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EXHIBITION

2012            OCAD University Alumni Exhibition . Gladstone Hotel . Toronto, ON, CA
2010            The King + I . FOFA (Faculty of Fine Art) Gallery . Concordia University . Montréal, QC, CA
2010            CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival . Latimer & Caines . Smash . Toronto, ON, CA
2008            Re:peat Festival . New Media Platform Institute and Museum . Bitola, FYR Macedonia
2008            The8Fest: Small Guage Film Festival . Trash Palace . Toronto, ON, CA
2007             TEXT OF LIGHT Performance . NAISA/Pleasure Dome/Goethe Institute . Latvian House . Toronto, ON, CA
2007             NAISA SOUNDplay07 Installation . Videomusic Program . Gladstone Hotel . Toronto, ON, CA
2007             AGM06: Discompact . NAISA SOUNDplay06 Videomusic Program . Berlin, Germany
2007             CPH:DOX . AGM06: Discompact . NAISA SOUNDplay06 Videomusic Program . Copenhagen, Denmark
2007             Digital Long Island Media Festival . Liquid Room: Video Art . International ArtExpo07 . New York, NY, USA
2007             Liquid Room: Video Art + Architecture . International ArtExpo07 . Klaipeda, Lithuania
2006             Attitude Festival . International ArtExpo06 . Gallery Magaza . Bitola, FYR Macedonia
2006             FRAME: International Dance-Video Festival . International ArtExpo06 . Porto, Portugal
2006             NAISA SOUNDplay06 Festival . Videomusic Program . Gallery 1313 . Toronto, ON, CA
2006             Montreal Underground Film Festival . Montréal . QC, CA
2006             Alumni and Art Matters Film + Video Festival . Montréal, QC, CA
2006             River’s Edge Film Festival . International ArtExpo06 . Paducah, Kentucky, USA
2005             Winnipeg International Film Festival . Experimental Shorts Program . Winnipeg, MB, CA
2005             anyspacewhatever Montreal . Cur. Jake Moore . Winnipeg Cinematheque . Winnipeg, MB, CA
2004             York University . Subversions: New Work/New Media . Toronto, ON, CA
2003             Sueños Cortos Short Film Festival . Hecho en Canadà . Buenos Aires, Argentina
2002             Toronto International Film Festival . Perspective Canada: Short Program . Toronto, ON, CA
2002             Hollywood Underground Film Festival . Short Film Competition . San Francisco, CA, USA

AWARDS & GRANTS

2011            Grants to Film and Video Artists Program . Canada Council for the Arts
2011            Grants to Media Artists Program . Toronto Arts Council
2010            Finalist . Green Pitch Competition . Planet in Focus Film Festival
2008            Grants to Film and Video Artists Program . Canada Council for the Arts
2007            Grants to Media Artists Program . Toronto Arts Council
2007            Media Artists: Emerging . Ontario Arts Council
2004            Filmmaker Assistance Program . National Film Board of Canada
2004            The Michel Trudel Graduate Scholarship . Concordia University
2003            Emerging Artists: Film and Video Production Grant . Canada Council for the Arts
2003            De Sève Graduate Award . Concordia University
2002            Carmen Lamanna Award . Ontario College of Art & Design
2002            Ross Fletcher Film/Video Award . Ontario College of Art & Design
2001             William F. White Prize . Ontario College of Art & Design
2001            Nora E. Vaughan Award . Ontario College of Art & Design
2000            Kodak Canada Prize . Ontario College of Art & Design

EDUCATION

2005 MFA Degree . Studio Arts: Film Production . Concordia University
2002 AOCAD Diploma . Integrated Media . Ontario College of Art & Design

TEACHING APPOINTMENT

10/11

Sessional Instructor . OCAD University . INTM2B11: Animation: Origins & Techniques (Winter/Summer)
Sessional Instructor . OCAD University . GART1B06: Time Based Media (Fall/Winter)
Sessional Instructor . OCAD University . INTM3B43: Post Production Media (Fall)
Sessional Instructor . OCAD University . INTM4B25: Managing Production (Fall)
Sessional Instructor . Toronto School of Art . 405: Introduction to Video Art (Fall/Winter)
Sessional Instructor . Toronto School of Art . 406: Introduction to Final Cut Pro (Fall/Winter)

09/10

Sessional Instructor . Ontario College of Art & Design . INTM3B43: Post Production Media (Fall)
Sessional Instructor . Toronto School of Art . 405: Video Art Fundamentals (Fall/Winter)
Sessional Instructor . Toronto School of Art . 406: Final Cut Pro Essentials (Fall/Winter)

08/09

07/08

Sessional Instructor . Ontario College of Art & Design . INTM3B43: Post Production Media (Fall)
Sessional Instructor . Ontario College of Art & Design . INTM3B02: Advanced Video For Artists (Fall)
Sessional Instructor . Toronto School of Art . 406: Final Cut Pro Essentials (Fall/Winter)

06/07
Sessional Instructor . Ontario College of Art & Design . 4B17: Post Production Media (Fall)
Sessional Instructor . Art Institute of Toronto . AA103: Language of Animation & Film (Fall/Winter/Spring)

ADDITIONAL TEACHING

10/11

Advisor . Toronto School of Art . Independent Studio Program . Britt Adair
Tutorial Leader . OCAD University . GART1B06: Time Based Media (All Sections)

09/10
Advisor . Toronto School of Art . Independent Studio Program . Suzanne Reeves
Advisor . Toronto School of Art . Self-Directed Study Program . Janine Ramlochan
Workshop Instructor . Ontario College of Art & Design . Graduate Program . Visual Storytelling
Workshop Instructor . Ontario Institute for Studies in Education . 2010 JumpstART Conference . Video Sketchbook
Workshop Instructor . Ontario Society of Education Through Art . 2009 Conference . Video Sketchbook

08/09
Advisor. Toronto School of Art. Independent Studio Program . Blake Williams
Workshop Instructor. Ontario Society of Education Through Art . 2008 Conference . Visual Storytelling

05/06
Workshop Instructor . Ontario College of Art & Design . Integrated Media Program . Concepts & Aesthetics of Editing

03/04
Teaching Assistant . Concordia University . Graduate Film Production Studio 613/612 . (Prof. Marielle Nitoslawska)
Teaching Assistant . Concordia University . Undergraduate Film Production Studio 333/332 . (Prof. Roy Cross)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009            Editor & Technical Consultant . A War Within . Multi-media Installation . Dir. Massoumeh Jian
2008            Editor . My Story Is Not My Own . Experimental Film . Dir. Steve McCabe
2008            Education & Postproduction Coordinator . Trinity Square Video . Exec. Dir. Roy Mitchell (May 08 – Aug 08)
2008            Workshop Developer . Trinity Square Video . Exec. Dir. Roy Mitchell (Jan 08 – Apr 08)
2007            Digital Asset Manager + Media Digitizer . CHUM Ltd. MuchMusic Prod . Dir. Neil State (Aug 05 – Jul 07)
2007            Editor . Precious Blood . Video Installation (Nuit Blanche 07) . Dir. Noam Gonick
2006            Postproduction Supervisor . Les Négatifs de McLaren . Animation . Dir. Marie-Josée Saint-Pièrre
2006            Director & Editor . Stryker Diary . Documentary Featurette . Prod. Noam Gonick
2005            Online Editor & Colourist . The Festival, Ep. 2 . TV Series . Dir. Phil Price (IFC)
2005            Editor . A Separate Reality: Norval Morrisseau . TV Documentary (CBC Life & Times) . Dir. Paul Carvalho
2000             3rd Assistant Director . Blood River . Short Drama . Dir. Kent Monkman

RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS

2005 Digital Interfaces for Moving Image Technologies . Concordia University . Joint Fine Arts and Engineering-Computer Science Research . Dir. Marielle Nitoslawska & Dr. Tien Bui
2004 Post-Cinema Trajectories: Mapping Emergent Situations of Moving-Image Exhibition . Concordia University . CIAM – Centre interuniversitaire des arts médiatiques . Techwatch: Cinema Axis . Dir. Jean-Claude Bustros

AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

2011            Board Member . New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) . Non-profit Arts Organization (Oct 08 – present)
2011            Member . Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (Sep 02 – present)
2011            Member . Charles Street Video . Non-profit Arts Organization (May 09 – present)
2010            Artisk Talk . FOFA (Faculty of Fine Art) Gallery . Concordia University . Montréal, QC, CA
2009            Artist Talk . Intergrated Media Thesis Class . Ontario College of Art & Design
2009            Adjudicator . Integrated Media Film & Video Festival . Ontario College of Art & Design
2009            Member . Trinity Square Video . Non-profit Arts Organization (Aug 08 – Aug 09)
2008            Adjudicator . CSV/Images Residency 2008 Competition . Charles Street Video & Images Festival
2006            Artist Talk . NAISA SOUNDplay Festival 06 . Gallery 1313 . Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2006            Adjudicator . Integrated Media Film & Video Scholarships . Ontario College of Art & Design
2004            Member . Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) . Non-profit Arts Organization (May 04 – 05)

PRESS

2010            Spidle, Katelyn. ‘Concordia Artists Hold Exhibition at FOFA Gallery’. The Concordian. Montreal, QC: 19 Oct 2010 (Web)
2010            ‘Must See Shows’. Now Magazine. Vol. 29 No. 35. Toronto, ON: 29 Apr 2010 (Print)
2005            Ultrasonic Film. Hosted by James Borsa. UMFM. CJUM 101.5FM. Mar. 2005 (Radio)
2005            Duguay, Sylvain. ‘Table Ronde: Des étudiants en cinéma parlent de leur avenir’. Cinéma Québécois . Apr. 05 (Web)
2002            ‘Voyage North’. CBC Radio One. Hosted by Gerald Graham . Sept. 2002 (Radio)
2002            ‘Caines Film Enters Toronto Festival’ . The Dryden Observer . Sept. 2002 (Print)
2002            ‘Campus Beat’. Kodak Canada . Sept. 2002 (Web)
2002            ‘Rising Suns: Film’. Dojo Magazine: An Abstract Collective. Volume 0 . Issue 1 . 2002 (Print)