Edmonton, AB, Canada b. 1981
Education
2013 — MFA, Concordia University, Montreal QC
2004 — BFA, Emily Carr University, Vancouver BC
Awards
2019 — Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation
2014 — The Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award
2007 — Visual Arts Development Award, Vancouver Foundation/ Contemporary Art Gallery
2000 — Fine Art Purchase Award, Vancouver Island University Painter Award, Vancouver Island University
Solo Exhibitions
2021 — In It, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2019 — In the Grass, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 — Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC (forthcoming)
2010 — Lucky, L.E.S. Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 — Really Good Mine, L.E.S. Gallery, Vancouver BC (with The Lions )
2006 — Cathedral, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, BC
2005 — Evening Strolls, Lobby Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 — Our Rental, Butcher Shop Floor, Vancouver BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 — September, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 — Regart, centre d’artistes en art actuel, Lévis QC (forthcoming)
2013 — A Process of Recognition, Battat Contemporary, Montreal QC
2012 — SORTIE, Concordia University MFA Exhibition, Former École des beauxarts Montreal
2012 — Spark Video: Orange, Concordia University screening, Montreal, QC
2011 — Sitely Premises, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC
2011 — Spark Video: Tabernac, Spark Art Space, Syracuse NY
2011 — A Good Day for a Horse Race, East Van Studios, Vancouver BC
2010 — Happy Accidents, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto ON
2010 — Pulp Fiction, St. Mary’s University Gallery in Halifax (with The Lions)
2009 — Pulp Fiction, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto ON (with The Lions)
2008 — RBC Painting Competition, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Power Plant, Toronto; Museum London, London; Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal; The Rooms, St. John NL; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver
2008 — Pulp Fiction, London Museum, London, ON (with The Lions)
2008 — Anyone Got Wood?, Galleri SteinslandBerliner, Stockholm, Sweden (with The Lions)
2007 — Let There Be Light, Blanket Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 — Dripped Dropped Split Upended Exploded, Tracey Lawrence Gallery (with The Lions)
2005 — In Excess, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Bibliography
2017 — Le Journal de Levis, Abjective Tenderness proposes a history of renewed art. By Valerie Maltais,
2011 — Directional Work, No Kings Artist Book Press, Ed. James Whitman, Vancouver, BC/New York, NY
2011 — Lucky 7 Chanceux: Studio Arts, MFA Arts Visuels, Concordia University, Montreal QC
2009 — Pyramid Power, Issue Six. (Spring/ Summer) (with The Lions)
2008 — RBC Canadian Painting Competition: Ten Years
2008 — Leah Turner, “Pulp Fiction”, Canadian Art Magazine (Winter) (with The Lions)
2008 — Cinematic Folds: The furling and unfurling of images published by The Pleasure Dome, Toronto, 2008 (with The Lions)
2008 — Pyramid Power, Issue Four (Winter)
2008 — Really Good Mine, LES Gallery, The Lions. Exhibition catalogue published with texts by Lance Blomgren and Lee Henderson
2007 — Mia Johnson, Dripped, Dropped, Spilt, Upended, Exploded, Preview Magazine
2007 — Neue Probleme Magazine, Germany, October (with The Lions)
2007 — Hell Passport #17, Published By Perro Velag, Vancouver BC
2006 — Vanessa Kwan, Into the Black: Collin Johanson’s Skull Aflame, Cathedral, Access Artist Run Cente
2005 — Vanessa Kwan, In Excess, Helen Pitt Gallery, Catalogue
2005 — Just What is it That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
Teaching
MacEwan University- Sessional Instructor
Mentorship
2020 — Mitchell Art Gallery, Exchange Artist Mentor Program, Edmonton Alberta