Toronto, ON, Canada
To get the most out of the materials I employ, I try and use them in a way that emphasizes what they...
About the artist
Joined In 2015
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About the artist
Joined In 2015
(723 Followers)
To get the most out of the materials I employ, I try and use them in a way that emphasizes what they are. If I am using paint, I want it to feel like paint. If I am using canvas, I want it to feel like canvas. In order to achieve this, I need to manipulate these materials in a way that provokes them into revealing as much of their inherent materiality as possible. Allowing the canvas to be trampled on, creased, crumpled, and marred, makes it feel more like canvas. Similarly, paint can feel more like paint if misused. By permitting it to travel freely from one location to another, simultaneously sullying multiple surfaces at once, it unabashedly performs its most basic and natural function.
2014
MFA, Washington University in St. Louis
2011
BFA, Thomson Rivers University
2010
Fine Arts Advanced diploma, Georgian College
2005
Certificate in Art and Design, Durham College
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015-
Adjunct Instructor, Lindenwood University.
2013-14
Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Painting Majors (Seniors) Washington University in St. Louis—Sam Fox School of Art and Design
2012-13
Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Drawing I Washington University in St. Louis—Sam Fox School of Art and Design
2016
Tropical Modernism, Tucana, Toronto, ON (Solo)
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
2015
Group Show, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014
Just one example of the total wrongness of something I tend to be automatically sure of, Ely Walker Gallery, St. Louis, MO (Curated by Jessica Baran)
MFA Thesis Show, Mildred Lane Kemper Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO (Curated by Karen K. Butler)
Beyond Violet with the Emperor Scorpion, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO (Curated by Gretchen L. Wagner)
Ruin & Renewal, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO
2013
Parabola, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
First Year MFA Exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012
Paintings, Bending Spoons Gallery, Toronto, ON (Solo)
Drawing For Art, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
Creemorecentric, Mad & Noisy Gallery, Creemore, ON
2011
Digital, Mixed Media, and Abstract, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, ON
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