CV
Education
2021 Masters of Fine Arts, University of Waterloo
2020 Fundamentals of University Teaching Certificate, University of Waterloo
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art (Honours), McMaster University
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Anoxic Memory, Visual Art Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON
2022 Growth Units, Centre3, Hamilton, ON
2022 Solid Void Liquid Earth, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, ON
2022 Segmented Life, Regenerative System, SpacemakerII and Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2022 Eating the Swamp, Mustarinda, Finland
2021 Rat Plastic Wood II, Parish Hall at 10 Tom St., Hamilton, ON
2021 Rat Plastic Wood, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2019 Cadence, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON
2019 Cadence, Factory Media Centre, Hamilton, ON
2017 Debrider, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
2017 Honeymoon, Silent Barn, NYC, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Splinten i øyet, NITJA Art Centre, Lillestrøm, Norway
2023 U Barracks, Timișoara, Romania
2023 BioCurious, Art Gallery of Windsor-Essex, Windsor, ON
2022 Indelible Discards, Xpace, Toronto, ON (curated by Bunker 2)
2021 PLAY, PLATFORM centre, Winnipeg, MB
2021 Of Several Depths, The Plumb, Toronto, ON
2021 Temporary Collection, Ed Video, Guelph, ON
2021 Seeking the Periphery, Ryerson Architectural Science Gallery, Toronto, ON
2021 TD Thor Wealth Juried Exhibition, Midland Gallery, Midland, ON
2020 Photophobia, Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, ON
2019 Offcuts 2, Smokestack Studio, Hamilton, ON
2019 Reflectorchestra, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Intimate and Immersive
Performance, Hamilton, ON
2019 Artists for Climate Action, Spice Factory, Hamilton, ON
2018 Last Minute, Jamesville Ceramics, Hamilton, ON
2018 Something to Someone, Somewhere, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
2018 Fashion Art Toronto, Daniel’s Spectrum, Toronto, ON
2018 Nodality, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
2018 Trash Sanctuary, The Brandscape, Toronto, ON
2017 Halycon Daze, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra’s Intimate and Immersive Performance, Hamilton, ON
2017 A Portrait of Hamilton’s East Mountain, HAVN, Hamilton, ON 2017 April Art Crawl, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
2017 Equinox, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
2016 Salon of Inclusiveness, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
2016 Constellate, The Spice Factory, Hamilton, ON
2016 Perspectives on Peace, New Space Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2014 Naturally Connected, New Space Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Residencies
2024 Studio Kura (upcoming)
2023 Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts, Bergen, Norway
2022 Ecologies and Cosmologies, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
2022 Ars Bioarctica, Kilpisjärvi, Finland
2022 Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, Finland
2022 Text Collective, Button Factory Arts, Waterloo, ON (Virtual)
2019 Factory Media Centre, Hamilton, ON
2017 Silent Barn, NYC, NY
2016 Herdsman House, Neubergthal, MB
Teaching
2022 Sessional Instructor, Making Art and Understanding Images and Technology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
2022 Node Leader/Guest Artist/Instructor, Digital Naturalism Conference, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka (cancelled due to civil unrest)
2022 Instructor, Creating Digital Growth Structures from Homemade Microbial Ecosystems, Ed Video, Guelph, ON
2021 Research Assistant and Ceramics Outreach Program Coordinator for Logan MacDonald, Canada Research Chair of Indigenous Art
2020 Undergraduate Sessional Instructor, Art Appreciation & Expression, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
2020 Teaching Assistant for Eva McCauley, Observational Drawing, University of Waterloo, ON
2019 Teaching Assistant for Lois Andison, Methods and Materials of Sculpture, University of Waterloo, ON
2019 Textiles and Natural Dye, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
2019 Electronics and Interactive Art, Factory Media Centre, Hamilton, ON
2019 Textiles and Natural Dye Workshop, Centre3, Hamilton, ON
2018 Textiles and Natural Dye Workshop, ReCreate, Hamilton, ON
2018 Youth Installation Art Course, Gallery Stratford
2017 Textiles and Natural Dye, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
Professional Affiliations
2022 Community Lead at UKAI Projects
2022 Intelligent Terrain Residency leader for UKAI Projects
2017-2020 Program Coordinator for HAVN’s Sonic Art Series (SAS)
2018 Video curator for Hamilton Art Spin
2017-2018 Assistant Curator of Exhibitions and Programming at Gallery Stratford
Selected Awards/ Grants
2021 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council - $1000
2021 TD Thor Juried Exhibition, 3rd place
2020 Pat the Dog Microgrant - $500
2019 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council - $1000
2018 Media Artists Creation Grant, Ontario Arts Council - $10 000
2018 Hamilton Arts Awards Nomination – Emerging Artist
2016 McMaster Peace Prize
2015 Women’s Art Association of Hamilton
Media
2022 Garden of Spoil: Maria Simmons’ Rat Plastic Wood, Peripheral Review - by Chris Hampton
2022 Mixed Drinks, MOCA x Dean Baldwin Lew
2022 Indelible Discards - Bunker 2
2021 Hopping the Fence Podcast - by Rebecca Cassalino
2021 Aspic Culture IV, Public Parking - by Miles Rufelds
2021 The Artist’s Cookbook Volume 2 - by Carrie Perreault
2019 Time Is. Time Was. Time Is Past. - by Shauna Jean Doherty
2018 Cross Process Issue 2
Artist Talks + Research Presentations
2022 Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
2022 (Super)Natural Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
2022 Femme Folks Fest with Covert Collective, Kitchener, ON
2021 University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2019 Hamilton Artist Inc, Hamilton, ON
2019 Factory Media Centre, Hamilton, ON
Commissioned + Public Work
2022 City of Hamilton - Vinyl Mural
2022 Video for When we speak at the same time we speak the same language
2021 Waterloo University - Vinyl Mural
2021 Downtown Kitchener Art Walk - Vinyl Mural
2018 White Elephant – Supercrawl Installation
2018 Hamilton Aerial Group – Multimedia Installation
2017 Cambridge Sculpture Garden – Environmental Sculpture
2017 McMaster Biology Department - Illustrations
2016 Victims of Advertising – Illustrations