Curriculum Vitae
Education
Graduates from the Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, 2005
Professional Experience
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, 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
(upcoming) Soft Power, Nadania Idriss Gallery, Berlin, Germany, September\October 2010
Cities + New Sculptural Works, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, October 2009
Canadian Pavillion Exhibition, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea, September 2009
Cities, Katakouzenos House Museum, Athens, Istanbul, September 2009
Cities, Nadania Idriss Contemporary Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany, April 2009
The Future is Later, Nadania Idriss Contemporary Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany, August - September 2008
The Future is Later, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, June 2008
Hive: Anatomy of a Glass Arts Collective, Ruberto-Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta,
March 7th – March 29th 2008
The Future is Later, Discovery Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, February 23 – April 16th 2008
Bee Kingdom’s New Glass Sculpture Exhibition, Vanilla Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, October 2007
Bee Kingdom Beastiary, Glass Cube Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, August 2007
Cross + Pollinated: New Glass Works Exhibition, Artists of the World, Calgary, AB, September 2007
Calgary Horticultural Society Garden Show, The Calgary Stampede Roundup Centre, Calgary, Alberta, April 2007
Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria BC, May – August 2006
Calgary Home and Interior Design Show (Micro-Gallery installed), September 28- 30th, 2005
Grants
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Special Project Grant, 2009 (towards Cities exhibition)
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Cultural Relations Grant, 2009 (towards Cities exhibition)
Calgary Arts Development Agency, funding for Cities exhibition, 2009
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
Avenue Magazine, 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
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
Galleries
DaDe, Calgary, Alberta
Vetri, Seattle & Tacoma, Washington
Nadania Idriss Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, Alberta