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Solo Exhibitions and Residencies

2016                   Holding Colour, Gallery 200, Ottawa

2013                   Topographies, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
                            Salt and Paper, Research in Art, Ottawa

2009                   40019's Ceaseless Transformation, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa

2005-2007 Castings, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick and Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa.
                            Curated by Emily Falvey

2002-2004        Where Am I? - Adventures in Time and Place, Mutchmor School, Ottawa

2001                    Nattering Rampage, 404 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa

1999                    Sackville Rivers, Struts Gallery at Lane Studios, Sackville, New Brunswick

1996                    La finesse des murs dans une chambre blanche, Axe Néo-7, Hull, Québec

1995                    The Bee Cellar, Gallery 101 centre d'artistes, Ottawa

1994                    Reservoir - An Installation in Four Rooms, Parkdale Firehall, Ottawa

1992                    L'escalier: site exploratoire I, La chambre blanche, Québec

1991                    Architecture of Two, Galerie Clark, Montreal

1990                    About Room 101A, Blai Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

1989                    Drawing Projects, Articule Gallery, Montreal
 

Two-Person Exhibitions

2024 Huntingdon Library, Vermont with Alison Forrest

2024 Refuge, interactive land art installation, The Fallow Art Farm, Kinburn, ON with Annette Hegel

2021 Grapes and Trailers, Free Food: Approaches to Food Sovereignty, Security, and Justice sculpture, sound and multi channel video installation, Gallery 101, Ottawa with Annette Hegel

2020                    Apidictor Symphony iii at Stanners Vineyard, Hillier, Prince Edward County with Annette Hegel

2019                    By the bee at City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa with Annette Hegel

2018                    Apidictor Symphony ii at GrowOp 2018, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto with Annette Hegel  

2017                    Apidictor Symphony i at Fieldwork, Maberly, Ontario with Annette Hegel 

2016                    Succulent Strata, Ottawa Rowing Club with Annette Hegel

2015                    Asphalt Oasis – A Landscape Intervention, Ottawa Nuit Blanche,  with Annette Hegel 

2013                    Present with the Wind, Environmental/Land Art Residency with Devora Neumark, Clarence Fahnestock State Park,
                             Hudson Valley, New York

2009                    Through Thick and Thin, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary with Eric Cameron

2008                    Why Should We Cry? Lamentations in a Winter Garden, , Dare-Dare, Montreal with Devora Neumark
 

Group Exhibits & Projects

2024                   Art School Confidential…, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa

2023                    À rebours, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B.

2023                   Habiter, une poignée de terre à la fois, La Maison des artistes, Winnipeg

2022                    Laval Triennale, Laval, Québec

2021                    Free Food: Approaches to Food Sovereignty, Security, and Justice, Gallery 101, Ottawa

2020                    MakerBoutique inaugural exhibition, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

2020                    You Are Here, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville

2019                    DADA Dinges, Research in Art, Ottawa

2018                    Alchemy, Bending Spoons Gallery, Vesuvio’s, Toronto
                            We’ll All Become Stories, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa  

2017                    Portrait Project, Gallery 200, Ottawa  

2016                    Fibreworks 2016, Idea Exchange, Cambridge, Ontario
                            Love Letters to Arts Court, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa
                            Souvenirs - Additions to the City Art Collection, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa 

2015                  Ten Years, Blink Gallery, Ottawa
                           La pyramide, L’oeil de Poisson, Québec City  
                           This Is Us Now - Additions to the City Art Collection, 3 city galleries, Ottawa  

2014                  Salt, The ARTS Project, London, Ontario                                                 
                          BUZZ – Getting to Know Other Animals, Gallery 101, Ottawa
                           Beyond the Edge: Artists’ Gardens, Experimental Farm, Ottawa  
                           Additions to the City of Ottawa Collection, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa
                           Hard Twist: This is Personal, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto  

2013                   Tangent 2: Winter Garden, Research in Art, Ottawa

2012                   Patrick Mikhail Editions, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
                            Close to Home, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa
                            Chinatown Remixed 2012, Ottawa

2011                   Exposed! 2011, Helen Day Art Centre, Stowe, Vermont, U.S.A.

2010                   Triumph of the Therapeutic, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
                            Chinatown Remixed 2010, Ottawa
                            Instructions for a Members' Show, Struts Gallery, Sackville New Brunswick

2009                    The Portable Library Project, Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax venues. Curated by Tara Bursey.
                             Explored! 2009, Helen Day Art Centre, Stowe, Vermont, USA
                             Microcosm, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
                             Toronto International Art Fair, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Toronto

2008                    Evidence: The Ottawa City Project, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa.
                             Nourishment: Eggs and Seeds, Mill Street Gallery, Almonte, Ontario
                            Showcase, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa
                              Toronto International Art Fair, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Toronto
                             Creative Activism, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto

2007                    It's a Wonderful Life, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville
                             The New, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
                             Conex-Us: Art-O-Retts, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
                             G-101 Contemporary Art Festival, Gallery 101 centre d'artistes, Ottawa

2006                    Once Removed, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
                             Moil, Cube Gallery, Ottawa

2005                    Inaugural Exhibition, Cube Gallery, Ottawa

2004                    Cohabitations: commune mesure?, Axe Néo-7, Gatineau/Hull, Québec

2003                    Art for Water, Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
                            City of Ottawa - Recent Acquisitions, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa

2001                    The Longing in Continents Adrift, Performance Research, Cardiff, Wales

2000                    Borders & Boxes, Arte-in Situ, Mexico City
                            RMOC Recent Acquisitions, RMOC Gallery, Ottawa

1999                    My Duck is Still Better Than Your Duck, Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick

1997                     Changing Hands,Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa City Hall, Ottawa
                              Installation: Pistes et territoires,Galerie Skol, Montreal
                             A Closer Look,Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania

1995                    Geographies of Desire, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa

1994                    Deus ex Machina, Gallery 101 centre d'artistes, Ottawa

1992                    The Library Project, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

1991                   Extra Muros, Institute Jeanne D'Arc/Arts Court, Ottawa
                            L'être et le néon - la publicité avide, Peel Subway Station, Montreal

1990                   Windows Hint Instinctively, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
                            Works on Paper, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania
                            Gender Signs, Momenta Art Alternatives, Philadelphia

1989                   Biennial 1989, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
                            Six Sculptors", Momenta Art Alternatives, Philadelphia
 

Selected Grants and Awards

2024 Corel Endowment Fund for the Arts Award with Annette Hegel

2023                    City of Ottawa “A” Grant

2021                    Canada Council Research and Exploration Grant

2021                    City of Ottawa “A” Grant

2019                    City of Ottawa “A” Grant

2019                    Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant

2018                    Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant

2017                   Ontario Arts Council Established Artist Grant
                            Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
                            Awesome Grant, Ottawa Chapter

2015                   City of Ottawa “A” Grant 

2014                   Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant 

2012                   Chalmers Professional Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council

2010                   Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Mid-Career Grant
                           City of Ottawa "A" Grant

2009                   Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant

2008                   City of Ottawa "A" Grant

2005                   Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
                            City of Ottawa "A" Grant

2004                   Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Mid-Career Grant

2003                   Community Foundation of Ottawa ArtsSmarts Grant

2002                   City Of Ottawa Special Projects Grant

2000                  Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton "A" Grant
                            Canada Council Travel Grant
                            Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant

1996-1997         Canada Council "B" Grant

1994                    Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
                              Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant

1992                    Ontario Arts Council Venture Fund
                              Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton "A" Grant

1991                    Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
                             Ontario Arts Council Individual Artist Grant

1990                    Beaver College Artist Award
                            Canada Council Explorations Grant
                            Canada Council Travel Grant

1988                    Canada Council Project Grant


Curatorial Projects:

2013                    Alisdair MacRae, Urban Fine Foods, Chinatown Remixed 2013

2002                    Karen Henderson, Gallery 101, Ottawa

2000-01              Gallery 101, 20th Anniversary Programme: "Architecture/Community/Histories"
                            (with Jacques Doyon,Vera Greenwood and François Dion)

1992                   Co-curator, "Lair - An Installation Project" (with Lynda Hall)
                           Gallery 101 centre d'artistes, Ottawa

1988                   Co-curator, "Art at Work" exhibitions (with Robert Milliken)
                           Liberty Products, Montreal


Juries           

2016                    University of Ottawa large-scale mural project jury, Ottawa
                             City of Ottawa exhibitions jury for 2017, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa
                            Canada Council Jeux de la francophonie pre-selection jury for 2017, Ottawa            
                            Arts Ottawa East jury, Ottawa

2015                   Arts Services and Arts Venues, City of Ottawa’s Arts Funding Program, Ottawa

2013                   Arts Ottawa East arts jury, Ottawa
                            O-Train Expansion Project, Public Art Committee, City of Ottawa

2012                   Canada Council Mid-Career jury, Ottawa
                            Cultural Assistance Program, independent assessor, City of Ottawa

2011                    Will Work for Food, Ottawa Art Gallery jury
                            Chinatown Remixed 2011 jury

2009                   Sandy Hill Park, Public Art Committee, Ottawa
                            Central Archives & Ottawa Public Library Materials Centre, Public Art Committee, Ottawa
                            Selection of Artist for Design Team/Kanata North Recreation Complex, Public Art Advisory Group, Ottawa

2006                    Ontario Arts Council, mid-career jury, Toronto

2005                    Arts Grants Program, cultural organizations, City of Ottawa

2002                    Arts Grants Program, individual artists - A & B, City of Ottawa

2001                    Arts Grants Program, new media jury, RMOC, Ottawa

2000                    Cultural Assistance Program, visual arts jury, City of Ottawa
                             Cultural Assistance Program, independent assessor, City of Ottawa

1998                    Public Art Program Selection Jury, City of Ottawa

1997                    Cultural Assistance Program, independent assessor, City of Ottawa

1994                    Cultural Assistance Program, visual arts jury, City of Ottawa

1993                    Art in Public Spaces, Direct Purchase Program, RMOC, Ottawa
                            Realtime, Galerie SAW Video, Ottawa

1992                    Arts Court Commission, Art in Public Places, City of Ottawa

1990                    Septa Temple Station Commission, Philadelphia


Private Commissions

2017 and 2018   Barbara Lewgowski, Val des Monts

2012                    Adrian DiGiovanni, Ottawa

2009-10              Lew Auerbach and Barbara Legowski, Ottawa

 

Public Commissions

2019                    Pansy Garden, School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa

2018                    Here Meets There, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa
                              A Garden for Adele, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa

2015                    Inflorescence, OC Transpo Call-Centre, 925 Belfast Road, Ottawa 

2011                    Noodle, Ottawa Somerset Street West renovation, Finalist (with Laura Taler)

2010-11             For Everyone a Garden, Ottawa South Community Centre, Ottawa

2005                    Mutchmor Heritage Garden Walkway, Mutchmor Public School, Ottawa

2001                    Public Art Program, OC Transpo/Light Rail Project (Carling station), Ottawa

1998                    Ottawa Jewish Community Centre, Wall of Honour Finalist (with Dorit Lapid)

 

Selected Residencies

 2017                   Alchemy 2017, Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario   

 2016                   Sparkbox residency, Picton, Ontario

 2013                   Salt and Paper, Research in Art, Ottawa

 

Teaching and Workshops

1999 -     Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts, University of Ottawa, Ottawa

2018                   Workshop and artist talk, Alchemy 2018, Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario
                            Workshop, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa

2017                    Workshop and artist talk, Handmade Assembly, Struts and Owens Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick

2013                    Visiting Professor, Department of Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa

2008                    Family workshop for Evidence: The Ottawa City Project, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa


Local Participation

2021-ongoing Board directorsmember, Digital Arts Resource Centre (co-chair), Ottawa

2021-2024 Arc Poetry Magazine (board member and Visual Arts Committee), Ottawa

2007-2016          Board member, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa

2010-2012          Chinatown Remixed Collective Member, Ottawa

1991-1993          President and Chair, Gallery 101 centre d'artistes, Ottawa

Writing

2008 - 2012         Ottawa correspondent for Akimbo

Ongoing                Reviews for Bordercrossings, Vies des Arts and exhibition texts on Canadian artists including Karen Henderson,

Greg Staahl, Risa Horowitz, Uta Riccius and Susan Fowler, Andrée Préfontaine, Jinny Yu

Public Collections

Ottawa Art Gallery
City of Ottawa
Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University