Education
2004
BA with Distinction, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
2005
Painting from Zero Point, Michelle Cassou, Taos, New Mexico, USA.
2007
Haliburton School of the Arts – Contemporary Landscape Painting
Varley Art Gallery – Thanka Painting
2008
Art School of Peterborough – Abstract Painting
2010
Royal Conservatory – Artist Educator Foundations Course
Selected Exhibitions
2011
Art School of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, solo exhibition.
Peterborough Golf and Country Club, Peterborough, Ontario, solo exhibition.
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour , Peterborough, Ontario
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2010
Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Ontario, group exhibition.
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2009
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, Peterborough, Ontario.
Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art Space, Art Space Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2008
Peterborough Courthouse, Artists of the Art School of Peterborough:Selected Teachers and Students, Peterborough, ON, Curated.
Art Space, Art Space Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
Art School of Peterborough, Annual Art Auction, Peterborough, Ontario, group exhibition.
2006
Varley Art Gallery, Art Instructors’ Outdoor Art Exhibition, Unionville, Ontario, group exhibition.
Uxbridge Studio Tour, Uxbridge, Ontario.
2000-2005
Markham Museum, Art in the Park, Markham, Ontario.
2001-2006
Uxbridge Town Hall, Juried Art Exhibit, Uxbridge, Ontario, group exhibition.
2000-2001
Elgin Park, Art in the Park, Uxbridge, ON.
Related Experience
2010 – 2012
Board of Directors, Art School of Peterborough, Co-Chair of Annual Art Auction
2010 – present
Facilitator, Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, ON
2009
Facilitator, Peterborough Kinark/Strive Program, Peterborough, ON
2008 – 2010
Facilitator, The Art School of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON. Children and Adult art classes.
2005-2008
Facilitator, The Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON. In-house and Outreach School Art Programs and Corporate Workshops
2007
Juror, St. Elizabeth Catholic High School, Thornhill, ON.
2005-2012
“A Vision Quest into the Mandala” Workshop
- The Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON.
- Currys, Unionville, ON.
- Kairos, Peterborough, ON.
- York and Durham Region Elementary Schools
- St. Joseph’s Hospital, Toronto, ON.
- Artist’s Studio in Peterborough
- Peterborough Kinark/Strive Program
- Prince of Wales Public School, Peterborough, ON.
Bibliography
Brochure Cover, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour 2011.
Peterborough This Week, “The Arts”, pg.16, September 23 2011.
Mary McGillis, columnist, Local News, ”Studio Tour”, Peterborough Examiner, pg. D3, September 19, 2011.
Mary McGillis, columnist, Local News, “Art Exhibit”, Peterborough Examiner, April 2011.
Peterborough Examiner, It’s All About Art, Art Gallery of Peterborough, November 13, 2010.
Chex Newswatch, Mystery Art Grab, Art Gallery of Peterborough, November 4, 2010.
HGTV, Just Ask Jon Eakes, season 04, episode 125, 2001.
Joneakes.com, Just Ask Jon TV, Season 04, Episode 125, 2001.
Jason Liebregts, Photographer, “The Art of Healing”, Uxbridge Tribune, pg.6, June 10, 2001.
Lisa McClure, Photographer, “A Very Special Raffle”, Uxbridge Star, front page, June 10, 2001.
Celia Bronkhorst, Photographer, “Elgin Park Full of Art”, Uxbridge Tribune, pg.4, August 25, 2000.
Steve Somerville, Photographer, “Art Scenes”, Economist and Sun Tribune, Markham, Pg 10, July 18, 2000.
Juliette Sawyer, Arts writer, “Artist Blends East and West in Personalized Totem Pole Creations”, The Uxbridge Times Journal, pg.17, February 17, 1999.
Steve Somerville, Photographer, “Art in the Park a Success”, Uxbridge Tribune, front page, July 22, 1997.
Collections
Private
Peterborough Regional Health Center
