CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Studio
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
June 2009
Solo Exhibitions
2016 — /ˈɡroun(d)wərk/, My Mother's Basement Gallery at Gallery 555, Toronto, ON
2014 — Cortney Stephenson, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 — Sprawling Off The Edge Of The World, SOHO Lobby Gallery, Toronto, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions & Events
2026 — Pebbling, Toronto, ON – Forthcoming,
2026 — More!! Abstractions, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2025 — The Aggregate: Transformation into a Wearable Object, participatory event, PH1 Studios 401 Richmond Holiday Open House, Toronto, ON
2024 — PAINTING 2024, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 — Salon 17, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 — Back to School, The Front Gallery with SYNT, New York, NY
2021 — Art and Adaptation, Continuing Studies Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2020 — The Future of Our Plans, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Studies Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2018 — Northern Tendencies, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 — Convergence, Continuing Studies Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2018 — Drawing 2018, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 — Salon V, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 — Active Art Hustle: Relay 2017, Pan Am Path, Toronto, ON
2017 — Day Trip, Gallery 555, Toronto, ON
2017 -- Gallery Collection Exhibition, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 — Salon Show IV, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 — Art With Heart 23, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2016 — Hot Knife, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 --Topophilia, The Riverdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 --Urban Architecture, #Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 --Shades, Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 — Snowflakes, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 --Salon III - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2015 — Why The @#&! Do You Paint?: Thick and Juicy, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2015 — Embodiment, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
2015 — Urban Land, Steamwhistle Brewery Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 — Delta - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2015 --Mindscapes, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 --The Last Development, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 --The Landscaped, SOHO Lobby Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 --Affinities and Divergences, The Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 — OCADU Alumni Association Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2014 — Salon Show I - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2014 — Future Landscapes - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2013 — The Young Collectors Exhibit, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 — Architecture, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 — Lil': A Show of Small Art Works, Oz Studio Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 — Perpetual Motion - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2012 — BANK On ART, Toronto, ON
2012 — Flip Toronto, presented by Circuit Gallery and Art for Commuters, August 6 - 19, 2012, TTC Screens, Toronto, ON
2012 — OCAD U Alumni Association Exhibition, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2011 — Weather, Airspace Gallery, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, ON
2011 — Art and Light - Art and Light Studio – La Mesa California, USA
2011 — Experiencing Perspectives III, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canadian Headquarters, Mississauga, ON
2011 — Battle At The Varley, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
2011 — Junction Arts Festival, Impromptu Gallery, Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, ON
2010 — Junction Arts Festival- Impromptu Gallery, Academy of Realist Art (Toronto, ON
2010 --Square Foot Show - AWOL Gallery Fundraiser Toronto, ON
2010 — Experiencing Perspectives II - Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canadian Headquarters (Mississauga, ON)
2009 --Dreamers and Screamers, Board of Directors Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009 — Experiencing Perspectives I - Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canadian Headquarters (Mississauga, ON)
2009 — OCAD+ 94th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Student Exhibition OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2009 --The Art of the Figure- Great Hall, Student Exhibition OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2008 — Florence Exhibition – Great Hall, Student Exhibition OCAD University Toronto, ON
2008 --Per Aorum – OCADU Studio, Student Exhibition, Florence, IT
2007 — Night of the Living Artists – OCADU Studio, Student Exhibition, Florence, IT
2007 --Year End Retrospective – Great Hall, Student Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2007 --ENID: two-day participatory performance, Student Exhibition, OCADU University ,Toronto, ON
CURATORIAL & GALLERY EXPERIENCE
My Mother's Basement Gallery
Founded 2011. Alternative exhibition platform supporting emerging artists and curators through accessible exhibition opportunities.
The Milk Box Gallery
Temporary miniature gallery presenting site-specific exhibitions in a repurposed milk delivery box in Toronto.
Body.Form.Colour., Yellow House Gallery
Guest-curated exhibition featuring artists working with the human figure, abstraction, form and colour.
Urban Land, Steamwhistle Brewing Gallery
Co-curated exhibition selected by jury for the 2015 programming season.
The Landscaped, SOHO Lobby Gallery
Invited curator for an exhibition bringing together artists influenced by natural and urban landscapes.
Gallery Attendant — Patel Gallery
Supported exhibition installation, inventory management, shipping and visitor engagement.
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
‘Eyes On’, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Special Selection. Each Day throughout August 2020 an invited arts professional selected 3 graduates to highlight in the ‘Eyes On Archive’, 2020.
Hannah, Lesa. ‘6 Works of Art Created with Burt’s Bees Lipstick That You Have to See to Believe’, Fashion Magazine, (fashionmagazine.com) March 3, 2016
Nunes, Amanda. ‘SHADES Gallery by Burts Bees: 10 Artists & 14 Shades of Lipstick’ Heartless Girl, (heartless-ink.com) March 1, 2016
Rutka, Jacob. ‘What's The Meaning of This? Flip Toronto' The Grid. Page 13 August 9-15, 2012.
Whyte, Murray. ‘Flipping Out the Better Way' The Toronto Star. Page E6 Monday July 30, 2012.
Carsen, Andrea. ‘Shout Out to The Art World: VoCA's Top Ten, #6' View On Canadian Art (viewoncanadianart.com) June 12, 2012.
Chin, Joseph. 'Weather Art Takes Flight' Mississauga.com. August 5, 2011.
McArthur, Glenn. ‘Colour and 2D Design' First Year Design Textbook, Page 70 OCAD University 2011.
Experiencing Perspectives Catalog, Mercedes Benz Financial, 2011.
Experiencing Perspectives Catalog, Mercedes Benz Financial, 2010.
Experiencing Perspectives Catalog, Mercedes Benz Financial, 2009.
Untitled Magazine Page 16 Vol. #1 September 2008.
Alv, Zalina. ‘Italian Explorations in Toronto's art college' Ruckus Magazine. November 5, 2008.
‘Per Aurum', Florence Catalogue Page 52-53 April 2008.
AWARDS
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Studio
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
June 2009
Solo Exhibitions
2016 — /ˈɡroun(d)wərk/, My Mother's Basement Gallery at Gallery 555, Toronto, ON
2014 — Cortney Stephenson, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 — Sprawling Off The Edge Of The World, SOHO Lobby Gallery, Toronto, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions & Events
2026 — Pebbling, Toronto, ON – Forthcoming,
2026 — More!! Abstractions, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2025 — The Aggregate: Transformation into a Wearable Object, participatory event, PH1 Studios 401 Richmond Holiday Open House, Toronto, ON
2024 — PAINTING 2024, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 — Salon 17, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 — Back to School, The Front Gallery with SYNT, New York, NY
2021 — Art and Adaptation, Continuing Studies Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2020 — The Future of Our Plans, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Studies Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2018 — Northern Tendencies, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2018 — Convergence, Continuing Studies Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2018 — Drawing 2018, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 — Salon V, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 — Active Art Hustle: Relay 2017, Pan Am Path, Toronto, ON
2017 — Day Trip, Gallery 555, Toronto, ON
2017 -- Gallery Collection Exhibition, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 — Salon Show IV, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 — Art With Heart 23, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
2016 — Hot Knife, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 --Topophilia, The Riverdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 --Urban Architecture, #Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 --Shades, Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 — Snowflakes, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 --Salon III - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2015 — Why The @#&! Do You Paint?: Thick and Juicy, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2015 — Embodiment, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
2015 — Urban Land, Steamwhistle Brewery Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 — Delta - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2015 --Mindscapes, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 --The Last Development, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 --The Landscaped, SOHO Lobby Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 --Affinities and Divergences, The Yellow House Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 — OCADU Alumni Association Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2014 — Salon Show I - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2014 — Future Landscapes - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2013 — The Young Collectors Exhibit, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 — Architecture, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 — Lil': A Show of Small Art Works, Oz Studio Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013 — Perpetual Motion - Project Gallery – Toronto, ON
2012 — BANK On ART, Toronto, ON
2012 — Flip Toronto, presented by Circuit Gallery and Art for Commuters, August 6 - 19, 2012, TTC Screens, Toronto, ON
2012 — OCAD U Alumni Association Exhibition, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2011 — Weather, Airspace Gallery, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, ON
2011 — Art and Light - Art and Light Studio – La Mesa California, USA
2011 — Experiencing Perspectives III, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canadian Headquarters, Mississauga, ON
2011 — Battle At The Varley, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON
2011 — Junction Arts Festival, Impromptu Gallery, Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, ON
2010 — Junction Arts Festival- Impromptu Gallery, Academy of Realist Art (Toronto, ON
2010 --Square Foot Show - AWOL Gallery Fundraiser Toronto, ON
2010 — Experiencing Perspectives II - Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canadian Headquarters (Mississauga, ON)
2009 --Dreamers and Screamers, Board of Directors Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009 — Experiencing Perspectives I - Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canadian Headquarters (Mississauga, ON)
2009 — OCAD+ 94th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Student Exhibition OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2009 --The Art of the Figure- Great Hall, Student Exhibition OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2008 — Florence Exhibition – Great Hall, Student Exhibition OCAD University Toronto, ON
2008 --Per Aorum – OCADU Studio, Student Exhibition, Florence, IT
2007 — Night of the Living Artists – OCADU Studio, Student Exhibition, Florence, IT
2007 --Year End Retrospective – Great Hall, Student Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2007 --ENID: two-day participatory performance, Student Exhibition, OCADU University ,Toronto, ON
CURATORIAL & GALLERY EXPERIENCE
My Mother's Basement Gallery
Founded 2011. Alternative exhibition platform supporting emerging artists and curators through accessible exhibition opportunities.
The Milk Box Gallery
Temporary miniature gallery presenting site-specific exhibitions in a repurposed milk delivery box in Toronto.
Body.Form.Colour., Yellow House Gallery
Guest-curated exhibition featuring artists working with the human figure, abstraction, form and colour.
Urban Land, Steamwhistle Brewing Gallery
Co-curated exhibition selected by jury for the 2015 programming season.
The Landscaped, SOHO Lobby Gallery
Invited curator for an exhibition bringing together artists influenced by natural and urban landscapes.
Gallery Attendant — Patel Gallery
Supported exhibition installation, inventory management, shipping and visitor engagement.
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
‘Eyes On’, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Special Selection. Each Day throughout August 2020 an invited arts professional selected 3 graduates to highlight in the ‘Eyes On Archive’, 2020.
Hannah, Lesa. ‘6 Works of Art Created with Burt’s Bees Lipstick That You Have to See to Believe’, Fashion Magazine, (fashionmagazine.com) March 3, 2016
Nunes, Amanda. ‘SHADES Gallery by Burts Bees: 10 Artists & 14 Shades of Lipstick’ Heartless Girl, (heartless-ink.com) March 1, 2016
Rutka, Jacob. ‘What's The Meaning of This? Flip Toronto' The Grid. Page 13 August 9-15, 2012.
Whyte, Murray. ‘Flipping Out the Better Way' The Toronto Star. Page E6 Monday July 30, 2012.
Carsen, Andrea. ‘Shout Out to The Art World: VoCA's Top Ten, #6' View On Canadian Art (viewoncanadianart.com) June 12, 2012.
Chin, Joseph. 'Weather Art Takes Flight' Mississauga.com. August 5, 2011.
McArthur, Glenn. ‘Colour and 2D Design' First Year Design Textbook, Page 70 OCAD University 2011.
Experiencing Perspectives Catalog, Mercedes Benz Financial, 2011.
Experiencing Perspectives Catalog, Mercedes Benz Financial, 2010.
Experiencing Perspectives Catalog, Mercedes Benz Financial, 2009.
Untitled Magazine Page 16 Vol. #1 September 2008.
Alv, Zalina. ‘Italian Explorations in Toronto's art college' Ruckus Magazine. November 5, 2008.
‘Per Aurum', Florence Catalogue Page 52-53 April 2008.
AWARDS
- Mrs. W.O. Forsyth Award for Excellence in Painting, 2009
- J.D. Launderville Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2005
- Humber Valley Art Club Scholarship, 2005