Culterim Artist Residency

From June to Sept 2024 I was participant with the Culterim Artist Residency in Dahlewitz Germany. While During the residency I was exploring a new aspect to my practice, which is sculpture. Exploring natural elements I print onto fabrics and create quilts and cancerous shapes that are a prelude to my overarching narrative of my practice. I will be apart of the group exhibition in October with more details about that coming soon!

Glogauair Second Round

I’ve just finsihed up my first term with Glogauair and entering my second. Been a great time and making some interesting progress with my artwork. Check out some samples below.

Glogauair Residency: First few weeks

I started my residency with Glogauair earlier this month. I started a smaller painting and also a new print for a potential fabric project. I have also been busy spreading my Glitter cat sticker over surfaces of Berlin. The Glogauair group listed Somos earlier this week and I also got to see some interesting installations and exhibitions at the converted Flughafen Tempelhof. So far been fun and making new friends. I’ll be here till March but will still have some exhibitions and projects go up in Alberta! My insta is a bit more alive than here but come back occasionally for updates.

Special thanks to my Funders: Canada Council for the Arts and Calgary Arts Development for funding this residency.

Banners, City of Calgary

My banners are up! You can find them throughout Calgary, such as Olympic Plaza, Centre st Bridge, Kensington bridge and more. Check out CADA’s website here and learn more about the project. They will be up for a year.

The Directors Cut

I was shortlisted for the Woolwich contemporary art fair but was selected for their online exhibition from July 8 -16 you can buy my piece! It would ship from Calgary not UK just FYI and its a painting/print piece.

Check out there website here where you can buy this marvellous piece!

MAWA Residency

I just finished my residency with Mentoring Artists women’s art. It was an amazing experience, makes me question if I should move to Winnipeg. I wanted to do this residency to get away from current life and just re-focus on my practice. I was able to sketch again, I feel like I haven’t been able to for a few years and that has opened a creative well for me. As well I found some new avenue’s to explore with my practice. I am looking at how Sci fi, folklore and utopia’s relate to my identity as an artist. Now I can work towards re-structuring how I think about my artwork. I saw really cool artsy films with the Dave Barber cinematheque, saw some amazing art at the WAG, Plug in and Blinkers Blinkers. Got to meet up with old peers and friends and I took an intro into Blender course with Videopool. Very fun and productive time, and I have to thank all the volunteers and staff at MAWA and to Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) for giving me a grant to fund everything.

Check out MAWA here

Check out AFA here

Cosmic Melody: Palimpshed Project

I recently completed a mural project with Palimpshed in Calgary. Located in the alley way behind Weeds Cafe in the NW Calgary. The mural incorporates past muralists Justin Scott Studio and the Wanderwell Collective. Curated by Terese Mullin it will be up all summer of 2023. I was inspired by the previous two muralists and thought of planets and a space theme. Science fiction romance is a new avenue I would like to explore in my practice and this was a great opportunity. I broke the shed into three parts and created an abstract comic of cosmic melodies.

Energy Futures: Reimagining Fire, The future of Energy

Check out the Energy Futures project and its book Reimagining Fire, curated and edited by Eveline Kolijn. I was a participate in both the art portfolio and the book, I was paired with poet Natalie Meisner and it was an amazing experience. My piece titled “Cling Wrap” is a collograph of both seran-wrap and grass turf that I chine collied together. You can purchase the book on amazon or other local Calgary disruptors.

Amazon link

Durville & Uproots Books link (distributors)

Eccentric Panels, Particle Wave 2023 Post

Shot from my exhibition with Emmedia’s 2023 Particle Wave. I have further plans for this project, and to push AR and my animation even further. If you would like you can download the Artivive App for free on your android or IOS device and even view it through the screen!

People's Portrait Prize

I was a-part of the People’s Portrait Prize this year. Organized and curated by Aaron Sidorenko. My works were up at Contemporary Calgary. Thanks to all the volunteers for organizing!

The Hand at Fenix Arts Arkansas

The Hand at Fenix Arts is an international exhibition of handmade prints and photographs juried by Adam Finkelston, the co-editor and publisher of the Hand Magazine. My artwork “Weep” was included in this exhibition. Exhibition is open till November 15 2022. Check out Fenix arts website to view or purchase the piece and the hand magazine to purchase issue 38 of the Hand Magazine to view my work and the other artists.

Fenix Arts-https://fenixarts.org/

The Hand Magazine https://thehandmagazine.net/