Education
BFA 2006: Fine Arts (Sculpture) Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University.
MFA 2011: (Fiber and Material Studies) School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo Exhibitions
2021: The Photographer’s Shadow: Claugh-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College (Memphis, TN) My Own Personal Ghost: The Lilley Museum of Art (Reno, NV)
2020: Gyre: Kleefield Contemporary (Long Beach, CA)
2019: A Mouth Shaped Room: Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (Milwaukee, WI)
2018: Zodiac: Gardiner Museum (Toronto, ON)
A Fear of Unknown Origin: Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend, WI)
2016: My Own Personal Ghost: John Michael Kohler Art Center (Sheboygan, WI)
Holder: MKG127 (Toronto, ON)
2015: Birds in Paradise: MKG127 (Toronto, ON)
The Sum and the Parts: Allen Preibe Gallery (University of Wisconsin. Oshkosh, WI)
2014: Entre Le Chien et le Loup: St. Mary’s Art Gallery (Halifax, NS)
In Paradise The Butchers Daughter (Detroit, MI)
Plateau South Bend Museum of Art (South Bend, IN)
Entre Le Chien et le Loup: Art Gallery of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON)
2013: Entre Le Chien et le Loup: Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto, ON)
Entre Le Chien et le Loup: Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (Kitchener, ON)
Entre Le Chien et le Loup: Kenderdine Art Gallery (Saskatoon, SK)
When Aura is Made: ARTSPACE (Peterborough, ON)
2012: Better, Still: Antenna Gallery (New Orleans, LA)
Sturm und Drang (Storm and Urge): MKG127 (Toronto, ON)
2011: David R. Harper; The Quiet Life: The Butchers Daughter (Ferndale, MI)
The Look and Feel of a Real Wood Stove: Contemporary Zoological Conservatory (Toronto, ON)
2010: The Albatross: Swimming Pool Project Space (Chicago, IL)
Skin and Bone: Textile Museum of Canada (Toronto, ON)
Noblesse Oblige: MKG127 (Toronto, ON)
Atlas: Art Gallery of Acadia University (Wolfville, NS)
2009: The Gathering: ODD Gallery (Dawson City, YK)
The last to Win: Stride Gallery (Calgary, AB),
Watching Nature: Gallery 1313 (Toronto, ON)
2007: Corium & Hart: Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton, NB)
2005: Un-Natural History: Anna Leonowens Gallery (Halifax, NS)
Two Person Exhibitions
2014: Chimera: Craft Ontario Gallery (Toronto, ON)
2013: Animal/ Artifact Dittmar Memorial Gallery (Evanston, IL)
2005: Two and Two together: Anna Leonowens Gallery (Halifax, NS)
Group Exhibitions
2020: State of the Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR)
2018: The Future of Craft (Part 1): Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY)
Classic Beauty; 20th Century Artists on Classical [Greek] Form: Providence College Art Gallery (Providence, RI)
2017: Cultural Topographies: Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (Waterloo, ON)
In Some Far Place: The Rooms (St. John’s, NL)
2016: Wisconsin Triennial: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (Madison, WI)
2015: Material Fix: John Michael Kohler Art Center (Sheboygan, WI)
Threshold: Charles Allis Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI)
String Along: Antenna Gallery (New Orleans, LA)
Oh, Canada: Glenbow Museum (Calgary, AB)
RBC Peoples Choice Award: Gardiner Museum (Toronto,ON)
2014: Oh, Canada: Owens Art Gallery (Moncton, NB)
Porcelain: Division Gallery (Toronto, ON)
RBC Peoples Choice Award: Gardiner Museum (Toronto, ON)
2013: Porcelain: Art Mur (Montreal, QC)
True North: Harbourfront Centre (Toronto, ON)
Worked: ATHICA (Athens, GA)
2012: Builders: National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
Oh Canada: MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA)
Animal Nature: Racine Art Museum (Racine, WI)
Skin: Seduction of Surface: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax, NS)
Materials, Molds and Multiples: Kohler Arts Center (Kohler, WI)
2011: Inspiration Information: The Maas Building Gallery (Philadelphia, PA)
The World is Not a Calm Place: Sullivan Gallery (Chicago, IL)
Experience is Never Unattached: Sullivan Gallery (Chicago, IL)
2010: A Fickle Existence: Sullivan Gallery (Chicago, IL)
HRM Contemporary Visual Art Award: Shortlist Exhibition (Halifax, NS)
Just Act Natural: Studio 22 (Kingston, ON)
Around the Frayed Edges: Agnes Jamieson Gallery (Minden, ON)
New Insight: Curator Susanne Ghez, Art Chicago: Merchandise Mart (Chicago, IL)
2009: Showcase ’09: Cambridge Galleries (Cambridge, ON)
Man’s Ruin: Art Gallery of Mississauga (Mississauga, ON)
Here & Now: Cape Breton Center for Craft and Design (Cape Breton, NB)
2008: Exalted Beings: Animal Relationships: Dalhousie University Art Gallery (Halifax, NS)
Pictured: Image and Object in Contemporary Canadian Sculpture: Art Gallery of Yarmouth (Yarmouth, NS)
2007: Pictured: Image and Object in Contemporary Canadian Sculpture: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax, NS)
2005: Sculpture: What is: Anna Leonowens Gallery (Halifax, NS)
Mutations in the Garden of Earthly Delight: Gateway park, Pier 21 (Halifax, NS)
Art port Contemporary: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax, NS)
Collections
Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY)
Gardiner Museum (Toronto, ON)
MOCA Madison (Madison, WI)
Racine Art Museum (Racine, WI)
Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, NY)
Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, CA)
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)
National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
Museum of Wisconsin Art (West Bend, WI)
University of Nevada, Reno Art Gallery (Reno, NV)
John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI)
Providence College Art Gallery (Providence, RI)
Kohler Company (Kohler, WI)
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (Kitchener, ON)
Scrap Metal (Toronto, ON)
Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa, ON)
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax, NS)
Acadia University Art Gallery (Wolfville, NS)
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (Guelph, ON)
Residencies
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency (Winter 2016)
Bemis Center For Contemporary Art (Fall/ Winter 2014)
Kohler Arts and Industry Artist in Residence (Winter 2014)
Kohler Arts and Industry Artist in Residence (Winter 2012)
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Artist in Residence (Fall 2008)
Awards/ Scholarships/ Grants
2018: Canada Council for the Arts: Project Grant to Visual Artists
2015: Canada Council for the Arts: Long Term Grants to visual Artists
2014: Efroymson Family Fund Fellowship
2014: RBC Gardener Museum Emerging Artist Award Short List
2013 Sobey Art Award Long List
2012 Canada Council for the Arts: Creation Grant
2012 Illinois Arts Council: Creation Grant
2009 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Trustee Scholarship
2008 Visual Arts Nova Scotia Mayors Award
2008 Nova Scotia Tourism/Culture/Heritage Creation Grant
2007 Nova Scotia Tourism/Culture/Heritage Creation Grant
2004 David Lanier: Big Hat No Cattle Sculpture Scholarship