EDUCATION
2009-2010 MPhil Doctoral Research, University of Birmingham, UK
Thesis Title:
'Spaces, Publics and Strategies of Critique: Mapping the Exhibition
Cultures of the BLK Art Group'
Raymond Priestly Postgraduate Research Scholarship (full doctoral scholarship)
Supervisor: Dr. Dr. Jutta Vinzent
Audited taught postgraduate modules: Critical Approaches (historiography and
methodologies in the History of Art) and Research Training
2005-2009 Honours BA, University of Toronto, University of St. Michael’s College
High Distinction summa cum laude, Visual Studies (Studio) and Fine Art History
Combined Practice and Written Thesis - The Landscape as Memory: Video,
Painting, Performance
Supervisors:
Professor Kim Tomczak and
Professor Susan Schelle
2007-2008 College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia
International Exchange Program
Time-based media, Contemporary Art Theory, Painting
2001 – 2004 Newmarket School of Fine Art, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture
RECENT PROJECTS
2010 Print Power: Religion, Society and the Body, curated by Julia Abraham, Carly
Hegenbarth, Katherine Robson, Katherine Hall, and Frieda Cheuk. The Barber Institute of
Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2009 Hidden Tapestries, curated by JoL Thomson, EEL Gallery, 1 Spadina Crescent,
Toronto
2008 Entropy, Process Gallery, Gallery 1313, Toronto (juried)
Cold Ground, Rrose Sélavy Gallery, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2005 Colour Harmony, Y.O. Media Gallery, York Region
INDEPENDENT CURATORSHIP
2007 Exhibition around the World, Gallery 44, Sydney
2006 John Estabillo: The Corporeality of Memory, EEL Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS, AND PUBLICATIONS
2010 Bank on Art ongoing installation, curated by Kelly McCray, 952 Queen St. West,
Toronto
______ go, The 2009 - 2010 Trinity College Art Show, curated by Elisa
Pelaia, Clara Sohn, Shannon Garden-Smith, Sophia Balagamwala, and
2009 Toronto: The Creative City, Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity, Toronto
For What is Not Said, University of Toronto Visual Studies Undergraduate Thesis
Exhibition, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto
Hart House Review, Canadian literary and arts magazine, University of Toronto, Toronto
University of Toronto Film Festival, University of Toronto, Toronto
Chancellor’s Student Art Exhibition, curated by Sunny Kerr, University of Toronto,
Toronto
Thesis Fundraiser: For What is Not Said, The Drake Hotel, Toronto
SoundReach, International Audiovisual Collaboration China-Canada, University of
Toronto Art Centre, Toronto
Both/And: What is Beyond Multiculturalism, curated by Maria Campos, University
of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto (juried)
Français sans Frontières, curated by Rachel Jacobs, University of Toronto
Art Centre, Toronto
2008 Nuit Blanche, Process Gallery, Gallery 1313, Toronto (juried)
Eyeball, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto
Do You Remember the Place, Art School Musical: The Social, Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto (juried)
SPI Exhibition, COFA Space Gallery, Sydney
Insight, Ku-ring-gai Council Exhibition, St. Ives, Sydney
2007 Exhibition around the World, curated by Julia Abraham, Gallery 44, Sydney
*Exhibition around the World, curated by Danielle Williams, EEL Gallery, 1 Spadina
Crescent, Toronto
* Genesee Community College, New York
* Geborgen Kamers, Netherlands
* Kulturwerkstatt Uferstöckl, Wallsee
Dislocation, curated by Lena Obergfell, Kudos Gallery, Sydney (juried)
The Art of Torture, Amnesty International Exhibition, TAP Gallery, Sydney
Salon Hang, curated by Alison Groves, Three Foot Square Gallery, Sydney
2006 Square Foot, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto
Student Art Competition, Wellington Gallery, Toronto
Canada Blooms Exhibition, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto
2005 Stript Bare: Larchaud Dance Project, 55 Mill Street Distillery Historic District, Toronto
Eyeball, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto
COLLECTION
Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Library Information Centre, York Region
Private Collections
Work temporarily installed in the office of the Chancellor of the University of Toronto, David Peterson
AWARDS, GRANTS, and HONOURS
2010 Robert's Funding, awarded by the University of Birmingham Graduate School, for
exhibition: Print Power: Religion, Society and the Body, (co-curated) The Barber
Institute of Fine Arts.
History of Art Departmental Funding Award, for exhibition: Print Power:
Religion, Society and the Body, (co-curated) The Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
2009 Raymond Priestly Postgraduate Research Scholarship (MPhil/PhD)
High Distinction, summa cum laude, University of Toronto Alumna
Dean’s List of Academic Excellence, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto
Nominated for BMO Financial Group 1st Invitational Student Art Competition, juried by
the University of Toronto Faculty of Fine Art
2008 Technology Grant, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Grade Point High Distinction, University of New South Wales
2007 Khaki University and Y.M.C.A. Memorial Scholarship, University of Toronto
Artist Grants and Sponsorship Scheme, College of Fine Arts, University of New South
Wales
Ontario International Education Opportunity Scholarship, University of Toronto
International Exchange Grant, University of Toronto
2005 Admittance Scholarship, University of St. Michael’s College
Cal Callahan Memorial Bursary, Pipe Line Contractors Association of Canada
Christopher Deehan Memorial Artistic Bursary, Sacred Heart Catholic High School
Artist of the Year, Sacred Heart Secondary School
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 Curatorial and Collections Management Assistant, University of Toronto Art
Centre, Toronto, Canada
2008 Contemporary Curatorial Internship, Art Gallery of Ontario, under supervision of
Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Michelle Jacques. Toronto, Canada
Canadian Art History Internship, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, Canada
Education and Public Programming, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney,
Australia
2002-2006 Assistant Art Instructor, Newmarket Public Library, York Region, Canada
OTHER EXPERIENCE, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, AND ASSOCIATIONS
2009 Postgraduate Research Representative, Department of History of Art, University of
Birmingham
Member, AAH - Association of Art Historians
Member, Barber Association, Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Videographer and Video/Sound Editor – Sense of Place [Iain Baxter, Alistair
MacLeod and Nino Ricci], Furniture Meets its Maker [Gord Peteran], University of
Toronto Art Centre, Toronto
Master Class with Vera Frenkel, Artist in Residence, Master of Visual Studies MVS,
University of Toronto, Toronto
Head of Curation, Visual Studies: Thesis, University of Toronto, Toronto
Advanced Final Cut Pro 6 Master Tutorial, Advanced Video – Lisa Steele and Phill
Lee
Advanced After Effects CS4 Master Tutorial, Advanced Video – Lisa Steele and2008 Fundraising and Public Programming Internship, SquareOne Gallery, Sydney
Official Independent Project Participant, Nuit Blanche 2008, Toronto
2007 Critical Curatorial Lab Participant, Power Plant Art Gallery, University of Toronto
2006 Artist Mural Painter Contributor, Canada Blooms, Toronto
Member, University of Toronto Art Committee, Toronto
BIBLIOGRAPHY, SCHOLARLY REPORT, AND EXHIBITION ARTICLE
_________go Trinity College 2009-2010 Art Show Catalogue. University of Toronto, 2010.
Abraham, Julia. Beaver Tales, Canadian Art and Design: Docent Package. Toronto: University of Toronto Art Centre, August 2008, pp 1-124.
Dimech, Joe. “Avoided 1 Not To Be Avoided.” Entropy, Gallery 1313, 16 October 2008.
Gaidaro, Stichting. “Exhibition Around the World.” <http://geborgenkamers.nl>, October 2007.
Hart House Review 2009. Canadian literary and arts magazine. University of Toronto. Toronto: Coach House Press, 2009.
Prickett, Sarah Nicole. “For What Is Not Said.” Torontoist Publication. <http://torontoist.com/2009/04/for_what_is_not_said.php>.
Print Power: Religion, Society and the Body catalogue, co-curated, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts,
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
University of Toronto Visual Studies Thesis Exhibition Catalogue: What Is Not Said, April 2009.
ART HISTORY PRESENTATIONS and ARTIST TALKS
2009 “Structural Video: Leslie Peters,” Advanced Video Lecture Series, VTAPE, Toronto
“Community and What it Means: The Recent Work of Julia Abraham,” Master Class
Artist in Residence: Vera Frenkel, Master of Visual Studies, University of Toronto
2008 “The Allusion of Canada in the Work of Peter Doig,” Visual Studies Thesis: Text and
Critique, University of Toronto
“The Non-Collecting Contemporary Institution,” Museum Studies, University of New
New South Wales
2007 “Albert Oehlen and Post-Non-Objectivity,” Critical Curatorial Lab, The Power Plant Art
Gallery