Education

 

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2018

MA in History of Art

Concentration: Modern/Contemporary

 

OCAD University, Toronto, ON, 2012-2016

BA Hons in Visual and Critical Studies  

Minor: Drawing and Painting

 

 

 

Solo Art Exhibitions

 

“Parallel Universe” Coldstream Fine Art, 208-80 Spadina Ave, Toronto ON, December 2019

 

“The Beast In Me” Coldstream Fine Art, 208-80 Spadina Ave, Toronto ON, April 2018

 

“All In A Sea Of Wonders” Coldstream Fine Art, 208-80 Spadina Ave, Toronto ON, April 2017

 

“The Abyss Gazes Into You” Hashtag Gallery, 830 Dundas St. W., Toronto ON, February 2015

 

“Preconscious” Hashtag Gallery, 830 Dundas St. W., Toronto ON, June 2012 

 

“Arrangements” Lennox Contemporary Gallery, 12 Ossington Ave, Toronto ON, March 2009

 

“Into the Woods” Blue Dot Gallery, 55 Mill St. Building 47 Ste 101, Toronto ON, November 2007

 

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Art Residencies

 

Fish Factory Creative Centre, Bankastræti 1, Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland, November 2021

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Awards

 

Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, 2021

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School of Graduate Studies Conference Grant, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2017

 

Medal in Visual and Critical Studies, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, 2015/16

 

Dorothy Hoover Award for Written Research Involving the Critical Theory of Art, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, 2015/16

 

Spoke Club Membership Prize, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, 2015/16

 

Nora E. Vaughan Award, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, 2015/16

 

Emerging Artist Award, OCAD University Scholarship, Toronto, ON, 2015

 

1stPlace Oil Painting Division, Buckhorn Arts Festival, Juried Art Show, Buckhorn, ON, 2005

 

Honorable Mention, Buckhorn Arts Festival, Juried Art Show, Buckhorn, ON, 2003

 

 

 

Lectures and Presentations

 

“The Mad Scientist: 19th-century Horror Media and the Origins of a Trope” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual International Conference. Washington D.C., VA, May 2019

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“Death and the Maiden Paintings: Dominance, Submission, and the Fear of Female Sexuality as Represented in Symbolic Art” Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association (MAPCA) Annual Regional Conference. Philadelphia, PA, November 2017

 

“Living Dead Girl: The Symbolically Docile Female Body in 19th-Century Horror Art” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual International Conference. San Diego, CA, April 2017

 

“Encounters with the Male Sexual Other in 19th and 20th Century Fairy Tale Literature” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) Annual National Conference. Salt Lake City, UT, October 2016

 

“Caution and Curiosity: Allegories of Sexual Predation in Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market and Angela Carter’s ‘The Company of Wolves’” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual International Conference. Seattle, WA, March 2016 

 

“Avast Me Hearties: Myths and Realities of the Golden Age of Piracy” Small Talk Alternative Academia Lecture Series. Toronto, ON, June 2015

 

“Reconstructing Collective Memory: Mythological Representation in the Art of Shary Boyle” HASA (History of Art Students Association) Annual Conference – Memoria: Constructions and Interpretations. Toronto, ON, March 2015.

 

“Gold Pieces” Indigenous Poetics Book Launch. Toronto, ON, November 2014.

 

“Life is Like a Fairy Tale: Research in Classic European Folklore” Function Speaker Series 6. Toronto, ON, June 2014. 

 

“The Golden Age of Piracy: 17th Century Buccaneers” Nerd Nite XIII.Toronto, ON, March 2012

 

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Selected Group Art Exhibitions

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“Fall Group Exhibition” Walker Contemporary Art, 451 Adelaide St W, November 2022

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“Ontario Society of Artists 148th Annual Juried Exhibition” Online Exhibition, May 2021

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"Art Gems Auction" The Berkeley, 315 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, April 2019

 

“Why The Fuck Do You Paint” Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto ON, October – December 2016

 

“The Million Dollar Monster Show” Super Wonder Gallery, 876 Bloor Street West, Toronto ON, October 2016

 

“Other Worlds” Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, 111 Wellesley St W, Toronto ON, September – December 2016

 

“The Body Electric” Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s (RCPSC) International Conference on Resident Education (ICRE), Niagara Falls ON, September – October 2016

 

“Perspectives” OCADU Great Hall, 100 McCaul Street, Toronto ON, November 2015

 

“Kinky n’ Queer” Glad Day Bookshop, 598 Yonge Street, Toronto ON, August 2015

 

“Insomnia” Red Head Gallery, 401 Richmond Street, Toronto ON, October 2014

 

“Strange Stories” The Toronto Public Library (Woodside Square), 1571 Sandhurst Circle, Toronto ON, August 2014

 

“Bluebeard in Black and White” National Gallery of Canada, Online Exhibit, May – September 2014

 

“OCADU Figure Show” OCADU Great Hall, Toronto ON, February 2014 

 

“Audacious Women” Brockton Collective, Toronto ON, November 2013

 

“Ghosts and Goblins” Hashtag Gallery, Toronto ON, October 2013

 

“At Last, I Am Here” Inclusive Design Research Center, Toronto ON, March 2013 

 

“Environment Show” Ben Navanee Gallery, Toronto ON, February 2008

 

“Art Affordable” Praxis Gallery, Toronto ON, December 2005

 

“XXXmas Erotic Art Show” Engine Gallery, Toronto ON, December 2005

 

“Little Art Show” Hangman Gallery, Toronto ON, October 2005

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