EDUCATION

1998   Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queen's University

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008  Turbulence, Skew Gallery, Calgary, AB(upcoming) 2007   Lick the Frost of the Dream, LE Gallery, Toronto
Special Powers, Bobby Five Gallery, Toronto, ON

2006   Brains II, Skew Gallery, Calgary, AB
Brains I, le. Gallery, Toronto, ON

2005   Chimera Cesspool [of sin], Solo Exhibition, Toronto, ON

2003   hell ain't a bad place to be , sis boom bah, Toronto, ON
armageddon it?, mural exhibition, luft gallery courtyard, Toronto, ON
midnight tornado, Luft Gallery, Toronto, ON

2002   eternal flame: 10 large paintings for world peace, sis boom bah, Toronto, ON
subsequent explosive libidinal rebound energy, Luft Gallery, Toronto, ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006   22nd Annual Artist Proof Sale, Open Studio Invitational, Toronto, ON
Seasons Change, Seasonal Artists Feature Exhibit, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON
First Kiss, Spin Gallery, Toronto, ON
Twenty Times Two, Buddies in Badtimes Theatre, Curated Video program by RM Vaughan, Toronto, ON

2005   Square Foot, Awol Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Diamonds in the Ruff, Gallery 61, Toronto, ON
FourM, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON

2004  Wet Paint, Skew Gallery, Calgary, AB
No Fun, group exhibition, Le Gallery, www.le-gallery.ca, Toronto, ON
Square Foot II, www.awolgallery.com, AWOL gallery, Toronto, ON
The Monster Show, www.sisboombah.ca/monstershow.html, sis boom bah, Toronto, ON
Monkey See, Monkey Do, Spin Gallery, Toronto, ON
One Night Show, Gallery 291, London, UK

2003   Alchemy and Mysticism, Instant Coffee Trailer, Toronto, ON
Annual New Toronto Works Show/Pleasure Dome, two videos selected and screened, Toronto, ON

2002   Group Show, Angell Gallery, Toronto
TWIN DOGS II: a bad ideas multiples show, Art at the Union Gallery, Toronto ON (curator: Margaux Williamson)
all i need is a miracle, Presto Art Space, Toronto, ON (with Clint Griffin and James Patterson, curator: Jeremy Bailey)

2001   The Future, sis boom bah window, Toronto, ON

ART FAIRS

2008  Photo LA, Skew Gallery, Santa Monica, CA(upcoming)

2007  Photo Miami, Skew Gallery, Miami, FL
ArtLA, art fair, Skew Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Toronto International Art Fair, LE Gallery

2006  I Regress, video art program in the PAM booth curated by Christina Vassallo (www.perpetualartmachine.com), Scope Miami, FL

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2004 Electric Eye(curatorial project), www.sisboombah.ca/electriceye.html, sis boom bah, Toronto, ON

AWARDS
2002 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artists Grant

PRESS

reviews
Reynolds, Travis. "A Tale of Two Hemispheres", The Calgary Harold/Swerve Magazine , May 2 2006
Vaughan, RM "FourM Review", The National Post, March 5, 2005
Doherty, Mike. "Leather Rebels Provide the Muse" (Electric Eye Review), The Globe and Mail, July 12, 2004
Hirschman, Thomas. "Autumn Action"(armageddon it? review), Now Magazine, Sept 4 2003 Vaughan, RM "The Peace Stars" (Eternal Flame review), Globe and Mail, Oct 3, 2002
Goddard, Peter. "A show of cheek from city's east end" (TWIN DOGS II review), Toronto Star, Aug 29, 2002
McKay, Sally. The Future(review). Lola Magazine, Summer, 2001
Kim, Anne. Geometrick(review), Lola Magazine. Summer, 1999
Niedzviecki, Hal. Charm(review), Broken Pencil Magazine, Winter, 1999

publications
charm 1 & charm 2 limited edition art book with Becky Bayer, self published 1998 (available Artexte, National Library of Canada)
Ultra Violet, founded and designed biannual writing and art magazine, spring & autumn 1997
-reality is a raging inferno., limited edition art book, self published 1996 (available Artexte, National Library of Canada)

interviews
McLean, Clint, "Under There" (Photo essay), Hive Magazine, Issue4, 2004
McConvey, Joel, "Live Work, breathing optional" (studio review), eye weekly, June 26, 2003
Vaughan, R.M. "The Peace Stars" (Eternal Flame interview), Globe and Mail, Oct 3, 2002
Elson, Ashleigh, Visual Voice, CIUT FM, Toronto ON, September, 2002

lectures
Trampoline Hall Lecture (www.trampolinehall.net), getting away with it, Oct 20th, 2003

 

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Galleries sis boom bah, Toronto, ON. Director, 1999-present: www.sisboombah.ca
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON. Installation April-Sept 1999