Selected Group Exhibitions

Services

"The Sex Show" Gallery 1313, 1313 College Street, Toronto ON, February 2017

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“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 Street West, Toronto ON, September – December 2016

 

“The Body Electric” Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Digital Exhibition, September – October 2016

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“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

 

“Buckhorn Arts Festival” Juried Art Show, Buckhorn ON, August 2005

 

“Mini Art Show” Cossar’s Gallery, Peterborough ON, June 2005

 

“Mini Art Show” Cossar’s Gallery, Peterborough ON, June 2004

 

“Buckhorn Arts Festival” Juried Art Show, Buckhorn ON, August 2003

 

Contact for information on commissions, illustration, art direction, classes, events, and projects.

Skills

Painting

Illustration/Drawing

Research/Writing 

Lecturing/Public Speaking

Project Management 

Administration 

Teaching 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Education, Accolades and Awards

Education

 

University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2017-2018

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

 

Lectures and Presentations

 

“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

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“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

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“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

 

Live Painter for Major Rager Events, Toronto, ON, 2009-2010

 

 

 

Awards

 

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

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

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

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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

 

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

 

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