Interdisciplinary Artist & Writer, BFA

Grassroots Community Organizer


EXHIBITIONS & MARKETPLACES

2023

MKTMKT's "CRAFT" at Goldie Mill Ruins, Guelph.  July 15th, 11AM - 8PM ---> Facilitator for live drawing Workshop at 4PM - 5PM.

BIONIC SOUNDSCAPES: The Infusion of Electronic and Organic Music, 209 Geary Ave, Toronto.  June 22nd, 9pm doors open.

KW Vintage Fest (hosted by St. Jacob's Antique Market),  May 20th,  11-6PM

MKT MKT's "Spring Market",  Royal City Park, Guelph,  May 13th

The Seth House - Jane's Birthday Celebration & Grand Opening,  May 6-8th  (Volunteer Graphic Designer for Event Poster)

The Bazaar of the Bizarre, The Parkdale Hall - 1605 Queen St. W, April 29th

OCAD Artist Alley, OCAD University - 100 McCaul St, Toronto. Saturday Feb 11th


2022

Visionary Market, Sunday December 11th, 2022 (same location, on site at gallery).   

8th Toronto Visionary Art Exhibit, 333 Bloor St. W.  Toronto (Alternity).  Saturday December 10th.  Exhibit runs until January 7th, 2023. 

Holiday Vintage Show, The Parkdale Hall (1605 Queen St. W).  Sunday December 4th.

HOOP-LA Art Show & Sale - Necessary Arts Collective, November 15th - December 15th, 2022.  (In-person reception at 84 Wyndham St. N.)

RAW Toronto Presents: "PORTAL" Showcase.   Exhibition Place, Fountain Blu. Saturday October 22nd.

The Ward Night Market II,  74 Ontario St, Guelph.  Thursday October 6th.

The Ward Night Market, "The Boathouse" @  116 Gordon St, Guelph.  Thursday September 8th.

ART ON THE STREET,  Downtown Guelph, June 25th & 26th

Necessary Arts Collective OPEN STUDIO, 84 Wyndham St. N, June 25th & 26th

Monthly Vendor with "TAKE HOME THURSDAYS" Events @ The Guelph Farmer's Market

Vendor at the "KW Punk Rock Flea Market", Rhythm & Blues Brewing Company, Cambridge, June 4th, 2022. 

Necessary Arts Member Show,  84 Wyndham St. N,  May 17 - June 6th.

The GCAA 2022 Spring Art Show & Sale, Quebec St. Mall (Downtown Guelph), April 29th, 30th and May 1st.


2021

Guelph Arts Council Emerging Artists Exhibition, University of Guelph, December 2021

A Winter Wonderland - Indoor Christmas Market | Victoria Park East Golf Club, 1096 Victoria Road South, Puslinch. December 2021

Witches' Night In by Creative Market Local, Victoria Park East Golf Club, 1096 Victoria Road South, Puslinch. October 30th, 2021.

"MYSTERY MARKET" hosted by Mystery Vintage - 29 Peter Street, Kitchener - September 11th 2021

Celebrate Toronto / Toronto Made Market - Online Event: March 6 - April 6, 2021, (as well as the following Summer Marketplace June 25th - July 25th)

The Big January Sale - Virtual Craft Fair - Online Event: January 16th & 17th, 2021


2020 

HOOP-LA Art Show & Sale - Necessary Arts Collective - Online Event: November 15 - December 15, 2020

Quirky AF | Art Fair - Online Event: Marketplace open November 17 – 30, 2020

Hexes & Jinxes Mystical Art Market, St. Thomas, ON

"Universal Pharmacy" Published in Mad In America’s Online Art Gallery

“Medicine Buddha Invocation” Installation on Display, The Joy Clinic, Toronto, ON


2019

Vendor at Lavinia Mabon Variety Show : Day Party Remix, Toronto, ON

Vendor at Lavina Solstice: Day Party Remix, Toronto, ON


2018

Vendor at OCAD Artist Alley 2018: Holiday Edition

Featured Guest Artist, The 2018 Toronto Visionary Art Exhibit, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON

OCAD University Graduate Exhibition (GradEx 103), Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, ON

Figuratively Speaking, Artusiasm Gallery, Toronto, ON


2017

1000 for 10 Market & Salon Exhibition, DCP Studios, Toronto, ON

“CRUSH” Zine Launch & Exhibition, Glory Hole Gallery, Toronto, ON

REVersion: A Figurative & Portrait Group Art Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON

The ETA Tarot Launch, Group Exhibition by Emerging Toronto Artists, Toronto Creative Events, Toronto, ON

The Independents Show, Queen West Pop-Up Gallery, Toronto, ON

Several Artworks on Display / Art Prints for Sale (long term) at See Scape Gallery & Bar, Toronto, ON


2016

“TEXThibit”, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, ON

Vendor at The Outer Limits 3, A Night of Alternative Art, See Scape, Toronto, ON

Positivi-Tea, OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto, ON

Fake Geek Girls Like Us, Annex Art Centre, Toronto, ON

Vendor at Mad Pride Arts Market, Butterfield Park, Toronto, ON

Vendor at The Outer Limits 2, A Night of Alternative Art, See Scape, Toronto, ON

Mystic Arts Collective 1 Year Anniversary Show, Ratio Bar & Gallery, Toronto, ON


2015

Vendor & Featured Artist at The Outer Limits (debut), A Night of Alternative Art, See Scape, Toronto, ON

WIMA Women’s Art Exhibition, Emmanuel Park United Church, Toronto, ON

Aries 27 Group Art Show & Pop Up - Curated by Lexiquette, 416 Gallery, Toronto, ON

Vendor & Featured Artist at Artistic Abominations, The Devil’s Cellar, Toronto, ON


2014

Art of Imagination Opening Exhibition, Orange Gallery, Hintonberg, Toronto, ON

ARTvsALT with the Canadian Alternative Art Collective, Moniker Gallery, Toronto, ON

Spitting Image:Portrait & Figurative Exhibition, Moniker Gallery, Toronto, ON

REVersion: A Figurative & Portrait Group Art Exhibition - Opening Reception, Moniker Gallery, Toronto, ON


2013

Audacious Woman by Fil Collective (Opening Group Art Exhibition), Brockton Collective, Toronto, ON


COLLECTIVES / COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP




2023    International Fine Art Collectors (IFAC)

2023    "Chapel of Sacred Mirrors" Community / Collective, hosted by Alex & Allyson Grey, International.

2021    Guelph Creative Arts Association (GCAA), Guelph, ON

2020   Necessary Arts, Guelph, ON

2018    The Toronto Visionary Art Collective, Toronto, ON

2016    Mystic Arts Collective, Toronto, ON

2013    FIL Collective, Toronto, ON

2012    The Canadian Alternative Art Collective, Toronto, ON


EDUCATION


2023

"Fine Line Accelerator" Business / Entrepreneurship program.  Toronto, ON

Graduate, Participant with the "capstone project". (https://www.fineline.art/fineline-accelerator). 


2020                      

The Laing & Cooper Centre for Existential Counselling & Philosophy of Toronto

Student under seminar lecturer Stephen Tickin


2012 - 2020           

OCAD University (Ontario College of Art & Design), BFA +

Bachelor of Fine Art Graduate - Minor degree in Social Sciences.  3 years of experience in Material Design.          


2015 - 2018             

University of Toronto 

(Informal, part-time) Religious Studies - Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health 


2014                      

New Acropolis Toronto 

Classical philosophy, Stoicism


2011 - 2012             

Seamstress & Theatre Costume Design Apprentice

Internship under Leslie Gail-Hill, Performing Arts Professional, Independent Designer & Seamstress


WORKSHOPS & TEACHING


2024

Guest Artist / Instructor, "Surrealist Methodology" - 6 week Course - Workman Arts, Toronto.  (Online).


2023

Sessional Instructor,  Central Technical School, 725 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, M5S 2R5

General Interest Night School Courses 


2019-2020

Volunteer Facilitator / Instructional Monitor - Artist25 non-profit Studio, Toronto, ON

Summer 2019 - Spring 2020  open studio sessions


WRITING & COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

2023

Guest Speaker / Presentation for Bonnie Burstow's "Creative Empowerment" Course, on behalf of CAPA (Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault). February 16th, 2023.


2020             

Member of the Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault (CAPA), Toronto, ON  (since 2019)

Activist volunteer under leadership of Dr.Bonnie Burstow, Ph.D 


Guest Speaker at "Crazy Talks" with facilitator Erick Fabris. 

Open-Forum Presentation: "Astrology, Divination and 'Madness'", OISE, Toronto, December 3, 2019.


2019                  

Assistant to Will Hall, PhD candidate at Maastricht University School for Mental Health And Neuroscience       

Research Director, Recruitment & Community outreach / Networker for the ‘World Survey on Antipsychotic Drug Withdrawal”


2017  

Volunteer Organizer/Supervisor of the MAD Arts Marketplace, Toronto, ON           

Activist with “Mad Pride” Community 2016 onwards - 2017 Representative Chair of the Arts/Cultural Events 


Xpace Cultural Centre and Gallery, Toronto,  ON

Writer for Exhibition: "To Whom It May Concern", February 17 – March 24, 2017. Published: http://www.xpace.info/exhibition-event/to-whom-it-may-concern/   Assistant to artists Benjamin Tova and Kendra Yee.


2016                    

Nuit Blanche Toronto - Volunteer Tour Guide for Nathan Phillips Square Installations, Toronto, ON

Representative to the general public for OBLIVION: Death of the Sun, Ocean, and Pleroma, artworks by Director X, Floria Sigismondi and Philip Beesley, respectively. 


Co-Founder, Editor and Publisher of “The Mad Times” Magazine 

On behalf of the grassroots activist movement “Mad Pride”. 


Contributing Conceptual Artist / Team Participant in creation of  "Unknotted — the OCAD U activation of Sexual Assault: The Roadshow."   , a "Travelling Exhibition", part of OCAD U's Diversity, Equity & Sustainability (ODESI) Faculty of Liberal Studies


PERFORMANCE


2023

Runway Model for Refaya Turshin (RT), May 1st --- FASHION ART TORONTO Runway Show / Exhibition, Toronto, ON


2020

Model for NUIT Clothing Atelier (Designer)


2019  

Collaborative Model for Maison Chardon & FraiseVinyl (Designer, Burlesque Performer & Director)


Model for NUIT Clothing Atelier (Designer)


Performer / Model in “PINS & CREAM 2”, a Fashion Experience (Art Performance) by Maison Chardon, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON


Performer / Model in “Barbarians of Fashion” Runway Show / Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON


(Toronto Based) Professional Life Modelling for:

Northern Contemporary Gallery

McMicheal Gallery

Forest Hill Art Club

Toronto School of Art (TSA)

Kagan McLeod, Illustrator (& company)

Artist25 Studio

Banbury Drawing Group

Humber College - Animation Program

Unionville High School


2018

Performer / Model in “The Amazing Sci-Fi Show - An Exhibition of Intergalactic Art”, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON

Collaboration with “Defective Collective” (Designer).


Performer / Model with Maison Chardon in FASHION ART TORONTO Runway Show / Exhibition, Toronto, ON

Featured Performance on April 24th, 2018.


Performer / Model with Maison Chardon in “Fashion Shoot Extravaganza”, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, ON


Performer / Model in “PINS & CREAM - Fetish Burlesque Couture”, a Fashion Experience (Art Performance) by Maison Chardon, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON


Runway Model in “Fashion Wars 5” Costume Art Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
Representative of / In Collaboration with  “Defective Collective” (Designer).



2017

Runway Model in “Fashion Wars 4” Costume Art Exhibition, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON

Representative of / In Collaboration with  “Spiritual Depressionism” (Designer).


Performer / Model in Elizabeth Czartoryski’s “THE PERCH”: Live Performance / Art Exhibition, Mulherin Toronto (Queen St. West), Toronto, ON 


Performer / Model in “The Shock Show”, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON


Runway Model with Defective Collective (Designer) in “Harajuku Fashion Show”, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON


2016

Several Performances --- Member of the Counterpoint Community Orchestra, The 519, Toronto, ON

Cellist with 12+ years of experience


PUBLICATIONS


2019 

Professional Model featured in “Green Issue - Canadian Hairdresser”            

Published photography from performances with Maison Chardon, “Fashion Shoot Extravaganza”, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, ON.


2017  

Contributing Artist to “CRUSH” Zine, Launch Issue 

Official Zine of the Toronto Bi Arts Festival 


Featured  Contribution to “The ETA Tarot” Deck

Collaborative Product of the “Elevate/Emerging Toronto Artists” Collective 


University of Toronto: Comparative Literature dept./Grad Minds TRANSverse Journal

Featured artist in "Madness" Issue 16      


2016                    

Co-Founder, Editor and Publisher of “The Mad Times” Magazine 

On behalf of the grassroots activist movement “Mad Pride”.


Contributing Artist to “Mouldy Banana” Zine - Toronto’s Intersectional Feminist Art Magazine

Launch / Issue 1: August 2016


Cover Art Producer for 'LOFT' CAMPUS COLLECTIVE ZINE

"Sometimes I Feel Very Strange, and I Don't Know Why": August 2016


2014                    

Contributing Artist to “Art Katalyst” Magazine

April 2014 Issue


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