Curriculum Vitae
UPCOMING
2022 Fugitive Rituals. Curator. Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Kingston, Canada
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Super Queer Supper (SQS). Collaboration with Lisa Myers. Toronto, Canada
2018 breathing room. South Asian Visual Art Centre (SAVAC). Toronto, Canada
2018 heavy air that holds us together. (Performance) FADO & Gardiner Museum. Toronto, Canada
2018 Art of Propagation: Living Spirits. (Performative Lecture) Museum Of Contemporary Art. Toronto, Canada
2017 Human Acts. (Performance) articule. Montreal, Canada. June 23rd, 2017, 7PM
2016 miijim for time beings. Collaboration with Lisa Myers. Gendai Gallery/ Artscape Gibraltar Point. Toronto, Canada
2015 Haunting In The Flesh. Artscape Gibraltar Point: Winter Island Artist in Residence. Toronto, Canada
2015 Mythical Consumption. Being Generations, Toronto, Canada
2009 Dreams Piled on Air & Light. Solo Exhibition. DeLeon White Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2009 Dreams Piled On Air & Light V.2. Solo Exhibition. Gales Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2005 cookie cutter project. Duo Exhibition. 64 Steps Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Vessels. Curated by Suzanne Carte. Art Gallery of Burlington, Canada
2018 TSG: Say my name. Curated by Syrus Marcus Ware. Gladstone Hotel. Canada
2017 Every. Now. Then. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada. Curated by Andrew Hunter & Anique Jordan. June 28, 2017 - Dec 10, 2017.
2017 Consumed. OCAD University Gallery. Toronto, Canada. Curated by Emily Cluett. April 6 – 8, 2017.
2017 Living Well. Toronto Design Offsite Festival at the Craft Ontario Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2014 Haihatus International. Taidelaitos Haihatus. Joutsa, Finland
2011 Unstationary Station. Curated by Olexander Wlasenko. Station Gallery. Whitby, Canada
2011 Cult of the Contemporary. Xpace. Toronto, Canada
2010 Thanatopolis Exhibition: 2010 as KS3 Collective. I-Park. East Haddam, CT. USA
2010 Parkdale Showcase 2010. Skywalk as KS3 Collective. Parkdale Film Festival. Toronto, Canada
2010 Bungalow Colony. Curated by Daisuke Takeya & Siya Chen. Gendai Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2010 PostCommodity: Sprit Abuse & Summer Institute Open House, Plug In Institute of Contemporary of Art. Winnipeg, Canada
2009 Inquire Within. Curated by Arpi Kovacs. Loop Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2009 Emerging Sculptors Show. The Sculptors Society of Canada. Toronto, Canada
2009 Mobile Architecture: Drawing with Light. Nathan Philip Square, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Toronto, Canada
2008 Line Art Auction. Curated by Sharon Switzer; Nomination by Wendy Coburn. Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Canada
2008 Love, Us. Xpace. Toronto, Canada
2008 Under Construction. Curated by Stuart Reid. Gales Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2005 The Shelf Project. C1 Art Space. Toronto, Canada
2005 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Nathan Philip Square. Toronto, Canada
2005 10th Annual Juried Graduating Student Exhibition. Sculptors Society of Canada at John B. Aird. Toronto, Canada
2005 Annual Exhibition. Ontario College of Art & Design. Toronto, Canada
2005 GO WEST. Gladstone Hotel. Toronto, Canada
2003 Evidence. Virus Arts Gallery & Objectorium. Toronto, Canada
CURATORIAL & RELEVANT EXPERIENCES
2020-present Programming Advisory Committee, Humber College. Etobicoke, Canada
2018-2021 Curator, Public Programming & Learning. Toronto Biennial of the Art. Canada
2020-21 Fellowship: Talent to Lead Program. Cultural Human Resources Council, Canada
2020 Curatorial Advisory, Durham Art Gallery. Durham, Canada
2019 TELLINGS. Co-curation with Maiko Tanaka. Trinity Square Video. Toronto, Canada
2019 Peer jury member: Animating historical sites. Toronto Arts Council
2018 Jury member. Mayworks Festival. Toronto, Canada
2018 Board of Directors. C Magazine. Toronto, Canada
2017-18 Fellowship: Toronto Arts Council Leaders Lab. Toronto Arts Council & Banff Centre, Canada
2016-2018 Manager of Artist & Community Activation. The Theatre Centre. Toronto, Canada
2012-2014 Programming Coordinator. Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Toronto, Canada
WORKSHOP/ PANEL/ ARTIST TALKS
2019 Cultural Community Expo. OCAD University. February 27, 2019
2017 Artist Talk with Yen-Chao Lin (Atelier Céladon). articule, Montreal, Canada. June 23, 2017
2017 How Objects Condition Relations. (June 17). Toronto Book Art Fair/ Art Metropole. Curated & moderated by Nasrin Himada.
2017 ArtWORK. (March 5, 2017) University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2016 OUT In The Kitchen: February. Egale Youth Outreach Counselling Centre, Toronto, Canada
2015 Alchemy, Magic: Rice Wine Making Workshop. Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, Canada
2015 A Handmade Assembly. A workshop and panel discussion on handmade practice and on the intersection of art and food.
Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
2010 Artist Talks: Bungalow Colony. Gendai Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2010 Workshop: Interviews. Gendai Gallery, Toronto, Canada
RESIDENCY
2020 Artist in Residence: Ceramic studio. Art Gallery of Burlington. Burlington, Canada
2017 Toronto Arts Council's Leaders Lab. Toronto Arts Council in collaboration with the Banff Centre
2017 April Residency: Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. Seoul, South Korea. April 1-12, 2017.
2015 Artscape Gibraltar Point: Winter Island Artist in Residence. Toronto, Canada
2015 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency. July-August, 2015. Toronto Island, ON, Canada
2015 Being Generation Artist Residency. April, 2015. Toronto, ON, Canada
2015 Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT, USA
2014 Haihatus Artist Residency 2014. Haihatus Art Center. Joutsa, Finland
2010 Summer Institute Session 1 : Postcommodity. Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art. Winnipeg, Canada
PRESS
2017 Canada Revisited at the Art Gallery of Ontario. 'Every. Now. Then.' exhibition review by Murray Whyte. Toronto Star (July 3, 2017)
2017 CKUT 90.3 Radio interview
2014 ‘Kaiki Maailman Meret’. Exhibition review by Esa Jokinen. Keskisuomalainen newspaper. (April 8, 2014)
2014 ‘Haihatuksen Residenssi Puhkesi kukkan’. Exhibition review by Esa Arvekari. Itä-Häme newspaper (April 7, 2014)
PUBLICATIONS/ EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2017 Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood. Art Gallery of Ontario.
2016 MMMMM Gendai Kitchen. Gendai Gallery.
2010 Thanatopolis I-Park Conference: 2010 as KS3 Collective. I-Park. East Haddam, CT. USA
2010 Bungalow Colony. Exhibition Essays by Siya Chen & Daisuke Takeya
2009 Inquire Within. Exhibition Essay written by the curator, Arpi Kovacs
2009 Love, Us. Exhibition Catalogue. Curated by Stuart Reid
AWARDS/ GRANTS/ SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Visual Artist Creation Project. Ontario Arts Council
2018 Exhibition Assistance Grant. Ontario Arts Council
2017 Visual Artist Grant: Emerging. Ontario Arts Council
2017 Theatre Creators Reserve: Harbourfront Centre. Ontario Arts Council
2017 Exhibition Assistance Grant. Ontario Arts Council
2015 Exhibition Assistance Grant. Ontario Arts Council
2015 Artist Grant. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, USA
2010 Exhibition Assistance Grant. Ontario Arts Council
2007 Graduate Entrance Scholarship. Graduate Scholarship. York University, Toronto, Canada
2005 Sculpture Installation Faculty Award. Year 4 Scholarships. Ontario College of Art & Design, Canada
2005 MST Bronze Sculpture Award.10th Annual Graduating Student Exhibition. Sculptors Society of Canada
2003 Dr. Eugene A. Poggetto Award. Year 3 Scholarships. Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada