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Resumé

Education 

2001       Concordia University,  Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts
1995       Concordia University,   Bachelor of Arts – Honors in Literature & Creative Writing

 

Group Exhibitions 

2007      Hawthorne Revisited, Hawthorne Historical Museum and  Cultural Center, Florida.
             
Toronto Outdoor Art  Exhibition, juried, Nathan Philips Square,Toronto.
              CINETEX, L’Usine 106U, Montreal, Quebec


2006      Kaleidoscope, Red Ochre Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
2005           I AM – Self Portraits, James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland.
              Junction Art Fest, 
Juried Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
2005           Montreal En Arts, juried, Montreal, Quebec
2004           Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Le Store, Montreal, Quebec.
              Artist Market, Roy Street Collective, Plateau      
              Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec.
              CO2, Art en Majuscule, Montreal Quebec.Burnt,
              The Long  Hall,  Montreal, Quebec .
                       
Tabernacle!, Journées de la Culture, Fresh Fruit & Architecture, Montreal, Quebec

2003           Variable – Art Forecast, Montreal, Quebec. Tabernacle!, Journées de la Culture, Fresh Fruit  & Architecture                 Montreal, Quebec. Sauterie, Roy Street Collective, Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec
2002           Mama Jam I & II, Roy Street Collective, Plateau Mont Royal, Montreal, Quebec
2001           From the Ashes, C.U.A.N.D.O, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Art Show, William Street, Montreal, Quebec
                 Trade Show I & ll, Roy Street Collective, Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec

 

Solo Exhibitions 

2006      Kingdom on the Rock, St. John’s Newfoundland
2002           Reverenz, Roy Street Collective, Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec
 
Upcoming Exhibitions  

2010       Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Florida

 
Commissions  

2003           Carnaval Carmagnole, Melbourne, Quebec
2004           Fresh Fruit & Architecture, Montreal, Qc & Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
2000           American Chemical Society, Boston Convention Center, Boston, Mass. USA
1999           American Chemical Society, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
1999           Triloka Records, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Awards 

2005 & 2006  Pouch Cove Artist Residency

  
Collections

Hawthorne Historical Museum

Nights Publications, Montreal
Enchin Fur, Toronto, Ontario
Fresh Fruit & Architecture, Montreal – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Pouch Cove Foundation
Target Marketing - Newfoundland
Private Collections in Canada and USA


Representation 

Bakehouse Art Complex - Miami, Florida
Red Ochre Gallery – St John’s, Newfoundland
Usine 106U – Montreal, Quebec
Grace Café Galleries – Dania Beach, Florida


Reviews

2006       CBC Television, “Here & Now”, producer Deanne Fleet. The Telegram,  “Kingdom of Art”  Karla Hayward
2004       Mcgill Daily,  vol. 94 no.8 “A Blender Made to Function Post-Cataclysm” Devin  McDougal
               Montreal Mirror, vol.19, no 52, “Roy Madness” Mathew Woodley                            
               Bust Magazine, issue 28, “Montreal, Canada”


Special Project

2001 -     Roy Street Collective                                                    

Co-founder and coordinator / curator of Roy Street Collective, a renegade multi-disciplinary art collective based in Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal Quebec. Producer of such successful shows as Mamajam I & II, an appropriation of Mother’s Day featuring theatre and visual art, “Bats” a Halloween event featuring circus performers, cabaret, art exhibit and installations, and “Tabernacle!”, an art & architecture show and workshop for Quebec’s Journée de la Culture. Teacher of art workshops for children and adults. Installation artist for the collective’s display cases.