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Education

2012      BFA Honours, School of Art,                          University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,                   Manitoba, Canada

1999      BA in German Literature, Rikkyo                    University, Tokyo, Japan

Solo Exhibitions

2015      Required Reading, Gurevich Fine                   Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2013/14 Look/See, Gurevich Fine Art at McNally Robinson, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2012       In Praise of Shadows, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Group Exhibitions

2015-16  Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture

               Firehall Theatre, Gananoque ON 

               Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton NB 

               Galerie d'art Desjardins, Drummondville QC 

2015      BARA: Creation, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg Young Adult Division, Winnipeg,                        Manitoba 

2015       ARRIVAL, Gurevich Fine Art at McNally Robinson, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2014      Toronto International Art Fair, via Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Metro Toronto                            Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario

2014      In Celebration of Women’s Art, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2014      Secrets from the Vault II, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2013      Secrets from the Vault, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2013      Small Works Show, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2012     Nouvelle 'peg II, Gurevich Fine Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2012     Painting and Ceramics Thesis Group Exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg,                   Manitoba

Awards

2015     Finalist, Kingston Prize, Kingston, Ontario

2015     Travel/Professional Development Grant, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2013     Individual Artists Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2012     Alice Hamilton Painting Prize, University of Manitoba

2012     Cecil C. Richards Memorial Award for Achievement in Figurative Sculpture,                         University of Manitoba

2012     Lynn Sissons Memorial Scholarship, University of Manitoba

2012     Winner, Sculptural Experience, the Collaboration to Promote Art and Music                      (CPAM), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Related Work Experience/Community Involvement

2011-2015       Drawing Instructor, Urban Media Lab, Environmental Design, Faculty of                                     Architecture, University of Manitoba

2013-2014       Community Collaborative Arts Training Program, the Manitoba Institute for                                Artists and Community Collaboration/Arts and Cultural Industries                                              Manitoba/Healthy Hive Consulting/Volunteer Manitoba

2012                Research Assistant to Curator of Modern Japanese Art, Fukui Museum of Fine                            Art, Fukui, Japan. Research conducted at New York Historical Society, New York                        Public Library, National Archives and Congress Library (Washington D.C.)

2007-2012       Marker/Grader Level II, Department of Environmental Design, Faculty of                                    Architecture, University of Manitoba

2002-present   Art Director/Board Member, RESPECT International, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Collections

The Province of Manitoba, the University of Manitoba, Private and Corporate Collections, Canada and U.S.A.

Commissions

Sculptural Experience, Collaboration to Promote Art and Music (CPAM), University of Manitoba