EDUCATION
Western University, London, ON
Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts., Studio Art
1999 – 2003
Newmarket School of Fine Arts, Newmarket
Student/Assistant teacher
1997 – 1999
SOLO EXHIBITION HISTORY
2025 – Nature’s Diversity Around Us: Rewilding Through Art, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, Scarborough, ON
2024 – Scratching the Surface, Art Gallery of Bancroft, Bancroft, ON
2022 – Biophilia in Black and White Part 2, Show Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022 – Showcase, Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA
2021 – Biophilia in Black and White, Show Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 – Untitled Exhibition, Northern District Toronto Library, Toronto, ON
2020 – Myth, Perception, and Exploration, Baka Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 – Whitevale Spring Festival Featured Artist, Whitevale Arts & Culture Centre, Whitevale, ON
GROUP EXHIBITION HISTORY
2024 – Shinrin Yoku, Etobicoke Civic Centre, Etobicoke, ON
2023 – International Nature Image Festival, ‘Biodiversity Drawing Competition’, Teatro de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal
2023 – Art Comp, Courtyard Events @ 100 Kellog Lane, London, ON
2023 – Renewal, Melt Studio + Gallery, Wellington, ON
2023 – Workman Arts ‘Being Scene’, Artscape Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, ON
2023 – Newmarket Juried Art Show 2023, Old Town Hall, Newmarket, ON
2023 – Ontario Society of Artists Emerging Artist Juried Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022 – Animals, Light Space Time Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2022 – Workman Arts ‘Being Scene’, 2104 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON
2021 – Inside-Out International Photography Exhibition, Zero Gallery, Pokhara, Nepal
2021 – International Nature Image Festival, ‘Biodiversity Drawing Competition’, Teatro de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal
2021 – November Artist Showcase, Light Space Time Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2021 – 10th Annual International Scratchboard Exhibit 2021, Steve Wilson Studio and “The Gallery”, Niagara Falls, ON
2021 – Chiaroscuro, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA
2021 – Art 4 Animals, Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA
2021 – Call of the Wild, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA
2021 – ARTBOX.Projects Barcelona 1.0, Valid World Hall, Barcelona, Spain (Semi-finalist)
2021 – Grayscale Wonderland 4, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2021 – 9th Annual International Scratchboard Society Annual Exhibition, Arizona-Sonora Desert Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2020 – ARTBOX.Projects Zurich 2.0, Zurich Main Station, Zurich, Switzerland
2020 – Dog Days, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 – Mud Needle Quill, Kubharo ki dharmsala, Andore Village, Rajasthan, India
2020 – Drawing 2020, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2020 – Algorithm 2020, The Freedom Factory, Toronto, ON
2019 – ARTBOX.PROJECTS Miami 2.0, Eduardo Lira Art Gallery, Miami, FL (Semi-finalist)
2019 – Canvas Pontiac 2019, The Treasury, Pontiac, MI
2019 – In the Wild, Beaux Arts Gallery, Brampton, ON
ART AND CRAFT SHOWS
2022 – Holiday Market, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
2022 – Workman Arts Farmers Market, TD Commons Park, Toronto
2022 – Queen West Art Crawl, Online
2022 – Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
2021 – Queen West Art Crawl, Online
2021 – Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Online for this year
2020 – Queen West Art Crawl, Online
2019 – Toronto Art Crawl Christmas Market, The Great Hall, Toronto, ON
2019 – Annex Art Party 6, 918 Bathurst, Toronto, ON
2019 – Clarington Outdoor Art Festival, The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON
2019 – Queen West Art Crawl, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, ON
2019 – Art on Main, Memorial Park, Brighton, ON
2019 – Toronto Art Crawl’s Spring Pop-Up, The Great Hall, Toronto, ON
2019 – Unison Project, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 – Untitled Exhibition, Toronto Designers Market, Toronto, ON
2018 – RUC’s Christmas Arts & Crafts Market, Roncesvalles United Church, Toronto, ON
SELECTED TALKS AND WORKSHOPS
2025 – Artist Talk, Speaker, artist talk for the opening of Nature’s Diversity Around Us: Rewilding Through Art, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
2025 – Food for the Soul: Creative Writing, Art, and Wellness, Workshop Presenter, AlbART Global Collective, Forest Hill Library
2024 – Artist Talk, Speaker, artist talk for the opening of Shirin Yoku, Etobicoke Civic Centre
2024 – Artist Talk, Speaker, artist talk for the opening of Scratching the Surface, Art Gallery of Bancroft
2022 – Wildlife Drawing Workshop Series for Children, Workshop Presenter, Artists-in-the-Library residency, Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Public Library
2022 – Scratchboard Workshop Series for Adults, Workshop Presenter, Artists-in-the-Library residency, Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Public Library
2022 –Emerging Artist Mentorship Series, Facilitator and Mentor, Artists-in-the-Library residency, Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Public Library
2022 – Open Studio Artist Talk, Speaker, Open Studio at the conclusion of the arteventura residency in Aracena, Spain
2021 – Artist Talk, Speaker, artist talk as part of the guest tours at Being Scene exhibition
2021 – Mental Health in Nature (virtual), Workshop Presenter, Big Feels: Post Radical Growth Symposium, Workman Arts
2020 – Artist Talk, Speaker, artist talk as part of the Farm Studio residency in Andore, India
2019 – Artist Talk, Speaker, artist talk as part of the Mauser EcoHouse residency in Esterillos Este, Costa Rica
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
CTV News Toronto, Jessica Smith, Interview and exhibition spotlight aired on evening news, Sept. 17th, 2025
‘New exhibition highlights the impact of local biodiversity’
The Bancroft Times, Alejandra Cervantes, Interview, July 10th, 2024
‘Scratching the Surface opens at the Art Gallery of Bancroft’
Arboreal Literary Magazine, Debut Issue, February 2023
Blue Jay of Catfish Pond was the cover art
Artistonish Magazine, Issue #23, June 2022
The Snow Monkeys of Japan was published in the issue
ArtAscent Magazine, V48 ‘Winter’, April 2021
Distinguished artist with two scratchboard pieces over two pages in ‘Winter’ issue
ArtAscent Magazine, V46 ‘Animals’, December 2020
Distinguished artist with three scratchboard pieces over four pages in ‘Animals’ issue
‘Dog Days’ Exhibition Catalogue, August 2020
Dog in Winter was included in the exhibition at the John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto
ArtAscent Magazine, V43 ‘Sensuality’, June 2020
Distinguished artist with two-page spread of photography in ‘Sensuality’ issue
Murze Magazine, Issue Ten, January/February 2020
A two-page spread of Creeping Iguana in Wildlife Art section
Murze Magazine, Issue Six, May/June 2019
Included in Social Art section
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2025
Awarded for Nature’s Diversity Around Us: Rewilding Through Art at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
Short Films Festival of Biodiversity, Vila Real, Portugal, Biodiversity Drawing Contest, 2023
One of three finalists in the Nature Drawing category
Toronto Arts Foundation Breakthrough Artist Award Finalist, 2022
One of three finalists for the 2022 edition of the Breakthrough Artist Award in Toronto
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2022
Awarded for Biophilia in Black and White at the Show Gallery
Toronto Arts Council Artists in the Library Grant, 2022
Resident artist at the New Toronto Branch, Etobicoke, from September 2022 until December 2022
Canvas Pontiac Fete de l’Art, 2021
My photograph Red-tailed Hawk, High Park, Toronto was chosen as a finalist
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2021
Awarded for 10th Annual International Scratchboard Exhibit at Steve Wilson Studios and “The Gallery”
San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center ‘Call of the Wild’ Exhibit, 2021
Creeping Iguana received an Honourable Mention
ARTBOX.Projects Barcelona 1.0, 2021
Creeping Iguana was a semi-finalist
Boynes Emerging Artist Award, 2nd Edition, 2020
The Tiger Swims at Night won 3rd place
Tall Sequoia Gallery ‘Artists of the World’ exhibit, 2020
Widowmaker of the Savanna won Best in Show in the Traditional Art category
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2020
Awarded for Myth, Perception, and Exploration exhibition at Baka Gallery
ARTBOX.Projects Miami 2.0, 2019
Dog in Winter was a semi-finalist
Nanci Christopher Photography Grant, 2019
Residency Costs were covered for the Mauser EcoHouse Art Residency
Canvas Pontiac Fete de l’Art, 2019
Dog in Winter won 3rd place in the Handcrafted category
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2003-2006
Visual Arts Ontario
2019-2021
Craft Ontario
2019 – present
Neighbourhood Arts Network
Workman Arts
2020 – present
International Society of Scratchboard Artists – active member
COMPLETED AND UPCOMING RESIDENCIES
August, 2026
Electro-etching master instructional residency
Arquetopia
Puebla, Mexico
July – Aug., 2025
Resident artist
Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, Scarborough, Canada
Sept.-Dec., 2022
Artists-in-the-Library
New Toronto Branch, Etobicoke, Canada
March, 2022
Resident artist
Arteventura
Aracena, Spain
February, 2020
Resident artist
Farm Studio
Andore, Rajasthan, India
September, 2019
Resident artist
Mauser EcoHouse
Esterillos Este, Costa Rica
Winner of Nanci Christopher photography grant
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2026 – Gallery Attendant, Being Scene, Workman Arts, Toronto, ON
2025 – Gallery Attendant, Lingering Echoes, Workman Arts, Toronto, ON
2025 – Juror, Yearly Exhibition Applications, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, Scarborough, ON
2025 – Gallery Attendant, Tending to What Remains, Workman Arts, Toronto, ON
2024 – Moss wall artist, The Indoor Forest, Toronto, ON
2024 – Juror, Boynes Artist Award, 11th Edition, Melbourne, AUS
LICENSING
“The Wise Simian”, “Snowfall at Night”, and “The Myth Maker”
— Royal Brush Manufacturing, Inc.
Licensed these three works for use in Scratchboard Art Activity Sets. All rights to images remain my own.
COLLECTIONS
“Wide-Eyed Cat”
Scratchboard work, Private Collection, Toronto, ON
“Revenant”
Scratchboard work, Private Collection, Newmarket, ON
“My Eyes Have Seen You”
Scratchboard work, Private Collection, Dublin, IRE
“The Once and Future King”, “The Magnificent”, and “The Curious Raccoon”
Scratchboard work, Private Collection, Brighton, ON
“West Highland Cow”, “The Sly Elk”, “Bohol Tarsier”, and “High Park Zoo Llama”
Scratchboard work, Private Collections, Donated for High Park Zoo Fundraiser silent auctions
COMMISSIONS
“O Full of Scorpions is my Mind” and “Lion Cub”
Scratchboard work, Toronto, ON
“Beneath the Waves the Sea Turtle Swims”
Scratchboard work, Orangeville, ON
“Winnie”
Scratchboard work, Dartmouth, NS
“Olive”
Scratchboard work, Toronto, ON
CURATING
“Book Arts and Other Projects: Collecting in the Site of Production”
— ArtLab Gallery, London, ON
Co-curator and co-coordinator with Jamelie Hassan