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 

                             Konstantine Polyzois, University of Toronto

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 and 
                              
                               Jenn E. Norton                


2008                       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




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