CV
1986 Born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
EDUCATION
2011 Vancouver College of Art and Design, Studied Life Drawing, 3D Modelling
2007 Langara College, Diploma in Professional Photo Imaging
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 - 2020, Fine Art Imaging Consultant + Digital Retoucher, ABC Photo
2017 - 2019, VP Communications, Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators
2010 - present Principal, Cake Imagery Creative Retouching
SOLO + DUO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Codex Pacificus + Flora's Song - Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC
2022 Codex Pacificus + Flora's Song - Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
2019 Codex Pacificus, Richmond City Hall - Richmond, BC
2017 Codex Pacificus, Place des Arts - Coquitlam, BC
2015 Facades of the West Coast, Plaskett Gallery - New Westminster, BC
2014 Facades of the West Coast, Firehall Arts Centre - Vancouver, BC
2014 Influx + Exodus, Leigh Square Community Arts Village - Port Coquitlam, BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Ellas Ilustran Botánica - Fundación Cristina Enea de San Sebastián, Spain
2022 Ellas Ilustran Botánica - La Casa de Las Ciencias, Logroño, Spain
2021 Plant Parallels - Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2021 Ecological Urban Arts Exhibition - The Nature of Cities Festival (online)
2021 Changing Horizons - Burnaby Art Council (online)
2019 Collisions Festival: Invasive Systems - VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC
2018 Savour: RAGA Auction - Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2018 ADDRESS, An Assembly of Designers & Makers - Vancouver, BC
2018 Collective Noun, Ian Tan Art Gallery - Vancouver, BC
2017 Canada 150, Kimoto Gallery - Vancouver, BC
2017 ROVE, Gene Studios - Vancouver, BC
2017 Slideluck Vancouver, Beaumont Studio - Vancouver, BC
2015 Langara Photo Alumni, Langara College - Vancouver, BC
2015 It's a Sheep Show, Hot Art Wet City - Vancouver, BC
2014 Langara Photo Alumni, Langara College - Vancouver, BC
2013 Unassisted, Photo Haus - Vancouver, BC
WORKSHOPS
2023 Upcycled Jewelry Workshop - Richmond Cultural Centre, Richmond BC
2022 Crepe Paper Flora Making Workshop - Gateway Theatre, Richmond BC
2020 Graphic Design Workshop - City of Richmond, BC (online)
2020 Basket Twining Workshop - Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina SK (online)
2020 Bryophyte Terrarium - Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC (online)
2020 Make A Nursery Log - Richmond Children's Festival, Richmond, BC
2019 Data Sonification - VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC
2018 How to Photograph Your Artwork, Ferry Building Gallery - West Vancouver, BC
2018 Plant Walk, Minoru Park - Richmond, BC
2018 Basket Making Workshop, Garden City Park - Richmond, BC
2018 Tea Making, Richmond City Centre Community Centre - Richmond, BC
2018 Abstract Art Making - Richmond City Centre Community Centre - Richmond, BC
2017 Family Day, Place des Arts - Coquitlam, BC
LECTURES
2023 Ecology and Public Art, STEPS CreateSpace Public Art Forum
2022 Shaping Space: Culturally Relevant Public Spaces Roundtable
2021 Art Talk - Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC (online)
2021 Virtual Field Trip - The Nature of Cities Festival (online)
2020 Quick + Dirty Artist Talk - Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Sask. (online)
2020 RAGA Summer Youth Program, Art Talk - Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2019 Collider Cafe - Vancouver, BC
2019 Art At Work: Artist Talk - Fleetwood Library, Surrey, BC
2019 Women's Maker Meet-Up, MakerLabs - Vancouver, BC
2019 Guest Lecture, Emily Carr University - Vancouver, BC2017 Thrive Talk Minis 2 - Vancouver, BC
2014 Artist Talk: Role of Digital Technology in Contemporary Art,
Leigh Square Community Arts Village - Port Coquitlam, BC
2012 Guest Lecture, VanArts - Vancouver, BC
2011 Guest Lecture, VanArts - Vancouver, BC
AWARDS + PRESS
2022 Rewilding Art Prize - runner up - David Suzuki Foundation
2022 Photos capture mariner's eye and nature's tenacity at Gibsons gallery - Coast Reporter
2021 Segments / Oct. 12, 2021: Record Rain in Rupert - CBC Daybreak North
2021 Rain Catcher Public Art To Be Installed In Rose Park - The Squamish Reporter
2021 Squamish Arts Council - Grant recipient
2021 Drawn to Wildness - Burnaby Art Council
2020 Pushing petals: Exploring Canadian botanical art - Nature Conservancy of Canada
2020 Science Literacy Week - Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC
2020 BC Arts Council - Microgrant recipient
2019 Tunes from plant DNA - Global News
2019 Quand L’art et La Science Se Rencontrent - CBC News
2019 When Art and Science Collide - Science Borealis
2019 RBC Emerging Artist Program - Audain Museum, Whistler, BC
2019 Creative Bike Rack - Peace Arch News
2017 Prix de la Photographie, Silver Award - Nature/Flowers
2017 Applied Arts Photo Annual, Winner - Photo Manipulation
2017 The Life and Death of 10 Plants in Diptychs - Vancouver is Awesome
2016 Sony World Photography Awards, Commended
2015 Exposure Award Book
2014 Applied Arts Photo Annual, Winner - Unpublished/Personal Photography
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2022 50th Anniversary Commemorative Arch - Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby, BC
2022 What Seeds Have You Planted? - St. Andrews Wesley United Church, Vancouver, BC
2022 Cedar Cone Rain Catcher - Squamish, BC
2022 Advisory Panel for STEPS CreateSpace Public Art Forum (online)
2022-2024 Selected for Public Art Roster - New Westminster, BC
2022-2024 Selected for Mural Roster - Richmond, BC
2021 Branscombe House Artist In Residence, Artist Selection Committee - Richmond, BC
2021 Upright Glockenspiel - City Park, Langley City, BC
2021 Creative Exercise Sheets, Earth Day - City of Richmond, BC
2020 Vanguard Strata Public Art Project, Artist Selection Jury - Richmond, BC
2020 Forest Floor - Richmond Cultural Centre, Richmond BC
2019 Canada Goldenrod + Canary Grass - Richmond, BC
2019 Terra Nova Artist In Residence, Artist Selection Committee - Richmond, BC
2019 The Frasers, Bike Rack - Surrey, BC
2018 Tufted Vetch, Utility Wrap - Vancouver, BC
2018 Take Root - City Centre Community Centre - Richmond, BC
2017-2019 Selected for Art Wrap Roster - Richmond, BC
2016 Shortlisted for Vancity, Cedar Hills art commission
2016 Shortlisted for Vancity, Kitsilano art commission
RESIDENCIES
2021 VR Club - Vancouver, BC (online)
2021 Shortlisted for St. Andrews Wesley United Church Artist Residency
2021 Cassiar Cannery Residency - Port Edwards, BC
2021 STEPS CreateSpace BIPOC Public Art Residency - Toronto, ON (online)
2019 Germinate, Ayatana Artists Research Program - Gatineau Hills, Québec
2019 Tools for Women - MakerLabs - Vancouver, BC
2018 Shortlisted for Nature Park Artist Residency - Richmond, BC
2018 MEC Outdoor Nation Summit - Maple Ridge, BC