Through my studio practice, I create sculptures and installations in response to environmental and political issues. Both my art education and my history as an art therapist inform my current exploration of our human vulnerability and the dichotomy of hope and futility in the face of dispossession. I take my inspiration from nature and its potential to heal. I draw on natural sources for my materials, including branches, leaves, lichens and beeswax, in combination with plaster gauze, felted wool, and stitched textiles. I recognize that I am an uninvited guest on the traditional lands that have been cared for and stewarded for thousands of years by the Lekwungen Peoples, known today as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, and commonly referred to as Victoria, BC.
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EDUCATION and Professional Development
2019-20 Collaborative Artists’ Mentorship 8-month program, Victoria BC
2019 Metchosin Summer School of the Arts, Metchosin BC
2018 Metchosin Summer School of the Arts, Metchosin BC
2016 Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria BC
2014 Victoria College of Art, Victoria, BC
1994 BC School of Art Therapy, Victoria, BC (Graduate Diploma)
1993 Institute for Feminist Expressive Therapies, Eugene, Oregon (Graduate Certificate)
1972 George Washington University (Corcoran School of Art). Wash DC (BA in FinArts)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Open House/Open Studio Exhibitions, Rockslide Studios and Gallery, Victoria BC
2023 Open House/Open Studio Exhibitions, Rockslide Studios and Gallery, Victoria BC
2022 “Dis-Location”: Errant ArtSpace Gallery, Victoria BC
1990 “Handmade Paperworks”: In Her Image Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1990 “Wading in Stone”: Andrighetti Glassworks, Vancouver BC
1988 “Sacred Ties that Bind”: Fettucini Gallery, Vancouver BC
1988 “Taking Liberties”: Bute Street Gallery, Vancouver BC
1988 “From a Deeper Place”: Parkside Spa & Gallery, Victoria BC
THREE-PERSON EXHIBITION
2023 “parafutures”. Juried/curated by Nina Bakan, FiftyFifty Collective Gallery, Victoria BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Peace and Joy Squared”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2024 “Sleepless: Art from the Midnight Hour”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2024 “Palimpsest: the not-so-blank slate”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2024 “The Wonder of Water”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2023 “Pretty Ugly: Art Beyond Beauty”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2023 ”Look Again: A Photographic Art Show”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2023 ”The Great Forgery Show”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2023 “Iterations”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2022 “Ekphrasis”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2022 “Crossroads: Art in Response to Earth in Crisis”: ArtPod Gallery, Metchosin BC
2021 “Interlude”: Errant ArtSpace Gallery, Victoria BC
2021 “Resident Artists’ Winter Exhibit”: Errant ArtSpace Gallery, Victoria BC
2021 “Mixed Media”: ArtPod Collective Gallery, Metchosin BC
2020 “Resident Artists’ Winter Exhibit”: Errant ArtSpace Gallery, Victoria BC
1993 BC Ferries – on the ships
1991 “Resident Artists’ Final Exhibit”: Banff Centre, Banff Alberta
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 Mentorship Residency with Connie Morey: JOYA-AiR, Velez-Blanco, Spain 2 weeks
1991 Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta 3 months
AWARDS
2024 Juror’s Choice Award: “Peace & Joy”: Let Us Sit Down Together at the Table of Peace, With Those We Love and Those We Fear: ArtPod Gallery, Metchosin BC
2024 Juror’s Choice Award: “Sleepless”: Housing: Out of Reach: ArtPod Gallery, Metchosin BC
2024 Honorable Mention: “The Wonder of Water”: She Crossed the Sea: ArtPod, Metchosin BC
2023 Juror’s Choice Award: “Art Beyond Beauty”: Breath: ArtPod Gallery, Metchosin BC
2023 Peoples’ Choice Award: “Great Forgery Show”: Another View of Blue; ArtPod, Metchosin BC
2023 Juror’s Choice Award: “Look Again”: Charlie’s Trail; ArtPod Gallery, Metchosin BC
2022 Juror’s Choice Award: “Ekphrasis”: Lifeline; ArtPod Gallery, Metchosin BC
2022 Peoples’ Choice Award: “Ekphrasis”: Lifeline; ArtPod Gallery, Metchosin BC
2021 Juror’s Choice Award: “Mixed Media”: 215+; ArtPod Gallery, Metchosin BC
INTERVIEWS
2022 Exhibit Vic (with Efren Quirez)
MULTI-MEDIA VIDEO INSTALLATION
2022 Installation component of “Dis-Location” exhibition, Errant ArtSpace Gallery, Victoria BC
2023 Installation component of “Dis-Location” exhibition, FiftyFifty Collective Gallery, Victoria BC
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