Education
2008 – 2011
New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton, NB
Diploma of Fine Craft and Applied Design, Honours – Interdisciplinary study in Textiles and Photography
Selected Exhibitions
2017
Idea Market – curator – presented at Flotilla, PEI, and Going Critical: ArtsLinkNB, Sackville NB
New Positions: A. Bulman, A. Cairns, M. Lacey, A. O’Sullivan – CCAG, PEI – group exhibition
everything is fine – Atlantic International Film Festival; Bucharest Short Cuts; Charlottetown Film Festival – juried film screening
The exquisite project – artist & curator – The Gallery @ The Guild – group exhibition
2016
Holding The Pose: Portraits from the Collection – Confederation Centre Art Gallery, PEI – group exhibition
Elevator Lounge – Afterimage event Confederation Centre Art Gallery, PEI – site-specific installation
Couples on Couches – The Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS – solo photography
Couples on Couches – The Wall Gallery @ UPEI, Charlottetown, PEI – solo photography
2015
Undersea – small town market gallery, Charlottetown, PEI – solo site-specific installation
light will cover everything – small town market gallery, Charlottetown, PEI – solo site-specific installation
Exchange: PAMA Artists Select – Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives, Brampton, ON – invitational group exhibition
2014
Inside the Box – Island Media Arts Festival, Charlottetown, PEI – three-artist installation/media arts exhibition
Heirloom – The Gallery in the Guild, Charlottetown, PEI – juried group exhibition
in-door/out-door – Art in the Open Festival, Charlottetown, PEI – solo outdoor installation
the beautiful edge – Island Media Arts Festival, Charlottetown, PEI – juried film screening (short film)
2013
Curiosity: a love letter to abandoned houses – Art in the Open Festival, Charlottetown, PEI – solo outdoor installation
…for the body whose heart lives in a cage – Island Media Arts Festival, Charlottetown, PEI – juried film screening (short film)
The Elsewhere Oracle – Elsewhere Collaborative, Greensboro, NC – solo site-specific installation
2012
The way I remember it… – The Gallery in the Guild, Charlottetown, PEI – two-artist painting and mixed media exhibition
The Sky is Always Moving: an exploration of dance & the human experience – UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, NB – solo installation
2011
NBCCD Graduate Exhbition – UNB Art Centre, Fredericton, NB – group exhibition
Withdrawal – The George Fry Gallery, NBCCD, Fredericton, NB – three-artist photography exhibition
ONE – Old Government House, Fredericton, NB – juried photography exhibition
captured in the narrow light – MUSE Artspace, Charlottetown, PEI – solo mixed media exhibition
Collections
Island Art Collection, PEI Art Bank – Prince Edward Island
Confederation Centre Art Gallery – Prince Edward Island
PEI 2014 Sesquicentennial Public Art Program – Prince Edward Island
Elsewhere Museum – Greensboro, North Carolina
Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives, Works on Paper Collection – Brampton, Ontario
Selected Awards and Publications
2018
Creation and Production Grant, PEI Arts Grants
2017
Creation and Production Grant, PEI Arts Grants
Dissemination and Presentation Grant, PEI Arts Grants
2015
Presentation and Dissemination Grant, PEI Council of the Arts
Understorey Magazine – Winter 2016 Issue 7
Riddlefence Magazine – Spring 2015 Issue 20
Cargo Literary Magazine – Winter 2015 Issue 1
2014
Creation and Production Grant, PEI Council of the Arts
City of Charlottetown Emerging Artist Award
Patricia Notman Memorial Bursary – Award of Excellence in Creative Textiles
Nailed Magazine – March 2014 feature: Couples on Couches photo series
2013
The Island Review – February 2013 featured artist and photo gallery
2012
Nel Oudemans Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation, NB
Creation and Production Grant, PEI Council of the Arts
2011
Papirmass – October 2011 Issue, featured artist
500 Felt Objects, A Lark Books publication, featured artist
Governor General’s Academic Medal, NBCCD
2008–11
Craft Education Award – Merit Scholarship, Innovation PEI, Prince Edward Island
2010
W. Garfield Weston Upper Year Award
PhotoEd Magazine – Winter 2010 issue on photo-based art
Selected Professional Activities
2018
Program Coordinator – this town is small Artist Run Centre, PEI
Board of Directors – CreativePEI
2017
Program Coordinator – this town is small Artist Run Centre, PEI
Juror, PEI Arts Grants
Art Director – One Thousand Flowers Productions, PEI
2016
Programming Committee (shorts) – Atlantic Film Festival
Co-chair, Board of Directors – this town is small Artist Run Centre, PEI
Workshop Instructor – Town of Stratford, PEI
2015
Co-chair, Board of Directors – this town is small Artist Run Centre, PEI
2014
Juror, National Media Arts Prize
Co-chair, Board of Directors – this town is small Artist Run Centre, PEI
Workshop Instructor – Fundamental Arts, Holland College, PEI
Art Director – One Thousand Flowers Productions, PEI
2013
Secretary, Board of Directors – Island Media Arts Coop, PEI
Board of Directors – this town is small Artist Run Centre, PEI
Artist in Residence – Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC, USA
Artist in Residence – Town of Stratford, PEI
ArtSmarts Program Instructor – Belfast Consolidated School, PEI
2012
Art Instructor, Brecken House Seniors Day Program, PEI
Art Instructor – PEI Senior Citizen’s Federation, PEI
2011
Board of Directors – CARFAC Maritimes
Artist-in-Residence – Spark Box Studio, Picton, ON
Policy Chair, Board of Directors – Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, NB