Curriculum Vitae
CV
Education
2015–2020B.F.A. School of Visual Arts in Drawing, awarded with Distinction, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB.
Awards & Scholarships
2022Indigenous Artist Award, Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards, Calgary Arts Development.
2020Liberal Studies Humanities Scholarship (in honour of Verna Reid & Pauline Butling).
Residencies
2024Red River Cart Residency, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Calgary Parks.
2024ᐊᐧᓴᑲᒪᐱᐊᐧᐠ Wasakamapiwak Collective Wearable Art Group Residency, Sparrow Artspace, Calgary AB.
2023Akunumustiǂis (Natural Law) — Ecological Engagement Through the Seasons, Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff AB.
2023Indigenous Artist in Residence, Wood Buffalo Arts Council, Fort McMurray AB.
2023Winter Artist in Residence, Women's Centre of Calgary, Calgary AB.
2022Contextural Self-Directed Summer Residency, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB.
2022Indigenous Artist in Residence, Calgary Public Library, Calgary AB.
Solo Exhibitions
2023Artist Showcase, Keyano College Art Gallery, Fort McMurray AB.
2022kaskikwatam, Calgary Central Public Library, Calgary AB.
2022akokwacikanis, Billboard 208 at The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
Group Exhibitions
2024As the River Flows and the City Grows, Lougheed House, Calgary AB.
2024ᐊᐧᓴᑲᒪᐱᐊᐧᐠ Wasakamapiwak Collective presents Wearable Art, Sparrow Artspace, Calgary AB.
2023Colouring it Forward: Honouring the Children, Sparrow Artspace, Calgary AB.
2023Ornament & Crime, “ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐢ”, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton AB.
2023Albirda: Put A Bird on It, “ᐊᐱᐢᒋ ᑲᐦᑳᑮᐢ”, Alberta Craft Council at cSPACE, Calgary AB.
2022Albirda: Put A Bird on It, “ᐊᐱᐢᒋ ᑲᐦᑳᑮᐢ”, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton AB.
2022From Our Hands, “ᒪᓴᑲᕀ / ᓇᓴᑲᕀ”, Contextural Residency Exhibition, AuArts Rm 371, Calgary AB.
2020AuArts Grad Show, “ᐊᐢᑮᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᕀ (plastic I collected while working minimum wage)”, AuArts, Calgary AB.
2019Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues, “ᐊᐧᓴᑲᒧᐣ”, Calgary Central Public Library + T.R.U.C.K. Contemporary Art, Calgary AB.
2019Drawing Department Exhibition, “ᓂᐢᑕᐧᔭᐠ”, AuArts, Calgary AB.
2019Fibre Department Exhibition, “wapos/wayan/asakay”, AuArts, Calgary AB.
2017Gathering of Stories, “Baggage”, ACAD and Portage College, Calgary and Lac La Biche AB.
Publications
2024As the River Flows and the City Grows Exhibit Guide, Lougheed House, Calgary AB.
2022akokwacikanis; adorning the land/body, printed by The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
Grants
2023/4Original People's Investment Program, Calgary Arts Development.
Juries, Boards & Committees
2024–Director of the Board, Sparrow Arts Society.
2023/4Secretary of the Board of Directors, Colouring it Forward Reconciliation Society.
2023Buffy's Wood Buffalo Arts Awards Adjudicator.
2023Indigenous Artist in Residence Selection Committee, Calgary Public Library.
2023/4Grant Assessor, Calgary Arts Development.
2019AuArts Summer Residency Assessor.
Museum Positions
2022–School Programs Facilitator, Lougheed House.
2025–Art + Nature Educator, Leighton Art Centre.
Professional & Volunteer Experience
2023Casino Fundraiser Volunteer, The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
2022/3Artist Guest Speaker, Library School grades 1–6, Calgary Central Public Library.
2022Bingo Fundraiser Volunteer, The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
2021Fall Studio Assistant to MFA candidate, University of Calgary, Calgary AB.
2019Performance Volunteer in “To Name an Other”, Jeffrey Gibson with Esker Gallery, Calgary AB.