books Authored
- 2024 Global Forces – Intimate Spaces, Photo Book in progress
- 2020 Sailing the Top of The World – Climate Change in the High Arctic, ISBN 978-1-03-421976-7. Blurb.ca
- 2012 The Business of Art Visual Artists Canada, 4th ed, ISBN 978-0-9731049-2-9. Amazon.ca
Artist Talks and Public Speaking
- 2023 An Artist’s Perspective on Climate Warming, PROBUS Kanata Ontario
- 2022 In Search of Bearings, Artist Talk, City of Ottawa Festival Plaza Control Centre
- 2019 Sailing Top of World & Climate Warming Impacts, host Britannia Yacht Club Ottawa
- 2019 Research in Art (RIA) Salon 94, Arctic Circle 2019 Arts & Sciences Expedition residency, climate change impacts to coastal habitats, Svalbard Archipelago
- 2019 From Here To There – Arctic Circle Arts & Sciences residency presentation aboard tall ship Antigua, Svalbard Archipelago.
Exhibition Catalogues
- 2018 ArtTour International Publications Top 60 Masters, Review Steve Joel NYC
- 2008 Vi Bienal Internacional de Arte “SUBA”, Exhibition Catalogue
- 2006 St. Lawrence College, Voyageur, 2005 Premier’s Awards Nominees
- 2005 St. Lawrence College, Voyageur, Alumni Profile, Tyler Forkes
- 2003 Karsh-Mason Gallery, Insights Exhibition Catalogue, ISBN 0-96865078-3
Awards and Special Recognitions
- 2023 since 2015 Elected Member Society of Canadian Artists (SCA), Toronto
- 2022 City of Ottawa Art Collection, selection of three artworks in painting.
- 2022 Ontario Art Council, Exhibition Assistance, recommended by 3 galleries.
- 2019 Kickstart, Arctic Artist Residency Expedition Fundraiser, surpassed $7500 goal.
- 2018 ArtTour International Top 60 Masters, Arts & Design Institute New York City
- 2017 Ontario Art Council, Exhibition Assistance, via Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston
- 2013 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance, artspace Gallery, Peterborough
- 2010 K. M. Hunter Award Nominee, Ontario Art Council, Ontario Arts Foundation
- 2010 Pakistan Nation Collection, Prints from Arctic Crisis, Ecology of Narrative Space
- 2008 & 2007 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance, via artspace Gallery
- 2005 Premier’s Award (Ontario) Nominee, St. Lawrence College
- 2004 Foreign Affairs Contemporary Art Program, via Galerie L’Imagier Gatineau
- 2004 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance, via Gallery 101 Ottawa
- 2004 X’ian Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Collection, Xi’an China
- 2004 National Archives/Library Video Collection, Ottawa, Canada
- 2001 Daimon Video Centre, Research & Creations, Gatineau, Quebec
- 1999 University of Ottawa Jacqueline Fry Award Candidate, Ottawa