Education

2010 MFA in Studio Art, Dept. of Fiber and Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. (Beg. Fall 2008).

2004 BFA With Distinction, Concordia University, Montréal, QC., Canada.   Double Major in Studio Arts, Religion. Concentrations:   Fibres, Eastern Religions.

Awards

2008-2010

Full Trustee Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dept. of Fiber and Material Studies.

2007

Conseil des Arts & Lettres du Québec, Type 'B' Travel Grant.

2005

Finalist, International Video and Digital Arts Competition, Girona, Spain.

2004   

"Art Network and Virtual Cities," Artist Residency, Studio XX, Montréal, QC.

The Ada Lovelace Award, Fibres Area, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.

Valedictorian for Multi-Faith Convocation, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.

Special Projects Grant, Art Matters Festival, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.

2003    

Award of Achievement, Religion Dept., Concordia University, Montréal, QC.          

Selected Exhibitions/Festivals/Features

2007-2008

"Pricked: Extreme Embroidery," Museum of Arts & Design, New York, New York. Group Exhibition.   Curated by David Revere McFadden.   *Catalogue.

2007

"BIG little FIBRE fibre," Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. Group Exhibition.   Juried by Chris Mitchell and Helena Frei.

"All About Lies," Port Izmir Contemporary Art Festival, Izmir, Turkey.   Group Exhibition. Curated by Selda Asal.          

2006   

"Fibreworks '06," Biennal Exhibition of Canadian Contemporary Fibre Art, Cambridge Galleries, Ontario, Canada. Juried by Aggie Beynon, Heidi Overhill, and Vessna Perunovich.  

HTMlles 07e "Peripheries + Proximites:   Eastern Bearing Tour," Sofia, Bulgaria; Belgrade, Serbia; Istanbul, Turkey.   Curated by Kyd Campbell.   *Catalogue.

"All About Lies," Apartment Project, Istanbul, Turkey.   Group Exhibition. Curated by Selda Asal.

2005   

VAD   International Video and Digital Arts Festival, Girona, Spain.

Fonlad On-Line Festival of Digital Arts, Coimbra, Portugal.   Presented at the Tesaurus Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

{{prog:ME}}   Festival of Electronic Media, Brazil.   Presented at the Centro Cultural Telemar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.   *Catalogue.

07e HTMlles International Biennale of Cyberart, Montréal, Canada.   Presented at the Monument Nationale. Curated by Karen Wong.   *Catalogue.

Art's Birthday, Studio XX, Montréal, Canada.

"Reverie: Noise City." Produced by the Western Front Society and aaeol, Vancouver, Canada.

Year Zero One, On-line Feature. Curated by Michelle Kasprszak.

Pendu Gallery, Brooklyn, U.S.A., On-line Feature.  

New Media Artproject Network, Cologne, Germany. On-line Feature.

SCAN Gallery, Journal of Media Arts Culture, Sydney, Australia.   On-line Feature.

"100 Lies," Samplesize, Toronto, Canada.   On-line Feature.  

2004   

"In Between/Lies, Lies, Lies..." VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada. (Two person exhibition with Soonok Min)

"Interactions," Galerie Fokus, Montréal, Canada.   Group Exhibition.   Curated by          Klara Pokrzywko.

"Inter_re_active," as a part of "Art Matters Festival," VAV Gallery, Montréal, Canada.   Group Exhibition.   Curated by Allison Moore.

"The First Kiss," Mobilivre/Bookmobile, North American Tour.

2003

"Spool," Bain St. Michel, Montréal, Canada. Group Exhibition.

"i don't know why but i like you," Mobilivre/Bookmobile, North American tour.

Selected Bibliography

2008

Jordan, Courtney. "Not Your Grandma's Needlework." Smithsonian.com, 9 April, 2008.   

Dinoto, Andrea.   "Pricked:   Extreme Embroidery."   American Craft Magazine,   February/March 2008.

Sood, Sheena. "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery."   Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, February 2008.

2007

Elder, Gaye.   "Pricked:   Extreme Embroidery."   Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot               Magazine, Winter 2007/2008.

Camhi, Leslie. "Let's Get Stitched." The Village Voice, 20 November, 2007.

Roalf, Peggy. "Not Your Grandma's Embroidery." DART Design Arts Daily, 13 November, 2007.

Lewis, Joe. "BIG FIBRE little fibre." fQaroundtown: Fibrequarterly, 02 November, 2007.

Forsey, Richelle.   "Big fiber, little fiber." BlogTO, 12 October, 2007.

Sardone, Andrew. "Textile Tip," NOW Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 6, 11-17 October, 2007.

2006    

Bose, Pablo. "Thumbpins," UnderCurrents Journal of Critical Environmental Studies, Vol. 15, Spring 2006.

2005    

Walker, Valerie. & Cotic, Anita. Producers. "Emily Hermant."   XX Files, CKUT 90.3 FM Radio, 12 January, 2005 & 16 February, 2005.       

2004    

"Int (er re) act with your curiosities," The Link, Student-run Newspaper, 16 March, 2004.

Gombay, Katherine.    Producer. "Art Matters Festival Highlights."   ArtTalks, CBC Radio Two, 9 March, 2004.

"Art, Art, everywhere!" The Link, Student-run Newspaper, 02 March, 2004.

Professional Experience

2007    

Artist presentation, "Lies, lies, lies...," Museum of Arts & Design, New York.

Panelist, "Pricked: Extreme Embroidery," Museum of Arts & Design, New York.

Selection Committee, Studio XX, Montréal, Canada.

Administrative Assistant, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

2006    

Portfolio Assistant, Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

2005   

Artist presentation and website launch for, "The Lies Project," Studio XX, Montréal, Canada.

Freelance print designer for textiles, Montréal, Canada. (On-going.)