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EDUCATION 

2022-2026 Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, OCAD University, Major in Drawing and Painting

2014-2018 Honours Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto, Specialization in Cell and Molecular Biology 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2026 Perpetual Becoming, GradEx 111, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

2026 Alt Space, U of T Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Annual Exhibition (Art Rental), University of Toronto, Victoria College, Toronto, Canada

2026     Abstract/Act— Thinking in Gesture, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

2025     Degrees of Expression, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

2025     Queen Mother Café (with Reissa Lee-Chan), Toronto, Canada

2025     Uptown Pride, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

2025     Get Home Safe (with Billie MacFarland and Sarah Avolio), Remote Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2025     Awenda Inspired, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2024     Small Gems, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

2024     Under 100, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2024     Face-Off, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

2024     Undercurrent (with Cissy Shi), She Said Gallery, Toronto, Canada   

2024     Meeting Halfway, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

2023     Embodied Narratives - Unveiling the stories within, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

2023     Belonging, 183 Gallery, Toronto, Canada

CURATION

2025     Get Home Safe (with BillieMacFarland and Sarah Avolio), Remote Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2025     Beyond Bound Pages & Moving Frames, Dignam Gallery, Women's Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

2024     Undercurrent (with Cissy Shi), She Said Gallery, Toronto, Canada

ART FAIRS

2026 The 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, Canada

2025     The One of A Kind Winter Show, Enercare Centre, Toronto, Canada

AWARDS

2026 Career Launcher Fund, RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers

2026 The 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Career Launcher, RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers

2025/2026    Recipient of Partial Gallery OCAD U Showcase, in partnership with RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers Career Launcher program 

2023/2024    Sandra Henderson Scholarship in Drawing & Painting (Merit), Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

PUBLICATION/FEATURES

2022/2023    OCAD University Donor Impact Report, pg. 20-21. 

PANELS/INTERVIEWS 

2024     HORIZON Creative Entrepreneur Initiative Town Hall: Exploring the needs of emerging artist/designers, Toronto, Canada 

2024     OCAD U LiVE interview, OCAD U Orientation, Toronto, Canada 

PROJECTS

2025-2026     From Our Point of View: Encounters with Artists (Evergon, Marlene Creates, Maria Hupfield)

2024-2025     From Our Point of View: Encounters with Artists (Micah Lexier, Rajni Perera, Jim Shedden, June Clark)

2024-2025     HORIZON Creative Entrepreneur Initiative, https://blogs.ocaduwebspace.ca/thehorizoninitiative/

COMMUNITY

2025                  The Textile Community Project, display at Spadina Museum Garden Party, Toronto, Canada

2024-Present    Gallery Committee, Operations Co-Ordinator, Women's Art Association of Canada

2023-2025     Co-lead, Artist Alley, OCAD UNIVERSITY, Toronto, Canada