EDUCATION
2003-2004 B.F.A., Ontario College of Art and Design, Drawing & Painting, Toronto, ON, Canada
1992-1994 A.O.C.A., Ontario College of Art, Drawing & Painting, Toronto, ON, Canada
1990-1992 Three years of study at University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, (Science, Visual Arts and English) before transferring into second year of Drawing and Painting program at O.C.A.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 The New Book, 5th Festival of the Artist’s Book and Small Editions, Barcelona, Spain, curated by Elisa Pellacini: artist book “What is held in memory”
2012 “Bookmarks IX Infiltrating the Library System 2011-2012″ TOURING: art&fiction, Switzerland / Edinburgh College of Art Library, Edinburgh, Scotland / Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence RI / Orkney Library and Archive, Kirkwall, Orkney / Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Bibliothèque universitaire Tréfilerie, France / Wascana Campus Library, The Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST), Regina SK, Canada / Yateley Library, Yateley, UK
2011 Bookopolis 2011, Asheville Bookworks, West Ashville, North Carolina: artist book, “The Mica Hypothesis”
2011 The Un(framed) Photograph: Artist Members Annual Exhibition, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY: artist book, “Dear Bridgett”
2011 The Courageous and the Beautiful, Exhibition for Breast Cancer Awareness and Charity Gala, Cottonwood Center for the Arts in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Southeastern Colorado, Herbertson Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO: artist book, “Echo”
2011 ABAD The Ties that Bind, The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery, Bay Shore, NY, curated by LuAnn Palazzo
2011 The Hanky Project, Upstairs at the Napier Gallery, Melbourne: artist book “E”
2011 “In the air”, Doverodde Book Arts Festival III, Hurup Thy, Denmark: artist book: “Dementia”
2011 Use a Book, 4th Festival of the Artist’s Book and Small Editions, Barcelona, Spain, curated by Elisa Pellacini: artist book “Embalm”
2011 “Earthwork”, Art & Science Gallery, Central Booking, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Maddy Rosenberg: artist book, “The Mica Hypothesis”
2011 “Bookmarks IX Infiltrating the Library System 2011-2012″, Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE Bristol School of Creative Arts, Bristol, UK: edition of 100 Bookmarks
2011 The Hanky Project, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, New South Wales: artist book “E”
2011 A Book About Death: Life, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Harper Center for the Arts at Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, curated by Ann Stoddard, College Curator
2010 The Hanky Project, Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, New South Wales, curated by Julie Barratt: artist book “E”
2010 The Story is the Thing, Tuggeranong Arts Centre Australian Capital Territory, Greenway Canberra ACT, curated by Jane Heather Schauer, The ACT Writers Centre: artist book, “Echo”
2010 Beyond Books, invitational pre-exhibit to Inventive Structures, Books Beyond the Codex, curated by Paulette Rosen, juried by Hedi Kyle, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT: artist book “Echo”
2010 no-ISBN, Salon für Kunstbuch, Liepzig, Austria, curated by Bernhard Cella: artist book “Echo”
2010 Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada: two paintings
2010 The Human Book, 3rd Festival of the Artist’s Book and Small Editions, Barcelona, Spain, curated by Elisa Pellacini: artist book “Echo”
2010 Pagine Uniche, Biblioteca Civica di Brugherio, Milan, Italy, curated by Elisa Pellacini: photographs by Sylvia Gutirrez Sanchez of artist book “Echo”
2010 Artists’ Book Cornucopia, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO: artist book “Echo”
2010 Labyrint 09 Writings and Observations, curated by Johanna Molvin and Pia Sandström, Tumba, Sweden: artist book “Echo”
2010 “Bill Poster contemporary Poster and Postcard exhibition”, Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne, Australia: artist book “Echo” and series of limited edition posters
2010 “Place of Interest”, Doverodde Book Arts Festival II, Hurup Thy, Denmark: artist book, “Dear Bridgett”
2010 Re-exhibitions of A Book About Death:
Ray Johnson and A Book About Death, SAL Art Gallery at the CW Post Campus of Long Island University, curated by LuAnn Palazzo and Joan Harrison, Brookville, NY
Belknap Mill, curated by John Moriarty and Melissa McCarthy, Laconia, New Hampshire
The Fluxmuseum, curated by Cecil Touchon, Fort Worth, Texas
RNG Gallery, curated by Viv Maudlin, Louise Millmann and Robert Gilmer, Omaha, Nebraska
MUBE (Museu Brasileiro da Escultura), curated by Angela Ferrara, São Paulo, Brazil
The Tabernacle MoMA Wales, curated by Sonja Benskin Mesher, Machylleth, Wales, UK
San Diego State University, Steppling Art Gallery, curated by Bibiana Padilla Maltos and Sheila Dollente, Calexico, California, US
Vladimir Nazor Public Library, curated by Natasa Stanisic and Ivana Rezek, Zagreb, Croatia
Exit 11 Contemporary Art, Belgium
ASA Art Gallery, curated by Natasa Stanisic and Ivana Rezek, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2009 Inaugural exhibition of A Book About Death: Emily Harvey Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2009 Re-exhibitions of A Book About Death:
Queen’s Museum of Art, curated by Louise Weinberg, Queens, NY, USA
Otis College of Art and Design, curated by Mara Thompson, Los Angeles, CA, USA
River Mill Art Gallery, Westfield, NJ, USA
South End Open Studios, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Sexta Literary Arts Festival, Tijuana, Mexico
Ripe Art Gallery, curated by Cherie Via, Greenlawn, NY, USA
Future exhibits to be held in Montreal, Beijing, China with a re-exhibition planned at The Museum of Modern Art.
2009 Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada: two painting
2009 Cancer Council Victoria Arts Awards, Melbourne, Australia. Touring exhibition throughout regional Victoria: Mollison’s of Kyneton, Shepparton Art Gallery, Meeniyan Art Gallery: artist book, “Echo”
2009 “Island”, Doverodde Book Arts Festival I, Hurup Thy, Denmark: artist book “The Mica Hypothesis”
2008 Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada: two paintings
COLLECTIONS
2010 Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta, Canada: artist book, “Echo”
2010 Labyrint Archive, Tumba, Sweden: artist book, “Echo”
2010 York University, Toronto, Canada: artist book, “Echo”
2010 MoMA Wales, UK: A Book About Death
2010 MUBE (Museu Brasileiro da Escultura), São Paulo, Brazil: A Book About Death
2009 The permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York: A Book About Death
2009 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Research Library, Los Angeles: A Book About Death
PUBLICATIONS and TALKS
June 2012, “1000 Artists’ Books: Exploring the Book as Art”, authors: Sandra Salamony and Peter and Donna Thomas. Published by Quarry Books: artist book featured, “Embalm”
May 2012, Keynote speaker, Doverodde Book Arts Festival IV & Symposium, Hurup Thy, Denmark
November 2011, “Made with Meaning: Content and Structure in the Book Arts”, author: Maureen Piggins. Article published in Book Arts arts du livre Canada, Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, Toronto, Canada
June 2010, “The Visit”, author: Maureen Piggins. Poem published in “Her Mark”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago. Juried by Maureen Seaton.
AFFILIATIONS
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
CARFAC, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild, Toronto, Canada
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer, 15 years experience
REPRESENTATION
Vamp & Tramp Booksellers, Fine Press and Artist Books