Curriculum Vitae

Education

2017     MA in Medieval Archaeology, The University of York, York, United Kingdom

2015     BFA, double major in Fine Art and Textiles, minor in Art History, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada

2010     OSSD, Walkerville Collegiate Institute with Specialist High Skills Major in Arts and Culture, Windsor, ON, Canada

Professional Experience

2015-2016     Seamstress/Weaver,  Thief and Bandit, Halifax, NS, Canada

Selected Exhibitions

2017     The Spiral Textile Project Exhibition, Various locations

2016     Sightations, TAG 2016, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

2015     Memory of textile, Gallery Umelka, Bratislava, Slovakia, and Diamant Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2015     bakuru, CAI art school, Sapporo, Japan

2015     By Hand: The NSCAD Textiles/Printmaking Exchange, BSide Gallery and Event Space, Halifax, NS, Canada

2014     A Strong Canada, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada

2014     Ripples, Megan Leslie’s Community Art Galley, Halifax, NS, Canada

2013     Textile Studio: Summer Projects, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada

2012     Explore, Artspeak Gallery, Windsor, ON, Canada

2011     Evolve, Artspeak Gallery, Windsor, ON, Canada

2010     Process, Artspeak Gallery, Windsor, ON, Canada

Curatorial Experience:

2015     The Museum of Fictional Histories, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada

2009     [Insert title here], Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, Windsor, ON, Canada

Collections:

 NSCAD University print department archive, Halifax, NS, Canada

Works held in private collections in Canada, The UK,  The United States, Sweden, and Australia.

Workshops/Residencies:

Oct. 2015, Jan. 2016     Hand-spinning workshop, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada

October 2015     Natural dyeing workshop at the Deanery’s Rural Roots festival, Lower Ship Harbour, NS, Canada

September 2015     Mushroom dyeing workshop for the Nova Scotia Mycological Society, The Deanery, Lower Ship Harbour, NS, Canada

 May, 2014     Self-made artist residency: “The warp weighted loom project”, Sundsvall, Sweden

July, 2012     Children’s bookmaking workshop, Artcite, Windsor, ON, Canada

Public Speaking:

December 2017     Let’s do the timed warp again: Visualising Medieval English cloth production time, Theoretical Archaeology Group, annual conference, Cardiff, UK

October 2015     Textile Traditions, Local Production and Radical Craft, my Adventures in Sweden and Norway, public talk at NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada

October 2013     Adventures in Silkworm Rearing, presentation to the Atlantic Spinners and Hand weaver’s Guild, the Museum of Natural history, Halifax, NS, Canada

May 2013     Public talk and demonstration of silk reeling, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, Canada