Education
Sheridan College, Illustration
Seneca College, Graphic Design and Business
OCAD University, Bachelor of Fine Art; Drawing and Painting
Youth Employment Services (YES), “BizStart” Business Program
Rotman School of Management, Mentorship Business Program
Selected Professional Experience
Freshly Baked Tees, Co-Founder and Manager 2009 – 2012
Creatures Creating: Gallery + Studios, Director 2010 – 2014
Trinity Bellwoods BIA, Treasurer 2012 – 2014
Dyan Marie, Artist Assistant 2015 – 2018
Rotman School of Management, Dr. Paul E. Garfunkel Award “Entrepreneur of the Year” 2017
OUR Gallery, Director 2017-2019
All Ours Studios, Owner and Facilitator 2015 – Present
BIG on Bloor Festival, Festival Director 2016 – Present
Selected Initiatives, Community and Public Art Projects
Red Light Sessions, Life Drawing Event Series, Toronto and San Francisco 2013 – 2015
The Picasso Project, Project Lead, Toronto, Montreal and San Francisco 2014 – 2015
Container City, Design and Development, Oakland/Bay Area 2015
Up & Out Public Art Exhibition, Curator, Toronto 2015
Bloor Passport Magazine, Editor and Designer, Toronto 2015 – 2017
Selected Curatorial Projects
2018-2020, ArtSites x Bloordale, Various artists, Bloordale Village BIA, Toronto
2018, CAKE, Christina Mazzulla and Shanna Van Maurik, OUR Gallery, Toronto
2017, Place and Placement, Catherine Beaudette, Edward Burtynsky, Eldon Garnet, David Acheson, Heather Nicol, John Dickson, Noel Harding, Reinhard Reitzenstein, Time and Desire, Interspatial: Natalia Bakaeva and Mark Francis, Eric Anthony Charron – ReImagine Galleria, Toronto
2015, Paint and Pigment, Andrew Patterson, Adam Chapman, Anthony Smerek, Scott Oriah, Sara Shields, Liberty Market Contemporary, Toronto
2015, Vigour and Candour, Destiny Grimm, Bradford Wilson, Andre Kan, Liberty Market Contemporary, Toronto
2014, Let There Be Art, Chris Austin, Jordan McKie, Chris Perez, Anthony Smerek, Shane Burrow, David Kleiser, Mony Zakhour, Theatre Ste. Catherine, Montreal
2014, Hamilton Supercrawl, Tongson Chen, Stella Cade, Andre Kan, Christina Mazzulla, Erin Loree, Mony Zakhour, Anthony Smerek, Amanda Bolous, Art Booth, Hamilton
2012-2014, 1000 for 10 i, ii, iii, 30-40 participating artists, Creatures Creating, Toronto
2013, Poetic Poverty, Erin Loree, Stella Cade, Kevin Columbus, Tongson Chen, Mony Zakhour, Rosalind Breen, Jordan McKie, Amanda Boulos, Craig Skinner, Andre Kan, Chris Perez, Susie Julia, Christina Mazzulla, Creatures Creating, Toronto
2013, Inkquisitive Illustration Exhibit, Inkquisitive aka Amandeep Singh, Creatures Creating, Toronto
2013, Sheridan VS OCAD, Andre Kan, Sianna Misheva, Omar Ouyed, Agata Plocinski, Keight MacLean, Michael Pitropov ,Rosena Fung, Camille Jodoin-Eng, Heather Agoncillo, Megan Stiver, Ashley Floreal, Jordan McKie, Anthony Ranieri, Creatures Creating, Toronto
2012, Paint Breakers, Tongson Chen, Morgan Booth, Kizmet, Jordan McKie, David McKenzie, Francis Pratt, in coordination with Art Battle, The Great Hall, Toronto
2012, Art, 3 Inches off the Ground, 20 participating artists, in coordination with Longboard Living, Creatures Creating, Toronto
2011, Abatement, Erin Loree, Liza Lacroix, Creatures Creating, Toronto
2011, 20 Something Else… 32 participating recent graduates from OCADU’s Drawing and Painting program, Creatures Creating, Toronto
Selected Contracted Projects
2015, Mike Giant Exhibition at FFDG, San Francisco
2014, OCADU Screen Printing Thesis
2014, York University Graduation Exhibition
2014, Seneca University Graduation Exhibition
2013, QUIP Magazine Event
2013, Keita Morimoto Painting Workshop
2013, New Horizons: Creative Environmental Energy Exposition
2012, 2013, Toronto Design Off Site Festival
2012, 2013 NXNE – site based events
2011, 2012, 2013 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche – site based events
2012, Oasis Skateboard Factory – group exhibition and workshops
2012, 2013, Scotiabank Contact – exhibition
2012, Lido Pimienta Music Showcase
2012, Candy Chang: Before I Die…