Biography:
I am an artist working and living in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh nations. I was born in the Northern part of what is currently called British Columbia and spent my teenage years on Vancouver Island. I have trained in woodworking and commercial printing, both of which influence my artistic practice. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design with a focus on print media, although I am also interested in collage, illustration, sculpture and sound.
Artist Statement:
A primary focus of my practice is exploring the complex and often fraught relationship we, as a species, have with the Earth. I find inspiration in the shapes, textures and patterns that exist within nature. Drawing on these, I seek to imagine new narratives in which humans embrace our place as part of the natural world, just as the natural world is an integral part of ourselves.
My work is highly influenced by historical zoological, anthropological and botanical illustrations, as I love the sense of wonder and the Sublime found in early scientific prints and 16th-century woodcuts. I’m also drawn to the fantastic and other-worldly illustrations from 1960s and 1970s science fiction, with their ability to provide a fascinating vehicle for visions of the future while merging the serious and observational with the speculative and absurd.
The tension between past, present and future is integral to my work. While looking to the past for inspiration, I am focused on the challenges we face in the present, as well as our uncertain future. I draw upon surreal and fantastical imagery to explore issues we must address collectively as a species if we hope to survive. Organic forms merge, mutate, transform and evolve in my work, as I reflect upon what it is to be human in the Anthropocene and explore what the world might look like if we were at peace with our environment.
Photograph by Rebekah Nathan Photography
Exhibitions
2024 Kickstart Future Exhibit group exhibition
2024 Dundarave Print Workshop The Journey group exhibition
2024 This Gallery 6x6 group exhibition
2023 Richmond Art Gallery Artrich 2023 group exhibition
2023 Act Art Gallery Lessons from a Living World group exhibition
2023 Il Museo Amplified Voices group exhibition
2023 Cramped Room for Art Projects (CRAP) virtual exhibition
2023 Dundarave Print Workshop Connection group exhibition
2023 Dundarave Print Workshop Emerging Artists group exhibition
2022 Act Art Gallery We Begin Again juried exhibition
2022 Hatch Gallery Body group exhibition
2022 Dundarave Print Workshop Emerging Artists group exhibition
2022 Emily Carr/Patio Press Pressed Together group exhibition
2022 PoMoArts Art4Life group exhibition
2022 Emily Carr University of Art + Design Grad Show
2021 Print Pulse 30: NUPE
2021 Awagami International Miniprint Exhibition (A.I.M.P.E)
Awards and Scholarships
2021 Print Pulse 30: NUPE 2nd place Award
2021 British Columbia Arts Council Full-time Studies Scholarship
2021 Alvin Balkind Memorial Scholarship
2020 Ute Wilder Memorial Scholarship
2020 British Columbia Arts Council Full-time Studies Scholarship
2017 Langara Part-time Studies Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Residencies, Apprenticeships and Fellowships
2022 Wood engraving mentorship under Shinsuke Minegishi
2022 Patio Press Self-Directed Residency
2022 Patio Press Apprenticeship
2021 Julie Andreyev/Bird Park Survival Station Apprenticeship
2021 Emily Carr University X Patio Press Fellowship recipient
Education
2019-22 Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Visual Arts
2017-19 Langara College, Fine Arts
2000 British Columbia Institute of Technology, Entry Level Trades Training, Joinery Certificate
1999 Vancouver Community College, Graphic Arts Printing Production Certificate
1998 Thompson Rivers University, General Studies Diploma