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EDUCATION

2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC
1988 Fine Arts studies, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
1988 Diploma of Fine Arts, Okanagan College, Kelowna, BC

AWARDS

2017 Island Mountain Arts Scholarship

2016 Bernie Cattani Scholarship

2014 Island Mountain Arts Scholarship
2010 Joseph Plaskett Scholarship
2002 Okanagan University College President’s Print Purchase Award
1986 Helen Pitt Fine Arts Scholarship

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Connections, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC

2013 Connections, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

2009 Being is Perceiving, SAGA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC

2009 Being is Perceiving, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC

2008 Introduced Species, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC; work created during a 2008 residency

2005 Buried, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC; multi-media paintings

2004 Up and Under, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC; large drawings combined with sound and a dry river bed (over 2,000 lbs of rock) on gallery floor

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 Flight, SAGA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC

2018 The Molecular Weight of Water, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC (catalogue)

2017 The Beginning of the Long Dash, SAGA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC

2016 Trail Mix: 15 Shuswap Trails, SAGA Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC
2014 A Night of a Thousand Lights, Artisan House, Kelowna, BC
2014 Subtle Journey, ARTE Funktional Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2013 Salonus Papyrus, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, BC
2010 Legacies 2010, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC
2006 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC (catalogue)
2005 Circa Now, OUC BFA Graduate Exhibition, Kelowna, BC (catalogue)
2004 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2004 Art on the Line, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC
2004 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2003 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2003 Painting on the Edge, FCA Juried Show, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)
2002 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2002 BC Festival of the Arts Juried Show, Surrey, BC (catalogue)
2001 North Okanagan Open Juried Show, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2001 BC Festival of the Arts Juried Show, Fort St. John, BC (catalogue)
1999 BC Festival of the Arts Juried Show, Victoria, BC (catalogue)
1987 BC Young Artists Fifth Biennial Exhibition, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (catalogue)

RESIDENCIES

2017, 2016, 2014, 2010 Toni Onley Artists’ Project, Wells, BC
2014 Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre, Kelowna, BC
2008 Introduced Species, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2016 Shuswap Artists Annual Juried Exhibition, juror, SAGA Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC
2015 Game On, juror, SAGA Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC
2014 Colour of Music, juror, Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC
2013 Connections, artist talk, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2013 Award Ribbons, master class with Marlene Creates, Eco Art Incubator,
University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO), Kelowna, BC
2012 Vivarium 1, Eco Art Incubator, participant, University of British Columbia Okanagan
(UBCO), Kelowna, BC
2011 Paint Paradise: Views of the Salmon River Delta, juror, SAGA Art Gallery
2010 Colours of The Shushwap, juror, SAGA Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC
2009 Being is Perceiving, artist talk, SAGA Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, BC
2009 Being is Perceiving, artist talk, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
2008 Banquet, guest curator, Runaway Moon Prod., Enderby Museum, Enderby, BC
2004 Up and Under, artist talk, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

2013 Crossings Collective, invited artist, World Migratory Bird Day, Armstrong, BC
2012 Crossings Collective, invited artist, ALECC Conference, UBCO, Kelowna, BC
2009 Archeological Dig Site, for ‘Labyrinth’, Runaway Moon Prod., Enderby, BC
2007 Kernel of Truth, Runaway Moon Productions, Enderby, BC
2006 Tornado, for ‘Open Air’, Runaway Moon Productions, Enderby, BC

EMPLOYMENT

2015–present Head of Exhibits, Okanagan Science Centre, Vernon, BC
2007–2015 Preparator, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC

(all locations in Canada unless specified)