EDUCATION
2006-2010 University of Toronto Mississauga Hons. B.A. Communications, Culture, Information Technology and Art & Art History, Diploma of Studio Art and Diploma of Digital Communication from Sheridan College
Fall 2010: Syracuse University MFA Art Video Candidate
AWARDS
2010 Certificate of Appreciation, University of Toronto Mississauga Accessibility Resource Centre
2009
2008
2007- Present Deans Honors List
2007 UTM Women’s Centre Fall Scholarship
2005 South Island School Awards: · Media Studies Best Film, Media Studies Academic Award, Design and Technology
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Screenings
Performance
Curation
February 2010– Present loadbang, DIY Curatorial project, Butcher Gallery, Toronto.
Exhibitions
Meadows Community Centre, Mississauga, January 16 2010.
Published
Present
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
July 2009-January 2010
Vtape Video Resource Centre Curatorial Incubator v. 7
· Themed curatorial research and presentation of anti-social video art
February- August 2009
Curatorial Internship, InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
June-August 2009
Individual research topic: New Media Art Curation, advised by Professor John Ricco, University of Toronto Mississauga.
May-August 2008
Research Opportunity Program: Digital Media Teaching initiatives, UTM, Supervised by Professor Anthony Wensley.
Winter 2009
Research Internship, Vtape Centre for Video and New Media
January 2009
Participant, UN@UTM McGill Model United Nations Conference
February-June 2008
Volunteer teaching assistant, Grade 10 Academic Art classes. Father Michael Goetz Secondary School, Mississauga.
May 2007
Textbook editing, “Understanding Human Communication” 1st Ed. for Professor Joel Moody
RELATED ACTIVITES
Present Gallery assistant, Administration and Outreach, Gallery TPW
May 14-16 2010 Artist assistant to Lyla Rye, Event documentation for curator Heather Nicol at "Art School Dismissed", Toronto.
February-April 2010
CCIT Student Advisory Committee member
March 2010
Videographer, Visiting Artist lectures: Vera Frenkel
November 2009
Introduction, Visiting Artist lectures: Geoffrey Pugen, Sheridan College.
October 2009
Photographic documentation, ScotiaBank NuitBlanche, Zone C, Curator Makiko Hara
September 2008-May 2009
Web design internship, Hunter And Cook quarterly art publication (http://www.hunterandcook.com)
May - June 2009
Volunteer gallery attendant, “awashawave”, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga.
December 2008 -April 2009
Art & Art History department representative, UTM CCIT Media Generator steering committee
January 2009
Event Volunteer, “The Gossip of Colin Campbell: Performance of Gender” Day-long symposium at Gladstone Hotel, Toronto.
December 2008
Jury member, 1st Annual Juried Photographic &New Media Show. Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga.
November 2008
Promoter, Blackwood Gallery and Reel Asian Film Festival Spotlight video artist Paul Wong reception, University of Toronto Mississauga.
Fall 2007
Freelance photojournalism, The Medium, University of Toronto Mississauga.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cullen, Lauren. UTM Women’s Centre Fall Newsletter, December 2007.
Finley, Erin. Gallery 1313 Newsletter, Winter 2008.
Sandals, Leah.
–“Duly Noted: Young folks say Frak the Internet” Unedit my heart. December 12, 2009
http://neditpasmoncoeur.blogspot.com/2009/12/duly-noted-young-art-folks-say-frak.html
Shishikura, Reina. “Tying the knot on campus” The Medium. University of Toronto Mississauga. November 2009.
Sing Tao Daily News. October 22nd 2008, Toronto.
Zhou, Yan. “Have you ever been binarized? A Review of Jennifer Chan’s Rare” January 29, 2010.
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING
September 2008
Team Leader, “UTM oUTreach” day of community service
June 2008
Tree-planter, Evergreen, Mississauga
2006 – 2008
Sex education counselor, event promoter and volunteer, UTM Sexual Education Centre
2006-2007
Volunteer, designer and event promoter, UTM Women’s Centre
2006 & 2007
Volunteer, Peel Golf Course Reforestation, “UTM oUTreach”, Brampton
Sponsored Walker, AIDS Toronto AIDS Walk, Toronto