Curriculum Vitae

Selected Exhibitions

2024

• Animals: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver​​​​​​​

2023

• Signature Exhibition: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• North Vancouver Art Crawl, home studio, West Vancouver
• On the Edge Exhibition: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• Annual International Mail-In Art Exhibition: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• Harmony Arts Group Exhibition, West Vancouver.
• Six Inquiries: Small group show, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver
• Solo exhibition, North Shore Unitarian Church, West Vancouver

 2022

• Oil and Water, South Delta Artists' Guild: Juried Group Show, Tsawwassen, BC
• Mixed Exhibition: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• Annual International Representational Exhibition: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• Harmony Arts Group Exhibition, West Vancouver.
• Shape and Form: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• Small Exhibition: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouve
• Signature Exhibition: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• North Vancouver Arts Council, juried Art Rental programme and exhibition

 2021

• Private Show: CC Violin Cafe, West Vancouver
• Concept: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• Signature Exhibition: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• North Vancouver Arts Council, juried Art Rental programme and exhibition
• Society of Canadian Artists, Ottawa: 2021 OPEN INTERNATIONAL ONLINE JURIED EXHIBITION 
• Out of the Box: Community group show, West Vancouver Arts Council
• Artist’s Choice: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• Works on Paper: juried group show, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver

2020

• Artavita International Online Art Contest and Exhibition: Covid Dreams
• Anonymous Show, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver
• North Vancouver Arts Council, juried Art Rental programme and exhibition
• North Vancouver Art Crawl, home studio, West Vancouver.
• Figures in Movement: juried online exhibition, Langley Arts Council
• Limitless, Small Artwork, Crisis: juried group shows, Federation Gallery, Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA), Vancouver
• Distant Together and The Art of Resilience, online group shows, West Vancouver Arts Council

 2014 -2019

• Variety of juried group shows each year, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver
• North Vancouver Art Crawl, Copping Street Studio, North Vancouver
• Anonymous Show, CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver.
• Love in Many Languages, Group Show, Ferry Building Gallery, District of West Vancouver. Juried entry.
• Solo Exhibition, Cornerstone Bistro, North Vancouver.
• Solo exhibition at CC Violin, West Vancouver.
• Solo Exhibition, Corner Cup Coffee Shop, Vancouver
• Animal Farm at CityScape Community Art Space, North Vancouver. Juried entry.
• Childhood Expressions. Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver. Show with two other artists. 
• December in the Gallery, Hycroft Gallery, University Women’s Club, Vancouver. Joint show with one other artist.
• Oil and Water Juried Show, South Delta Artist’s Guild, Tsawwassen
• Harmony Arts Community Art Show, Ambleside, West Vancouver

  Distinctions

• First Place for "On the Edge" exhibition, Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver, 2023
• Third Place for "Signature" exhibition (Phone Flip), Federation Gallery, FCA, Vancouver, 2023
• Honourable Mention for "Mixed" exhibition (Clave Rhythm) Federation of Canadian Artists, 2022
• Honourable Mention for "Concept" exhibition (Memento Mori) Federation of Canadian Artists, 2021
• Finalist in Artavita International Online Art Contest and Exhibition: Covid Dreams, 2021
• Silver Medal Winner (Little Secrets), Federation of Canadian Artists Signature Medal Exhibition, 2019
• Associate Member level status awarded by the Federation of Canadian Artists, 2019
• Second Place for the “Canvas Unbound” exhibition (Looking Down), Federation of Canadian Artists,  2019.
• Second Place for the “AIRE 2018” exhibition (Dream Catcher), Federation of Canadian Artists, 2018.
• Second Place for the “Summer Showcase” exhibition (Happy in Havana, mixed media portrait), Federation of Canadian Artists, 2018.
• Honourable Mention for the “Mix” show, for mixed media portrait, Federation of Canadian Artists, 2017.
• Honourable Mention for the 2015 Sketch exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, 2015.
• Second Prize ribbon for Figurative work, semi-professional category. NSAG juried show (by FCA). Brushstrokes Gallery, Lonsdale Quay, 2014.

  Education

• Figurative Painting: week long workshop with Jeffrey Hein, Scottsdale Artists' School, 2024
• Figurative Painting: week long workshop with Milt Kobayashi, Scottsdale Artists' School, 2023
• Essentials of Figure/Portrait Painting and Figure Drawing with Harvey Chan, Canvas Method, Vancouver, 2023
• Plein Air Painting workshops with Sheree Jones and Gaye Adams, Vancouver, 2021 and 2022
• Colour, Light and Narrative: the Portrait, with Ricky Mujica, Terracotta, (Online), 2022
• Colour Theory with Jason Patrick Jenkins, Studio Incaminati, Philadelphia (online), 2021
• The Finished Portrait with Seth Haverkamp, Protege Atelier, (online), 2021
• Creative Figure Painting with Justin Ogilvie, Canvas Method, Vancouver, 2021
• Creating Still Life Florals that are not Still” with Kathy Anderson, Scottsdale Artists' School (online), 2021
• Painting the Dog as Fine Art with Johanne Mangi, Scottsdale Artists' School (online), 2021
• Academy of Realist Art Toronto, Figure Drawing (Online), 2021
• Anatomy Crash Course with Rey Bustos, LAAFA (Online), 2021
• Master Techniques in Portrait Painting with Christina Ramos, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (online), 2020
• Online workshops with Robert Liberace on the human form, 2020 and 2021.
• Two-week workshop in portraiture with Martinho Correia, 2018.
• Intensive, multi-day workshops with portrait artists Casey Childs, Dominique Medici, Elizabeth Zanzinger and David Gray, 2018-2019.
• In-studio mentorship with Dene Croft, 2016 and 2017.
• Week-long workshop in portraiture with Cesar Santos, 2016. 
• Oil Painting workshops and other Continuing Education courses over the past 20 years through various programmes in BC and Switzerland including sessional classes in drawing, watercolour, acrylic, and Chinese watercolour. (Instructors include David Goatly, Michael Britton, Deborah Tilby, Leanne Christie, Frank Townsley, Lalita Hamill, Lisa Visagie, Melinda Wilde, Drew Young, Brent Lynch, Gaye Adams, Maria Josenhans, Domink Modlinski, Jay Senetchko. Jaquie Manning, Leslie Redhead, Homa Eftekhar, Betty Woo, Zoe Evamy, Marney Rose-Edge, Alfonso Tejada and Roger Watt) 
• Emily Car University, Drawing 200.
• Two years towards Bachelor of Fine Arts at University of British Columbia, theory and studio (transferred and completed BA in International Relations in 1989

   Professional Affiliations

• Member of the Federation of Canadian Artist since 2014; Associate Member status awarded in 2019
• Member of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council since 2015
• Member of the West Vancouver Community Arts Council since 2017
• Member of the North Shore Artists' Guild: 2012-2019