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Education
2015-2020 B.F.A. School of Visual Arts in Drawing, awarded with Distinction, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB.
Awards and Scholarships
2022 Indigenous Artist Award, Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards, Calgary Arts Development.
2020 Liberal Studies Humanities Scholarship (in Honour of Verna Reid & Pauline Butling).
Residencies
2024 ᐊᐧᓴᑲᒪᐱᐊᐧᐠ Wasakamapiwak Collective Wearable Art Group Residency, Sparrow Artspace, Calgary AB.
2023 Akunumustiǂis (Natural Law)-Ecological Engagement Through the Seasons, Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff AB.
2023 Indigenous Artist in Residence, Wood Buffalo Arts Council, Fort McMurray AB.
2023 Winter Artist in Residence, Women’s Centre of Calgary, Calgary AB.
2022 Contextural Self-Directed Summer Residency, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary AB.
2022 Indigenous Artist in Residence, Calgary Pubic Library, Calgary AB.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Artist Showcase, Keyano College Art Gallery, Fort McMurray AB.
2022 kaskikwatam, Calgary Central Public Library, Calgary AB.
2022 akokwacikanis, Bilboard 208 at The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
Group Exhibitions
2024 ᐊᐧᓴᑲᒪᐱᐊᐧᐠ Wasakamapiwak Collective presents Wearable Art at Sparrow Artspace, Calgary AB.
2023 Colouring it Forward: Honouring the Children at Sparrow Artspace, Calgary AB.
2023 Ornament & Crime, "ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᐢ", Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton AB.
2023 Albirda: Put A Bird on It, “ᐊᐱᐢᒋ ᑲᐦᑳᑮᐢ”, Alberta Craft Council at cSPACE, Calgary, AB.
2022 Albirda: Put A Bird on It, “ᐊᐱᐢᒋ ᑲᐦᑳᑮᐢ”, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton AB.
2022 From Our Hands, "ᒪᓴᑲᕀ / ᓇᓴᑲᕀ", Contextural Residency Exhibition, AuArts Rm 371, Calgary AB.
2020 AuArts Grad Show, “ᐊᐢᑮᐃᐧ ᐱᒥᕀ (plastic I collected while working minimum wage)”, AuArts, Calgary AB.
2019 Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues, “ᐊᐧᓴᑲᒧᐣ” Calgary Central Public Library + T.R.U.C.K. Contemporary Art, Calgary AB.
2019 Drawing Department Exhibition “ᓂᐢᑕᐧᔭᐠ”, AuArts, Calgary AB.
2019 Fibre Department Exhibition “wapos/wayan/asakay”, AuArts, Calgary AB.
2017 Gathering of Stories, “Baggage”, ACAD and Portage College, Calgary and Lac La Biche AB.
Publications
2022 akokwacikanis; adorning the land/body, printed by The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
Professional and Volunteer Experience
2023-4 Lougheed House School Programs Facilitator, grades 1-6, Lougheed House, Calgary AB.
2023 Casino Fundraiser Volunteer, The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
2022-23 Artist Guest Speaker, Library School grades 1-6, Calgary Central Public Library.
2022 Bingo Fundraiser Volunteer, The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
2021 Fall Studio Assistant to MFA candidate, University of Calgary, Calgary AB.
2019 Performance Volunteer in “To Name an Other”, Jeffrey Gibson with Esker Gallery, Calgary AB.
Workshops
2024 Daisy Chains for Family Day at Lougheed House
Permanent Fish Scale Community Artwork with the Genesis Centre/Saddletown Library.
2023 Mini Fibre Landscapes Workshop, Wood Buffalo Arts Council, Fort McMurray AB.
Fish Scale Art on Birchwood Workshop, Wood Buffalo Arts Council, Anzac AB.
Living Treasures: Métis Fingerweaving for Beginners (all ages), Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota, USA.
Métis Trapper’s Tent Beading Workshop, Metis Nation Region 3 & City of Calgary.
Beading Floral Pins, Women's Centre of Calgary.
Beading Earrings, Women's Centre of Calgary.
Fish Scale Art, Women's Centre of Calgary.
Beading Daisy Chains, all ages, Calgary Central Public Library
2022 June- Medicine Bag Workshop: Sunalta Community Hub - all ages
May- Brick Stitch Beading @ Teen Zone, Calgary Central Public Library
April- Make a beaded tassel, ages 10+, Calgary Central Public Library.
March-Lets make a Bead Blanket: Diamond Patches in Peyote Stitch, Calgary Central Public Library.
Design & Consultation
2023 Métis Trappers Tent; Interior floral photo frame designs, MNA & City of Calgary.
7 unique frame designs inspired by traditional floral beadwork
2022 Remembered: The Story of Métis Children at St. Joseph’s-Dunbow Industrial School at Calgary Central Public Library
set of 10 colouring page designs featuring Michif language
9 exhibition reflection questions for the public
Juries, Boards & Comittees
2023-4 Secretary of the Board of Directors, Colouring it Forward Reconciliation Society
2023 Buffy’s: Wood Buffalo Arts Awards Adjudicator, Wood Buffalo Arts Council
2023 Indigenous Artist In Residence 2023 Selection committee, Calgary Public Library
2023 Grant Assessor, Calgary Arts Development
2019 AuArts Summer Residency Assessor
Grants
2023/4 Original People’s Investment Program, Calgary Arts Development.