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Select Exhibitions:
2026 Gallery 1065, Toronto, Then & Now- a solo textile show
Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Cum Grano Salis- Elaine Whittaker
Gallery 1065, Toronto, Portrait Gallery of Canada in Bloorcourt, Toronto, Curators: Sarah Lazarovic, Jode Roberts
2025 Gallery 1065, Toronto, 1st Anniversary Show, Curator Monica Gupta
Gallery 1065, Toronto, 241- A Diptych Show, Curators: Monica Gupta, Jode Roberts , Amy Rogers
2024 Gallery 1065, Toronto, Multi Media Group Exhibition, Inaugural Exhibit, Curator: Monica Gupta
2023 Queen Elizabeth Park Community & Cultural Centre Gallery, Oakville: World of Threads Festival, Catwalk & Covid exhibits,
Curators: D. Rudman and G. Bate
Spadina Museum, Toronto, Fashion & Sustainability
Fort York Historic National Historic Site, Toronto, Spaciousness, Director: Nicky Lawrence
2022 Spadina Museum, Toronto, Dis\Mantle, Curator: Gordon Shadrach
Nuit Blanche Toronto, Spadina Museum, Step Into My Space, One Path Collective, Curator: Barb Cook
2019 Nuit Blanche Toronto, Spadina Museum, 21st Century Craft, One Path Collective, Curator: Barb Cook
Nuit Blanche Toronto, at MaRS, Transformation,
2018 Nuit Blanche Toronto, Spadina Museum, W.O.M.A.N., One Path Collective, Curator: Barb Cook
Community Art:
2021 British Textile Biennial, Blackburn Cathedral, Blackburn UK, Stitch Your Story, Curator: Jamie Chalmers (Mr X Stitch)
AGO- Portraits of Resilience, Toronto ON, Curated by: AGO Education and Programming teams
2020 25 Million Stitches, Sacramento CA US, Curator: Jennifer Kim Sohn,
Awards / Grants:
2023 Fashion History Museum, Ontario, Upcycle Challenge, First Prize for Most Wearable
2020 Yale University Press, UK, The Pocket Design Competition 2020
Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux First prize
Education / Residencies / Workshops:
NSCAD, Halifax, NS, Daily At Practice
Bachelor of Home Economics, in Clothing and Textiles, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS.
Lifetime of informal education in a whole variety of textile techniques. Some has been self-taught and my early learning at my mother’s side- including: embroidery, beading, knitting, appliqué, quilting...
Presentations / Teaching:
2026 Create a Bird in a Hoop, Workshop lead, Gallery 1065
2025 Beginners Embroidery Class, Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto
2023 Panel member, Fashion & Sustainability discussion, Spadina Museum, Toronto
2021 Basic Embroidery Class - Community Arts Guild, Scarborough
Professional Activities & Memberships
Textile Curator, Gallery 1065, Toronto
Ambiguity Originals- Co-Creator with Joanne LeBlanc
Fashion History Museum
Professional Experience:
30+ years employed by City of Toronto Museums, primarily building historic reproduction clothing. Other projects involved exhibit design and mount making as well as participation in community programming planning.