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