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EDUCATION
1992 School of Visual Arts, New York MFA (Fine Art)
1989 Ontario College of Art Experimental Film
1988 The Banff Centre of Fine Arts Residency
1984 Ontario College of Art History of Women in
1975 University of Western Ontario BA (hon.) Visual Art


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009  Warc Gallery TO. solo exhibition The First Abstraction
2008  Howard Park Institute TO.  Showcase
2006  IndexG Gallery TO. Nuit Blanche solo exhibition Fearful Symmetry
2006  Lonsdale Gallery TO. New Media exhibition curated  by Belinda Chun
2004 35th Anniversary Faculty Exhibition, TSA, Spoke Club, Toronto
2004 The Remarking of Venus, Gallery Gora, Montreal, Quebec
2004 Water, group exhibition, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2004 The Morphology of Venus' Tough Little Romp, solo exhibition,
2002 Where Thought Resides, solo exhibition, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto.
2000 Passed The Grid and on ‘'Til Morning, solo exhibition, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto.
2000 Night Vision-Installation, solo exhibition, V. MacDonnell Gallery, Toronto.
1999 Gallery One, Tokyo, Japan.
1998 Women Beyond Borders, Travelling International Exhibition, Cuba, United States, Greece, Australia.
1998 Canadian Art Series: The Mantle Project, solo Exhibition, curator, Samantha Hawes, TO.
1998 Be Seen, Studio Exhibition sponsored by C Magazine, Contemporary Art Journal, TO.
1997 The Aphrodite Drawings, Women's Art Resource Center, solo exhibition curator: Reni Packer, Toronto,
        Filmed by Theresa MacInnis for documentary, The Other Side of The Picture,
        National Film Board of Canada.
1993 Based on a True Story, Collaborative Exhibition with Carter Kustera, Josh Baer Gallery, NYC.
1992 Dogs, Whine and Precious Objects, Initiated and participant in International collaborative installation
        West Village Apt., NYC
1992 Mapping of the East River, 40' Installation in East River, Manhattan.
1992 Distress, Wooster Street Visual Arts Gallery, curator: Jackie Winsor, NYC.
1991 All Things, Tribeca Lab, curated by Al Ramos, NYC.
1991 Poetic Justice, Wooster Street Visual Arts Gallery, curator: John Lees, NYC
1990 Wear Gloves to Touch, Solo Exhibition, Lancaster Studio, Toronto


AWARDS
2008  Toronto Arts Council Mid Career Project Grant
2008  Ontario Arts Council exhibition assistance Grant
2004 Exhibition Assistance Grant, OAC
1999 Canada Council Grant
1998 Joyce Wieland Protege Honour, Toronto Arts Foundation
1998 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
1998 Nominee for K.M. Hunter Award
1989 Ontario Arts Council Short Term Grant
1988 Hudson Bay Scholarship Award : The Banff Centre of Fine Arts


PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE and INDEPENDENT CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Toronto School of Art Faculty 2002 - 2008
Toronto School of Art Faculty Steering Committee 2004 - 2007
Curator of TSA student off-campus exhibitions2002 - 2007
Lecturer for Visiting Artist Series U of T  2007
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Adjudicator  2004
Centre of Contemporary Canadian Art Data Researcher  2003

Curator of Canadian Art Series The Mantle Project for Chapters 1997 –  2002 ;
Initiated concept to:

  • Introduce /promote Canadian visual art in the context of a public enterprise
  • Broaden the audience for Contemporary Canadian Art
  • Encourage publishers to produce more books on Contemporary Canadian artists
  • Curate monthly solo exhibitions and slide lectures at five locations
  • Organize and host slide lectures in conjunction with exhibitions
  • Researched and ordered relevant critical essays, catalogs and books

       Artists included:
       Napoleon Brousseau, Rae Johnson, Aganetha Dyck, Joyce Wieland (work) Charles    
       Pachter,   Rita Letendre, Jeannie Thib, John Scott, Rebecca Baird, John Dickson,  
       Julie Voyce, Richard Mongiat, Andy Fabo, Isaacs Innuit Gallery, Gretchen Sanchey,
       Michael Balser among many others

       Ecotecture Executive Director  : Mandate to develop global eco-art parks1999

Lecturer MFA Lecture Series School of Visual Arts, New York 1999

Women Beyond Borders  : Co- Coordinator of traveling   International Exhibition of work by 250 artists from 14 countries. Participated in installation, design, fundraising, publicity,  and  documentation.  Community Outreach Installation was at the Dufferin Mall, Toronto, 1998

Contributing Editor, Matriart Magazine 1996 - 1999
Matriart is a North American Quarterly Art journal dedicated to the dissemination
and advancement of art and curatorial practice by artists and curators who are women

Tribeca Lab Manhattan : Founded exhibition space in Tribeca 1992
Curated solo exhibitions of work by International artists

NBC Scenic artist crew, Saturday Night Live NYC 1991 - 1993