Curriculum Vitae
Education
Graduates from the Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, 2005
Professional Experience
Board members of Berlin Glas, e.V. in Berlin, Germany, 2010
Centrepiece designers for Smart Night fundraiser hosted by the Alberta College of Art and Design, January 2010
Demonstration and lecture at Espace Verre, Montreal, Quebec, October 2009
Demonstration, collaboration with Feleksan Onar & lecture at the Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2009
Visiting artists at Tacoma Glass Museum, Washington, November 28 - 30th, 2008
Pilchuck Glass School Centerpiece Designers, 2008
Founders and owners of Bee Kingdom, Calgary, AB, 2007 – present
Founders and owners of Mecha Glass, Calgary, AB, 2003 – 2007
Awards
2010, Calgary Avenue Magazine's Top 40 Under 40
2010, awarded Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award
2010, nominated - PACE Award, Alberta , Canada
2009, nominated - TELUS Arts Award for Artistic Innovation, Mayors Evening for the Arts Award
Exhibitions
2011
June 23 - July 5, The Works, Edmonton Arts Festival, Edmonton, Alberta
June, (upcoming) Natural Flow, group glass show, Esplanade Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
April, Bee Invasion (part of Pictoplasma Character Walk), Nadania Idriss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
March 4th - 26th, Soft Power, Ruberto-Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2010
September - February '11, Vorsicht Glas! 200 - 2010AD, Survey of Islamic Glass, Mshatta Room, Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany
September\October, Soft Power, Nadania Idriss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009
October, Cities + New Sculptural Works, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
September, Canadian Pavillion Exhibition, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea
September, Cities, Katakouzenos House Museum, Athens, Istanbul
April, Cities, Nadania Idriss Contemporary Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008
August - September, The Future is Later, Nadania Idriss Contemporary Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany
June, The Future is Later, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
March 7th – March 29th, Hive: Anatomy of a Glass Arts Collective, Ruberto-Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
February 23 - April 16, The Future is Later, Discovery Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2007
October, Bee Kingdom’s New Glass Sculpture Exhibition, Vanilla Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
August, Bee Kingdom Beastiary, Glass Cube Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
September, Cross + Pollinated: New Glass Works Exhibition, Artists of the World, Calgary, AB
April, Calgary Horticultural Society Garden Show, The Calgary Stampede Roundup Centre, Calgary, Alberta
2006
May - August, Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria BC
2005
September 28- 30th, Calgary Home and Interior Design Show (Micro-Gallery installed)
Grants
2010, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Individual Project Grant for Visual Arts
2010, Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
2009, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Special Project Grant (towards Cities exhibition)
2009, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Cultural Relations Grant (towards Cities exhibition)
2009, Calgary Arts Development Agency, funding for Cities exhibition
2008, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, funded The Future is Later exhibition
2008, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, funded Bee Kingdom as Pilchuck Centerpiece Designers documentary film
2008, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, funded Bee Kingdom biographical documentary film
2008, Received grant from Calgary Arts Development Agency for the publication of autobiographical book on the history and inner workings of the collective
Published Media
Rooms Magazine, Issue #5, 2011
Catalogue for Vorsicht Glas 200 - 2010 AD!, Survery of Islamic Glass
Avenue Magazine, featured on front cover for Top 40 Under 40, July 2010
Edmonton's See Magazine, June, 2010
Legacy Magazine, Fall issue, featured story, 2008
Bee Kingdom: the Story of a Calgary Arts Collective, autobiography, 2007
Calgary Herald, Real Life section, Friday August 10, 2007
Avenue Magazine, April 2006 issue
Swerve Magazine, April 7th 2006 issue
Western Living Magazine, June\July 2006
Fast Forward newspaper, June 15th – June 21st 2006
Alberta College of Art and Design newsletter, Summer 2005
Donations
Unititled Art Society (Calgary, Alberta) fundraiser, 2010
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo fundraiser, 2008 - 2010
Larry T: In Order to Danse, Warehouse Nightclub, August, 2008
STARS air ambulance fundraiser, 2007
Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre, 2005 & 2006
Venino’s Children’s Charity, 2006
Make A Wish Foundation Dinner & Silent Auction Fundraiser-3 blown glass pieces donated, Spring 2004
Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Calgary Art Auction-2 blown glass pieces donated, Spring 2003
United Way of Calgary- Dominion Exploration of Canada Fund Raiser Auction-5 blown glass pieces
donated, Fall 2002, Fall 2003
Private Collections
Elton John personal glass collection, 2011
Tacoma Museum of Glass, 2008
Galleries
DaDe, Calgary, Alberta
Vetri, Seattle & Tacoma, Washington
Nadania Idriss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, Alberta