EDUCATION:
McGill University – Master of Arts in Art History – Supervisor: Dr. Christine Ross 2020
Simon Fraser University – Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Art, Performance and Cinema Studies 2018
UBC Continuing Education – Dismantling Barriers to Inclusion within Organizations 2022
Emily Carr University of Art & Design Continuing Studies – Adobe CC for Communication Design 2021
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GALLERY EXPERIENCE:
Vancouver Art Gallery
Curatorial Assistant – Oct 2022 – present
Researching and gathering information for upcoming exhibitions; writing extended label copy; writing for exhibition publication and catalogues; project managing and liaising between Gallery-wide departments; organizing touring exhibitions; attending studio visits; acquisitions support; preparing loan letters, contracts, and agreements; and working with databases and softwares including Sketchup, STAR, Axiell, FileMaker Pro, and Raiser’s Edge.
Curatorial Assistant on the following projects:
Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change (upcoming, May 14, 2026 to January 10, 2027), curated by Eva Respini, Interim Co-CEO & Curator at Large. Featuring works from the past 25 years, this exhibition underscores the urgency and relevance of sustainability and the environment as defining issues of our time. More than 35 works across a range of media—from large-scale video installations to living sculptures—invite viewers to confront pressing questions about our shared future on this planet.
Presented across multiple floors, Future Geographies includes a newly commissioned work by Jeffrey Gibson and marks the first time several artists are exhibiting in Vancouver, including Teresita Fernández, Josh Kline, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Jean Shin and Clarissa Tossin. The exhibition also features major works by BC–based artists such as Brian Jungen, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun, connecting global issues with local specificity. Together, the works in this exhibition invite dialogue and create space for imagining.
Written in Clay: From the John David Lawrence Collection (May 25, 2025 to January 4, 2026), curated by Diana Freundl, Senior Curator, Michael J. Prokopow, Independent Curator, and Stephanie Rebick, Interim Director of Exhibitions & Publishing. Written in Clay presents a history of ceramics made in British Columbia told through the collection of John David Lawrence. Featuring approximately 200 objects, it examines the materials and processes artists utilized in relation to the context in which studio ceramics arose and developed in the region. In this exhibition, I was a contributing writer for the catalogue The Place of Objects: The John David Lawrence Collection.
Postcards from the Heart: Selections from the Brigitte and Henning Freybe Collection (Apr 18, 2025 to Oct 5, 2025), curated by Eva Respini, Interim Co-CEO & Curator at Large. The exhibition celebrates the Freybes’ contributions as patrons of the arts, collectors and longtime supporters of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Comprising a selection of more than 30 paintings, sculptures, photographs, films and works on paper, Postcards from the Heart is a tribute to the couple’s deep engagement with modern and contemporary art and reflects the depth of the Freybes’ collecting with works from the 1960s to today.
Firelei Báez (Nov 2, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025), curated by Eva Respini, Interim Co-CEO & Curator at Large. One of the most exciting painters of her generation, Báez delves into the historical narratives of the Atlantic Basin. Over the past fifteen years, she has made work that explores the multilayered explorations of the legacy of colonial histories and the African diaspora in the Caribbean and beyond. She draws on the disciplines of anthropology, geography, folklore, fantasy, science fiction and social history to unsettle categories of race, gender and nationality in her paintings, drawings and installations.
Rooted Here: Woven from the Land (Dec 16, 2023 to May 12, 2024), curated by Richard Hill, Smith Jarislowsky Senior Curator of Canadian Art, celebrates the work of four prominent local Salish weavers: qʷənat, Angela George (səlilwətaɬ/Tsleil-Waututh); Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh/Squamish); Skwetsimeltxw Willard “Buddy” Joseph (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh/Squamish); and Qwasen, Debra Sparrow (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm/Musqueam).
J.E.H. MacDonald? A Tangled Garden (Dec 16, 2023 to May 12, 2024), curated by Richard Hill, Smith Jarislowsky Senior Curator of Canadian Art. In 2015, the Vancouver Art Gallery announced the acquisition of ten previously unknown painted sketches attributed to J.E.H. MacDonald, one of Canada’s most celebrated painters and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Soon after, experts in the wider arts community began to publicly raise questions about the authenticity of the ten works. The exhibition not only provides an answer regarding whether the ten sketches can be attributed to MacDonald, but also allows visitors a rare and detailed look into how that conclusion was reached.
Conceptions of White (Sept 9, 2023 to Feb 4, 2024), curated by John G. Hampton (Mackenzie Art Gallery) and Lillian O’Brien Davis (Art Gallery of York University), coordinated at Vancouver Art Gallery by Mandy Ginson, former Associate Curator. Conceptions of White is an exhibition offering context and nuanced perspectives that help viewers grapple with contemporary configurations of White identity. The exhibition examines the origins, travel and present reality of “Whiteness” as a concept and a racial invention that classifies degrees of civility/humanity.
Fashion Fictions (May 27, 2023 to Oct 9, 2023), curated by Stephanie Rebick, Interim Director of Exhibitions & Publications, with contributing curators Amber-Dawn Bear robe and Siobhan McCracken Nixon. Fashion Fictions surveyed experimental design practices that exist at the intersection of fashion and other modes of cultural production. International in scope, the exhibition explored the increasing influence of research-based, materially driven practices on the global fashion scene, while acknowledging the proliferation of creative practices that challenge the aesthetic, material and technological conventions of fashion. In this exhibition, I was a contributing writer for the catalogue of the same name, see here.
Hard-Edge (Mar 4, 2023 to June 4, 2023), curated by Richard Hill, Smith Jarislowsky Senior Curator of Canadian Art, showcased a selection of hard-edge abstract paintings from the 1960s and 70s. The exhibition drew from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s permanent collection, featuring iconic works by artists such as Jack Bush, Roy Kiyooka, Guido Molinari, Frank Stella, Takao Tanabe and Joan Balzar, some of which were xhibited at the Gallery for the first time since their acquisition.
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Burrard Arts Foundation; Vancouver, BC
Interim Director (mat leave contract) – Oct 2021 – Oct 2022
Gallery Coordinator – May – Oct 2021
Responsible for the coordination and development of BAF’s core programs, special projects, and general organization; overseeing the budget via QuickBooks, in addition to payroll; fundraising, development, and grant writing; managing building operations; managing the Emerging Talent Committee and Board; managing part-time staff and internship program. First point of contact for gallery visitors during opening hours; maintaining the organization and cleanliness of the gallery and building; installation, deinstallation, and prep of gallery; coordination and oversight of exhibition documentation.
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Unit 17; Vancouver, BC
Gallery Assistant – June 2018 – May 2021
Writing didactic texts and press releases for the gallery; discussing the exhibitions with guests; installing and prepping the space for exhibitions; attending studio visits; updating the website and e-commerce space; applying to art fairs including Frieze New York/London and Liste Art Fair (Basel); and attending fairs including Frieze New York in 2019 and Art Toronto in 2018.
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Art Gallery at Evergreen; Coquitlam, BC
Gallery Assistant – 2017 – 2018
Organizing and executing Westminster Savings Family Days which consisted of a family-oriented art activity and exhibition tour; managing weekend volunteers; curatorial research; and assisting with exhibition installation.
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CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
One Hundred Artists Deep, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC – April 11 – June 20, 2026 – Group Exhibition – Artists: Corey Bulpitt, Andrew Dadson, Alex Gibson, Chantal Gibson, veto monteiro, Tiziana La Melia, Bill Reid, Jack Shadbolt, Gordon Smith, Manuel Axel Strain, and Isabel Wynn
Nightcrawlers, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC – July 24 – Sept 27, 2025 – Group exhibition – Artists: Sara Angelucci, Deepti Asthana, Pia Paulina Guilmoth, and Bill Jackson
In/visible, Vancouver Art Gallery; Vancouver, BC – April 19, 2024 – April 14, 2025 – Window installation – Artist: Janet Wang
Around Us, Burrard Arts Foundation; Vancouver, BC – June 30 – Aug 6, 2022 – Group exhibition co-curated with Jenn Jackson and Lucien Durey; Artists: Olga Albeleva & Shizen Jambor, Rebecca Bair, Jeff Downer, Dennis Ha & Sylvain Sailly, Jake Kimble, Katie Kozak, and Gloria Wong
a distance, a heart felt, Duplex Artist Society; Vancouver, BC – May 6 – May 25, 2022 – Solo exhibition – Artist: Eric Tkaczyk
Crudités, Capture Photography Festival, Marine Drive Station; Richmond, BC – April 1 – August 31, 2022 – Solo presentation – Artist: Svava Tergesen
future relics of our time, Equinox Gallery; Vancouver BC – Feb 19 – Mar 19, 2022 – Group exhibition – Artists: Serisa Fitz-James, Jack Kenna, and Isabel Wynn
UTOPOS, Deluge Contemporary Art; Victoria, BC – Sept 11 – Oct 10, 2020 – Two-person exhibition – Artists: Callum Monteith and Alex Tedlie-Stursberg
Green Piece, Unit 17; Vancouver, BC – Sept 28 – Nov 20, 2019 – Solo exhibition – Artist: Andrew Dadson
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Volunteer:
SFU School for the Contemporary Arts Alumni Engagement Council – Feb 2024-present
Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver – Board of Directors, Program Director – June 2024 – July 2025
Vancouver Art Gallery’s IDEA Committee – Dec 2022-present
UNIT/PITT (Vancouver, BC) – Board of Directors, Treasurer – 2021-2023
McGill Art History Graduate Student Association – Co-President – 2019/20
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ADDITIONAL ROLES / ADVISORY WORK:
City of Richmond – Public Art Tour Guide – 2025 – ongoing
Expanded Field; Vancouver, BC – Public Art Advisor – continues to advise on projects since 2024
Capture Photography Festival; Vancouver, BC – Jury Member for Anvil Centre public art commission – for the 2024 festival
BC Arts Council – Peer Assessor for Media Arts and Visual Arts Organizations – Spring 2023
Polygon Gallery; Vancouver, BC – Jury Member for Chester Fields Photo Contest – 2023
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VOLUNTEER:
Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver – Board of Directors – Programming Director – 2024 – 2025
SFU School for the Contemporary Arts – Alumni Engagement Council – elected council of 12 alumni, staff, and faculty – 2024 – present
Vancouver Art Gallery – IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility) Committee – Oct 2022 – present
UNIT/PITT Society for Art and Critical Awareness; Vancouver, BC – Board of Directors – Treasurer; Archives Committee – 2021 – 2023
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SELECT AWARDS & RESIDENCIES:
Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art: Curatorial Fellowship 2025/26
Centrum Artist Residency (Writing); Port Townsend, WA 2025
SFU Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology: Emerging Alumni Award 2022
Canada Council for the Arts: Arts Abroad Residencies Grant (declined due to my changed availbility) 2022
BC Arts Council: Individual Grant for Artists – Independent Critic/Curator 2022
Canada Council for the Arts: Professional Development Grant 2021
SSHRC: Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship 2019 – 2020
McGill Graduate Excellence Fellowship 2018 – 2020
Media @ McGill Travel Award 2019
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SELECTED TALKS:
Panel Talk Moderator with Alex Gibson and Chantal Gibson (no relation). Panel title: “Artist Approaches in Dialogue with Jack Shadbolt” corresponding with my exhibition One Hundred Artists Deep at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. Upcoming, June 6, 2026
Artist Talk Moderator: Wil Aballe. Interviewing Karin Jones on her solo exhibition, Blind Spots. Upcoming, March 29, 2026
Presenter: Simon Fraser University’s Audain Art Gallery. Presentation: “Curating in Collaboration: Artists as Interpreters of the Collection.” 2025
Co-presenter with Diana Freundl, Senior Curator at Vancouver Art Gallery. Presentation: “Curating Legacy and Looking Forward: A Conversation on Collection, Storytelling, and Emerging Visions” at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. 2025
Presenter in the panel: “Queer Photography: Affective and Contemporary Perspectives” led by Wai Chi Wong. Universities Art Association of Canada annual conference, hosted by Western University, London, ON. Paper: “Pia–Paulina Guilmoth: Queer Worlding in Rural Maine.” 2024
Presenter: Selected alumna to speak at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology convocation ceremony. 2023
Artist talk: Interviewed Sara Gulamali for her exhibition [green heart emoji] at Burrard Arts Foundation via Instagram Live for Capture Photography Festival. 2022
Guest Lecturer: Simon Fraser University CA 118 – Intro to Contemporary Art – Lecture about my exhibition, future relics of our time at Equinox Gallery. 2022
Panelist: McGill University Women in Leadership conference. 2022
Presenter: Interviewed by the Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums as a part of their Young Friend’s Council Fall Interview Series. 2021
Presenter: “Margins of Error: Otherness and the Arts” – University of Toronto’s Graduate Union of Students of Art’s Wollesen Memorial Graduate Symposium. Paper: “The Heavens in Maya Blue: Indigenous Resilience at Colonial Tecamachalco.” 2020
Presenter: “Potentials of Ecocriticism” – McGill University’s Department of Art History and Communications graduate student conference. Paper: “Artistic and Affective Strategies to Combat Solastalgia.” 2019