Curricula Vitae
Education
2011
MFA in Drawing and Painting, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2007
Apprentice of master ink painter Shen Ling Xiang, Yangshuo, China
2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, University of Victoria, British Columbia
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013
Lycanthrope, Galerie Donald Browne, Montréal, QC
2012
Oblivion Monstrosus, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011
Holocene, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Montréal, QC
2010
My Minotaur, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
One Night for Echoes, The Eastern Bloc, Montréal, QC
2007
Nothing is Wasted But the Whale Itself, Truxtop Gallery, Silverlake, CA
2006
Seasons in the Sun (Fall), New General Catalog, Brooklyn, NY
Aquarium of Night, Hatch Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2004
Monsters! Monsters! Monsters! Legends Comic Shop, Victoria, BC
2003
October Blizzard, The Fifty-Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Six Ghosts Spell Unknown Alphabet, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway (forthcoming)
2012
Toronto International Art Fair, presented by L’Association des galeries d’art contemporain, Toronto, ON
Murmurer, Studio Baustelle, Berlin, Germany
Papier 2012, art fair, represented by Galerie Donald Browne, Montréal, QC
Sleep of Reason, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YK
Kauneus/Beauty, Mustarinda, Finland
The Inventory, Babel Kunst, Trondheim, Norway
2011
Scapes, Blue 5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009-11
Works On Paper Project I, II, & III, Red Bird Gallery, Montréal, QC
2010
Elimination of the Inbetween, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver, BC
The Cheaper Show No.9, Lower East Side Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Horror Vacui, Galerie McClure, Montréal, QC
2004-09
Annual Expozine Fair, Montréal, QC
2009
Les Choses en soi, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montréal, QC
Nature and Nurture, Bleicher / Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Post-card Correspondence Art, Lever Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Time Off, Art Mur, Montréal, QC
Human Botany, Julie Rico Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005-08
contributor to monthly group shows, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
The World Without Us, Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Friday Nocturnes: Think About Life, projectionist, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal, QC
Bi-Annual Brewery Art Walk, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Animalesque, Art Murmur, Los Angeles, CA
Fickle Hearts Grow Greener, Lower East Side Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Avatars of Beauty, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC
Micro Gestalt, 207 Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Micro Gestalt, Orphanage Gallery, Silver Lake, CA
Get: Art, Bonhams & Butterfields, Hollywood, CA
2006
Duotone Arts Festival, Kelowna, BC
Ergot Eryops, The Fifty-Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC
2005-06
The Max: Live Painting Show, Hangar 1018, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Bi-Annual Brewery Art Walk, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
1st Annual L.A. Arts Festival, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Banished Forever: UVic Grad Show, U. of Victoria, Victoria, BC
(self) Publish or Perish, Open Space, Victoria, BC
Drawing and Zine Exhibition, The Second Story Book Shop, Victoria, BC
2003
Animalism, The Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
2002
The Nocturne Show, The Brown House, Victoria, BC
With My First Military Pay Cheque I’m Gonna Buy an X-box, The Brown House, Victoria, BC
Exhibitions Curated
2010
The Monster Show, Gallery X, Montréal, QC
2007
Don’t Worry It’s Just the Lord, Friendship Cove, Montréal, QC
Selected Publications
2013
Ja Natuurlijk (Yes Naturally), exhibition catalogue, The Hague, Netherlands
HB, drawing magazine, Issue #2, Montréal, QC
Kauneus/Beauty, exhibition catalogue, Mustarinda, Finland
The School of Lubividska, artists catalogue, Montréal, QC
2006-13 Art for the band Holy Oak, (3 albums and 12 show posters,) Los Angeles / Montréal
2012
Foreigner, illustrations for a book of poetry by Keith Holyoak, Dos Madres Press, OH
Sleep of Reason, exhibition catalogue by Jennifer Cane, Whitehorse, YK
Babel 2011-2012, exhibition catalogue, Trondheim, Norway
Je fixais des vertiges, symposium catalogue, Baie Saint-Paul, QC
2011
The Québec Triennial 2011: The Work Ahead of Us, exhibition catalogue, Montréal, QC
2006-10 annual contributor to the 2$ Mix Tape zine, Montréal, QC
2010
My Minotaur, book of 51 drawings to accompany 51 poems by Keith Holyoak, Dos Madres Press, OH
Lettres / Letters, book of 13 book-artists, MAAM Press, Montréal, QC
Horror Vacui, exhibition catalogue, Montréal, QC
2009
Look-Look Magazine Issue 6, collage pieces from teenage treasure boxes, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Om Navon, artists catalog, Santa Monica, CA
2007
Stone Three: Songs for the Seven Eyed Goat, album art, Nottingham, UK
2006
Keith Holyoak: Decent, album art, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Mammal: Live in the Dungeon / Live in Tokyo, guitar player & album art, Victoria BC
2003-04 This Side of West Journal of Art and Literature, Victoria, BC
2003
monsters for real: eleven love letters, 260 page self-published series of eleven zines
Human Milk for Human Babies, edited by Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane, Victoria, BC
2001-03 Mind Add, published by U. of Victoria Visual Arts, Victoria, BC
2002
The Guy, 58 page self-published zine, Victoria, BC
2001
monsters for real zine, issues 1 and 2, self-published zine, BC
Teaching and Professional Experience
2012-13
Professor, Drawing 1 and Drawing 2, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
2012
Drawing workshops at Kunstnarhuset Messen, Norway, and at Mustarinda, Finland
2010-11
Teacher, Drawing 200, Concordia University, Montréal
2011
Instructor, Chinese Ink Painting: Landscape, Au Papier Japonais, Montréal
Instructor for the Walter Phillips Gallery Public Program, at the Banff Centre, AB
2010
Teacher, Intro. to Sketch, McGill University, Montréal, QC
2009-10
Teacher Assistant, Concordia University, (Assistant Prof Patrick McEown) Drawing 200/3J
2009-10
Facilitator of weekly 3-hour life drawing sessions at Concordia University, Montréal, QC
2008-09
Teacher Assistant, Concordia University, (Professor François Morelli) Painting 499
Between the Wall and the Viewer, Montréal, QC
2006
Co-founder of Pterodactyl Studio, and member of the Salt Spring Island Studio Tour, BC
2004
Co-founder of The Lift gallery in St. Henri, Montréal, QC
Gallery Representation
Galerie Donald Browne, Montréal, QC
Glass Garage Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Residencies and Symposia
2012
Je fixais des vertiges, Le 30e Symposium international d’art contemporain de Baie Saint-Paul, QC
Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale, Norway
Mustarinda, Finland
Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway
Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
2010
Figure in a Mountain Landscape (reprise), The Banff Centre, AB
2006
Seasons in the Sun (Fall), New General Catalog, Brooklyn, NY
