curriculum vitae


EDUCATION

1995-1998

BFA (Distinction) - Studio Art: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.

1994-1995

OCAD University, Foundation Studies, Toronto, ON.

1991-1993

Jewellery Art and Design Diploma, Vancouver Community College, BC


residencies, GRANTS & AWARDS

2023

BC Achievement Foundation, 2023 Applied Art + Design Award

Canada Council for the Arts, Residency Grant

CIVILIZATION REBOOTED / A Temporary Collection : Workshop + residency + publication, Athens, Greece

2022

Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant

2021

Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation of “Stages of Healing” of the Explore and Create Program

2011

Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant

2007

British Columbia Arts Council, Sculptural Project Grant

2005

British Columbia Arts Council, Sculptural Project Grant.

Zeitgeist - Spirit of the Times, Best in Design Innovation, Zilberschmuck Art Jewellery, Toronto, ON, Canada

2003

Canada Council for the Arts, Research Grant


Exhibitions

2023

Civilization Rebooted Group Exhibition, Efi Kazantzi Gallery, Athens, Greece

NYC Jewellery Week, represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, New York, New York, USA

2022

Still The Ocean Sounds The Same, Solo Exhibition, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, QC, Canada

Nordic Bridges, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Maker’s Mark Group Exhibition, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2021

The Earring Show, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Herschel x Bridget Catchpole, Herschel Supply Gastown, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Beaux Arts, Vancouver Metal Arts Association, Italian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2020

Paysage de l’intime (touring exhibition)

Design TO, Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

Galerie Lewis, Quebec City, QC, Canada

Galerie Objet Rare - Parcars Bijoux, Paris, France (cancelled)

Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, QC, Canada

Placement: Co-Adorn Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition (touring exhibition)

Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada

Gallery Ah Won, Seoul, South Korea (cancelled)

Fashion Jewelry Town Gallery Space, Daegu, South Korea (cancelled)

Visual Space Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Castaways, Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature, Victoria, BC, Canada

Le 7e Continent, Espace Galerie, Ecole de Joaillerie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

2019

New Vernacular - A Canadian Jewellery Conversation, NYC Jewelry Week, Consulate General of Canada in New York, NYC, NY, United States

3 Card Draw, Silk Weaving Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada

From the Studio: Connections, Visual Space Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Playground, Vancouver Metal Arts Association, Port Moody Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada

2018

SOFA- Sculptural Objects Functional Art & Design, Chicago, Ill. United States, Represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h

Revealed, Visual Space Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Spring Salon at the Arts Factory, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The Earring Show, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Place, Vancouver Metal Arts Association, Adorned Spaces, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Portland, OR, United States

2017

Can Craft? Craft Can!, National Craft Exhibition, Canadian Craft Biennale, Museum of Burlintgon, ON, Canada

Seeing Red, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Crossing Borders, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA, United States

The Earring Show, Crafthouse Gallery, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

SOFA- Sculptural Objects Functional Art & Design, Chicago, Ill. United States, Represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h

2016

20th Anniversaire, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, QC, Canada

The Earring Show, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Unexpected, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

SOFA- Sculptural Objects Functional Art & Design, Chicago, Ill. United States, Represented by Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h

2015

Lasting Effect, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Attachments, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

This is a Brooch, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Boston, MA, United States

The Earring Show, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Manufacture: From the Hand, Vancouver Metal Arts Association, Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Exposition Collective, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, QC, Canada

2014

Beyond the Precious, Vancouver Metal Arts Association, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC, Canada

Material + Culture, Silk Weaving Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ring Re::Form, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2013

Invested|40, Craft Council of British Columbia, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Design Sans Frontières, Metal Arts Guild of Canada Biennial Exhibition, Design Exchange, Toronto, ON, Canada

Canadian Mosaic of Metal, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, ON, Canada

Exposition Collective, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, QC, Canada

Vancouver Metal Arts Association Show, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC, Canada

2011

YIELD, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Feature Artist, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON, Canada

2010

Art of Craft, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2009

Unity and Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Republic of Korea

Reclaim, Reuse, Renew, Atrium Art Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, United States

BC Scene, Lafrenière & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada

2008

Material Girl, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON, Canada

250 Earrings, SNAG Conference, Savannah, Georgia, United States

2007

500 Earrings, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, California, United States

Sculptural Jewellery: Multi-media, Lafreniere & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Object Toronto, Gladstone Hotel,  Toronto, ON, Canada

250 Earrings, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States

Metamorphoses, Object Design Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Curios, Solo Show, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h Bijoux d’Art, Montreal, QC, Canada 

2006

As you desire me..., Solo Show, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Feature Artist, Lafrenière & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Golden Opportunity, Web Exhibition, ethicalmetalsmiths.org

2005

Zeitgeist - Spirit of the Times, Zilberschmck Art Jewellery, Toronto, ON, Canada

100 Brooches (touring exhibition)

Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, United States

East Carolina University (ESU) School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC, United States

Bellagio, Ashville, NC, United States

Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States

2004

Format to Facet: Body Ornament West (touring exhibition)

Triangle Public Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada

Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada

200 Rings (touring exhibition)

Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, United States 

Obsidian Gallery, Tuscon, Arizona, United States

Gallery M, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Sam Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbour, Maine, United States

Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States

Metal Baskets, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI, United States

SOFA NYC, New York, United States

SOFA Chicago, Ill, United States 

Botanicals, Object Design Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2003

Heavenly Virtues Deadly Sins, Object Design Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Anti-War Medals: Artists Respond to the War (touring exhibition)

Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA, United States

Electrum Gallery, London, England

FAD, Barcelona, Spain

Festspillene i Norde-Norge, Harstad, Norway

Barents Spectacle, Kirkens, Norway

Thomas Mann’s I/O Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Stop it! Bottle Stoppers, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI, United States

SOFA, Chicago Ill., United States

SOFA, NYC, NY, United States

Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, United States

2001

101 Rings, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI, United States

SOFA, Chicago, Ill, United States

SOFA, New York City, NY, United States

The Urban Garden, Lafreniere & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Sticks and Stones, Object Design Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2000

Behind Glass (touring exhibition)

Material Matters Gallery, Metal Arts Guild, Toronto, ON, Canada

Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault St. Marie, ON, Canada

Aitken Bicentennial Exhibition Center, St. John, NB, Canada


Artist Talks

2024

Herring School Talk, Hornby Island Herring Fest, Hornby Island Community Hall, Hornby Island, BC, Canada.

2018

A Short Story About My East Van Bower and the Material of a Thousand Uses, Adorning Expression, Art of Craft Lecture Series, Craft Council of Crafted Vancouver, Annex Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2016

Hot Talks: Eastside Culture Crawl, Hot Art Wet City, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2015

Reclamation, The Art of Craft Lecture Series, Craft Council of British Columbia, Carousel Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2013

Craft and the Environment, Crafts Council of British Columbia, Vancouver Public Library Speaker Series, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2011

So Canadian!, PechaKucha, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada