1980 Born and raised, St. Andrew, Jamaica, W.I.
Currently based in Waterloo, ON, Canada
EDUCATION
2003 Bachelor of Architecture, (5 year degree)
New York Institute of Technology, NY, NY, USA
Graduated with Honours, Nu Ypsilon Tau Honour Society
RESIDENCY
2024 AGO X RBC Artist in Residence, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
EXHIBITIONS
Solo (unless noted)
2024 Look, Window Exhibition, Design TO 2024, Toronto, ON
2023 Beyond the Bead (2-person Show), Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery (CCGG),
Waterloo, ON
2023 Shelter II, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2023 Embodying Femininity, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2023 Value Shift (Inflection Points), Rotunda, Kitchener City Hall, Waterloo, ON
2023 Inheritance, Berlin Tower ARTSPACE, Kitchener City Hall, Waterloo, ON
2023 Woven Steel, Design TO 2023, Toronto, ON
2022 of Wood and Water, Homer Watson House and Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Group Shows - Featured Artist
2023 Embrace II, Lumen Festival, City of Waterloo at CCGG, Waterloo, ON
2023 Joy Expo Art Exhibition, Gaslight District, Cambridge, ON
2019 Season 1, The Paris Bohemian Gallery, Paris, ON
2017 Nominees’ Gallery, (international juried competition) Bridge’s Math Art
Conference, UW, Waterloo, ON
2017 PLN Art Show, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener, ON
2017 Spontaneity, UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2016 New Perspectives, UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Other Group Shows
2017 ReArt, UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Natural Beauty, UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Colour Spectrum, UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2016 Floral Fantasy, UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Celebration, UpTown Gallery, Waterloo, ON
ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE (full-time selection)
2008-2009 Junior Architect, Thomas Dolan Architecture, Oakland, CA USA
2006-2008 Job Captain/Project Manager, Live Edge LLC, Oakland, CA, USA
2003-2006 Intern Architect, Siris/Coombs Architects, New York, NY, USA
2002-2003 Model-Maker, World Trade Centre Competition Finalist, Peterson/Littenberg Architects
GRANTS AWARDED
2023 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Concept to Realization
2023 Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects
2022 Region of Waterloo Arts Fund
2022 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Concept to Realization
2022 Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Creation Projects
2021 Region of Waterloo Arts Fund
2021 Pat the Dog Microgrant
2021 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Concept to Realization
2021 AGO, Artists Support Initiative
2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Originals
BOARD/COLLECTIVE/COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER SERVICE
2023-Present Region of Waterloo Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC)
2023-Present KW Weavers and Spinners Guild (KWWS)
2019-Present CAFKA (Contemporary Arts Forum Kitchener and Area),
Chair of the Board of Directors (2021-Present),
Chair of the Programming Committee (2020-2021),
CAFKA is an artist-run non-profit organization dedicated to the exhibition of free public art throughout the Waterloo Region.
2016-Present KW Artists Co-op, an ad hoc collective of local KW artists that shares a workspace, organizes and hosts art events, markets/exhibitions throughout the year in the space.
2016-2017 UpTown Gallery Waterloo, an artist-run gallery dedicated to regular curated exhibitions and workshops by its members.
OTHER VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2018 KWAC’s Pop-Up Art Shows, Organizer, provided a venue and mentorship, free of charge, for the first solo show of three emerging KW artists. Waterloo, ON
OTHER HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1998-2003 Awarded Theodore K. Steele Scholarship for all 5 years of study
2000 Founder and Editor-in-Chief of NYIT’s Manhattan Campus Newspaper
1999 Inducted into the Nu Ypsilon Tau Honour Society, NYIT
