Curriculum Vitae

MENTORSHIPS

Studied under:

• Laurie Landry (www.laurielandry.com)
• Dawn Matheson (www.thiswasnow.com)
• David Caesar (www.davidcaesar.com/about)
• Sage Lovell (www.sweetsage.com)

EXPERIENCE

May 2023  Booth representative for Deaf Spectrum, featuring an array of my original

artworks; Mayfest, Toronto / ECD 60th reunion, Milton. 

2022 - now  Vice President, Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, Ontario

2022    ASL to English Transcriptor, Deaf, What? Artist Collective

2021 - now  Communications Coordinator, Deaf Spectrum

2020 - 2022  Board Director of Programming, Out on the Shelf Library, Guelph

ARTWORKS PRODUCED/COMMISSIONED 

2023  Watercolour portrait of Leah, booth raffle winner (8x10”)

2022  Third release of three commissioned watercolour portraits, (9x11”, 12x16”)
2022  Second release of two commissioned watercolour portraits, (9x11”)
2021  Wedding couple portrait commission, watercolour, (10x10”)
2021  Deaf LGBTQ Youth art video submission: time-lapse of painting, Toronto Pride
2020  Donated; customized portrait, Guelph Pride Accessibility Fundraiser, (7x10”)

2020  4 paid works created in Deaf Interiors, Creative Users Project, Canada

“Lettered Entertainment”, watercolour, (12x16”) 

“A Tale of Wit”, watercolour, (12x16”)

“Honey Talks”, watercolour, (12x16”)
“Joy is Where the Hearth is”, poem and digital illustration

2020  A test run of first six watercolour portraits series, (7x10”)

EXHIBITIONS

2023  Collaborative, Neophyte Club, artBar - Guelph, Ontario

2023  Featured, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf

2023  Featured, Deaf Interiors original works, Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, 

Toronto

2021  Deaf Interiors, a collaborative online exhibition by Creative Users Project, Canada

LITERACY WORKS

2021  Featured, El Alto 2 Magazine, Deaf Interiors (p. 145)

PROJECTS

2023  Socially Deviant Animals in Watercolour, Ontario Arts Council Grant

WORKSHOPS/PANELS 

2022/2023 Assistant in developing Workshop Series for Deaf Artists, Deaf Spectrum

2022  Participant, Burning Tears Workshop, Tangled Art + Disability

2022  Speaker, Speaking in Spoons Panel, Guelph Pride, Guelph

2021  Participant, Anti-Oppression Workshops facilitated by OOTS Library, Guelph

GRANTS & AWARDS

2023  Professional Development: Oil Painting Mentorship, Canada Council for the Arts

2023  Deaf and Disability Arts Project: Materials for Visual Artists, Ontario Art Council 

2022  Jane Graham Memorial Grant, Guelph Arts Council