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EDUCATION
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2004
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B.Ed. (Arts
Education)
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Northwest Module,
Simon Fraser
University
Burnaby, BC
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2003
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Archaeology
of Northern BC
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Northwest Community
College/ Office of the Wet'suwet'en Smithers, BC
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2002
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Professional
Development for Artists
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Tri Services,
Vancouver, BC
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1990-
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B.A.
Specialized Honours in Fine Art
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1995
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University of Guelph,
Ontario
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SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
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2007
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Curious Evidence
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Terrace Art Gallery,
Terrace , BC
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2005
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SiteLines
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Salmon Run Festival,
Smithers, BC
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2004
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Ghosts
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Two Rivers Art
Gallery, Prince George, BC
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2003
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New Works
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MokSana Yoga Centre,
Victoria, BC
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2002
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Settle
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EC4 Gallery,
Victoria, BC
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Settle
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Smithers Art Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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2001
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Homing Ground
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Davis House,
Victoria, BC
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Personal
Shrine Installation and Performance Series
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India
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1999
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Earth
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Laurus Gallery,
Hamilton, ON
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1997
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Messages
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Priory Gallery,
Guelph, ON
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1996
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Music Tree
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Gunningbar Yurt Farm
& Village, Goulburn,
New South Wales, Australia
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Balance
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Ind.Era Gallery,
Guelph, ON
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1995
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Stuff
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Ind.Era Gallery,
Guelph, ON
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Flightpaths
(Thesis Exhibition)
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Zavitz Gallery,
University of Guelph, ON
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SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2007
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Spark
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Two Rivers Art Gallery,
Prince George, BC
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Eros
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Smithers Art Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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Inaugeral
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Smithers Airport Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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Text n' Texture
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Terrace Art Gallery,
Terrace , BC
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2006
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Game
Show Detroit
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Contemporary Art Institute
of Detroit, MI, USA
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Wood
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Two Rivers Art Gallery,
Prince George, BC
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Here Fishy,
Fishy, Fishy
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Kitimat Centennial Museum,
Kitimat, BC
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Art + Movement
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Smithers Art Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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Selection
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Four Seasons Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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Celebrity Miniatures
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Terrace Art Gallery,
Terrace , BC
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32 Flavours
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Smithers
Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
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Say What
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Four Seasons Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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Highway of Tears
(travelling)
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- Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
- Moricetown Exhibition Hall, Moricetown,
BC
- Terrace Mall, Terrace, BC
- Chamber of Commerce, Burns Lake, BC
- Prince Rupert, BC
- Prince George, BC
- Vancouver, BC
- Fort St.James, BC
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2005
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After
Hiroshima – Nuclear Imaginaries
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Brunei Gallery,
London, England
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ArtConcept-2
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Dostovevsky Museum,
St.Petersburg, Russia
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Baghdad
Museum
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The Propeller Centre
for Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
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Members Show
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IceHouse Gallery, Prince
George, BC
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2004
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Galleria
Blues
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Two Rivers Art
Gallery, Prince George, BC
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Forelock
Tugging
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Struts Gallery,
Sackville, NB
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Found
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Two Rivers Art Gallery,
Prince George, BC
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Baghdad Museum
(travelling)
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- The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington,
Bowmanville, ON
- Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
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2003
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International
Assemblage Exhibition
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Gallery Twenty-Four,
Berlin, Germany
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SmallWONDERs
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Gallery Vertigo,
Vernon, BC
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Artropolis
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CBC TV Building,
Vancouver, BC
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Installate
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Smithers Art Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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Lost and
Found
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Pandora Art Gallery,
Victoria, BC
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The Healing
Power of Art
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Manhattan Arts
International, New York, NY
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2002
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Year of the
Mountain
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Smithers Art Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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Cultural
Intersections
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Federation Gallery,
Vancouver, BC
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Con/Quest
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Vancouver Access ARC,
Vancouver, BC
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artWORK
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BC Festival of the
Arts, Surrey, BC
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Evidence of
Things Unseen
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Institute for
Christian Studies, Toronto, ON
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2001
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Wrapped 2
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Chapman West Fine
Arts, Victoria, BC
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BC Encounter
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Kashi Art Café,
Kochi, Kerala, India
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2000
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Artistamps
Competition
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Open Space Gallery,
Victoria, BC
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To Remain At
A Distance
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Open Space Gallery,
Victoria, BC
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Quickdraw II
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Open Space Gallery,
Victoria, BC
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1999
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Look 99
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Gallery Lambton,
Sarnia, ON
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1997
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Art for
Activism
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The Bookshelf &
Spiral Club, Guelph, ON
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Level
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Space 144, Adelaide,
SA, Australia
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1996
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Bread and
Barbed Wire
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Port Community Arts
Centre, Adelaide,
SA, Australia
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Adelaide
Hills Juried Art Affaire
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Stirling, SA,
Australia
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1995
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Trucks to El
Salvador
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Meridian Coffee
House, Guelph, ON
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Juried Show
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Zavitz Gallery,
University of Guelph, ON
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1994
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Salons des
Independents
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Zavitz Gallery,
University of Guelph, ON
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Selected
Works
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Grad Lounge,
University of Guelph, ON
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Juried Show
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Zavitz Gallery,
University of Guelph, ON
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COLLABORATIONS
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2003
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Object Jam
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Midsummer Festival,
Smithers, BC
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2002
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Garbage Art
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UN International
Childrenís Conference on the Environment, Victoria, BC
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2000
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Mail Exchange
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Victoria, BC
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1998
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Natural High
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Priory Gallery,
Guelph, ON
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1996
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Home/Land
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Pandragon Grove,
Stirling, SA, Australia
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1995
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Collection
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Ind.Era Gallery,
Guelph, ON
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1993
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A Realization
of Figurative Emphasis
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Arboretum Centre,
Guelph, ON
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PERFORMANCES
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2001
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Personal
Shrine Installation and Performance Series (12 events)
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India
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1999
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BioDynamism
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Switch Farm,
Campbellville, ON
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1997
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Passage
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University of Guelph, ON
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1996
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Flowform
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Gunningbar, Goulburn,
NSW, Australia
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Ash
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Mt.Magnificent, SA,
Australia
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Seedfree
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Pandragon Grove,
Stirling, SA, Australia
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1995
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Industry
Goddess
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Ind.Era Gallery,
Guelph, ON
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Hungers of
Impermanence
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University of Guelph,
ON
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To Be a
Little More Kind
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University of Guelph,
ON
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1994
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Follow Their
Law
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Massey Hall, Guelph,
ON
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Imaging Our
Bodies
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Arboretum Centre,
Guelph, ON
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1993
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Nourishment
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University of Guelph,
ON
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Follow Their
Law
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University of Guelph,
ON
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Imaging Our
Bodies
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University of Guelph,
ON
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Shelter
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Stone Road
Construction Site, Guelph, ON
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AWARDS
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2003
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Creation
Grant
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BC Arts Council
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Award of
Excellence
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Manhattan Arts
International, New York
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PUBLICATIONS
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2007
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the weather
from the west [with poet Sheila Peters]
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Creekstone Press, Smithers,
BC
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2003
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New Art
International 2003/2004
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Book Art Press, New
York
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RELATED
EXPERIENCES
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2003-
present
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Art Director,
Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
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Responsible for
selection, co-ordination, and installation of exhibitions and projects.
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2002
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Artist-in-Residence,
Smithers Art Gallery,
Smithers, BC
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I created
installations and gave workshops based upon local history, landscape,
and current events.
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Garbage Art
Workshop, Victoria, BC
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At the United Nations
International Childrenís Conference on the Environment, I presented an
installation and co-facilitated a workshop bringing together creativity
with issues of waste.
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Oak and Orca
Bioregional School Sign,
Victoria, BC
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I guided students in
designing and painting their school sign.
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2001
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Visiting
Artist/ Travel in India
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During the course of
this trip, I pursued several art projects, including:
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Personal
Shrine Installation and Performance Series:
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At numerous locations
during my travels, I assembled small impermanent installations of local
found and organic materials, and performed ritualized acts of honour
and prayer.
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2.
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Painting in
private studios and galleries:
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Aurodhan Art
Gallery, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India
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Bangalore
Education Centre, Karnataka, India
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Rishi Valley Education
Centre, Andhra Pradesh, India
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1998
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Sierra Club/
Gaia Project Eco-Bus Development, Smithers, BC
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I painted a series of
murals on the outside of a school bus retrofitted with renewable energy
systems, and helped design the inside as a sustainable living
demonstration centre.
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1997
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Art For
Activism Auction, Guelph, ON
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I was among those who
initiated, co-ordinated, and curated this event.
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1995-
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Ind.Era Art
Collective and Gallery,
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1996
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Guelph, ON
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I co-founded this
group which focused on reclaimed and recycled materials and historical
objects to create artworks dealing with spiritual ecology and social
civic history.
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Ecology
Through Art Workshop, Orangeville, ON & Mount Barker, SA, Australia
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I designed and
facilitated this workshop at the Youth Ecological Empowerment Plan
Conference in Canada, and at the Mount Barker Youth Retreat in
Australia.
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1993-
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Art Reviewer,
ID Magazine and The Peak,
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1997
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South-Western
ON
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