Education
2012 BFA Interdisciplinary, NSCAD University
2010 Ontario Advanced Honors Diploma in Crafts & Design: Textiles Major, Sheridan College
EMPLOYMENT
2017-PRESENT Partner, Long Distance, Halifax NS & Toronto ON
Curating a selection of home and personal accessories with my collaborative partner Rebecca Horwitz, Long Distance aims to showcase Calica Studio goods alongside beautiful and thoughtfully created objects that we admire.
2013-PRESENT Textile Designer & Partner, Calica Studio, Halifax NS & Toronto ON
Using a blend of hand and digital techniques, I create prints for textiles with my collaborator Rebecca Horwitz. The surface designs are digitally printed and used in a variety of personal accessory and interior applications. Calica Studio scarves and prints are sold at a selection of shops and craft shows internationally.
2014-PRESENT Social Media & Design Manager, Kohai Educational Centre, Toronto ON
I create promotional content for a small independent school. Staging photos of students and teachers in the classroom, designing programs and brochures and boosting the school’s online presence are all in a day’s work. I work remotely from Halifax, communicating with the principal in Toronto and occasionally traveling to spend time onsite.
2016-PRESENT Recruitment Officer, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax NS
I visit high school art classrooms, engaging with students and sharing with them the value of studying fine art, craft, design, media arts and art history.
2013-2015 Buyer & Merchandiser, Easy Tiger Goods, Toronto ON
I was the first hire at this lifestyle concept store. Scouted during the conceptual stage, I was a strong voice in the development of the shop’s style. I’m very proud of the pieces I brought into the shop, my communications with brands and makers and the careful eye used in the presentation of objects in the retail space and online.
2013-2015 Art Instructor, Kohai Educational Centre, Toronto ON
I taught art classes at a small school for students with developmental disabilities where students ranged in age from 4 years to adulthood. I designed projects to match ability, working primarily in paint, pastel and plasticine. My students made some fantastic work.
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Present Junction Gallery at Colborne Lodge ‘Objects Related: Art Amoung the Artifacts’, Toronto ON
2012 Anna Leonowens Gallery ‘What Remains’, Halifax NS
Group Shows & Exhibitions
2017 Wishbook, Halifax NS
2017 Living Arts Centre 'fête: 50 years of Sheridan’s Craft and Design program', Mississauga ON
2017 Fall Renegade Craft Fair, Chicago IL
2016 Wishbook, Halifax NS
2016 Winter Renegade Craft Fair, Chicago IL
2016 Fall Renegade Craft Fair, Chicago IL
2016 The Market Gallery 'Framing Toronto: City of Toronto Art Acquisitions 2010 to 2015', Toronto ON
2015 Wishbook, Halifax NS
2015 West Coast Craft, San Francisco CA
2015 Halifax Crafters Fair, Halifax NS
2014 Renegade Craft Fair, Los Angeles CA
2014 The Gladstone Hotel ‘Hard Twist 9: Fibre Optics’, Toronto ON
2014 One of a Kind Show, Toronto ON
2014 The Gladstone Hotel ‘Hard Twist 8: This is Personal’, Toronto ON
2013 One of a Kind Show, Toronto ON
2012 gallerywest ‘Where Were You When Amy Winehouse Died?’, Toronto ON
2012 Elsewhere ‘Selling Field or Similar Work’, Greensboro NC
2012 Craig Gallery ‘Fibrous: Young Textile Artists’, Dartmouth NS
2012 Seeds Gallery ‘Major Change’, Halifax NS
2011 The Gladstone Hotel ‘Hard Twist 6: Obsession’, Toronto ON
2011 NSCCD Mary E. Black Gallery ‘gathering’, Halifax NS
2011 Wearable Art Show, Halifax NS
2010 Whippersnapper Gallery ‘Out of Hand’, Toronto ON
2010 Toronto Alternative Arts and Fashion Week, Toronto ON
2009 Good Egg, Toronto ON
2009 Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON
Residencies
2012 Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro NC
2011 Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax NS
Publications, press & Awards
2017 Globe and Mail 'Style Advisor: Oh Canada!' March 10
2016 Globe and Mail 'Style: Faded Glory' February 20
2014 Inclusion in book ‘Textile Art Around the World’, The Netherlands
2014 Design Lines spring issue
2010 Bernina Embroidery Award
2010 Best in Show at Sheridan Graduate Exhibition
Collections
City of Toronto
Boychuk + Fuller
Private collections