Custom 2019- Stellar by RAW Artists, Mod Club, Toronto, ON 2019- Ground Exhibition, Sheridan College's Creative Campus Galleries (Oakville, ON) 2019- Residency TO, Only One Gallery (Toronto, ON) 2018- Recap, VUCO ArtSpace (Toronto, ON) 2018- Treefort Gallery, Treefort Music Fest (Boise, ID) 2017- Archiving Spatial Unconsciousness, VUCO ArtSpace (Toronto, ON) 2017- Grow Op, Gladstone Hotel (Toronto, ON) 2017- Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better, Window Space at Xpace Cultural Centre (Toronto, ON) 2016- 21st Annual Juried Student Sculpture Exhibition, The Canadian Sculpture Centre (Toronto, ON) 2016- 101 GradEX, OCADU (Toronto, ON) 2016- Interference, Lonsdale Gallery (Toronto, ON) 2015- Brinks Bash, OCADU Brinks Building (Toronto, ON) 2012- 2013- Betwixt & Between, Pearson International Airport (Terminal 1) (Toronto, ON) 2012 - Betwixt & Between, Living Arts Centre Resident Artist Exhibition (Mississauga, ON) 2011- The Shape of Things, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery (Toronto, ON) 2011- Glass Inside Out, Sheridan College of Art & Design Gallery (Oakville, ON) 2011- Glass Under Glass, Royal Botanical Gardens (Burlington, ON) 2010- Controlled Burn, Ontario Crafts Council Gallery (Toronto, ON) 2010- GASS Conference (Seattle, WA) 2010- Appleby College Fall Fair (Oakville, ON) 2009- Glass Inside Out, Sheridan College of Art & Design Gallery (Oakville, ON) 2008- Glass Inside Out, Sheridan College of Art & Design Gallery (Oakville, ON) 2021- ConNextions "Stronger Together", Westwood Park, Toronto, ON 2019- Artist hired by the Town of Oakville to Animate Oakville Children's Festival Culture Booth (Oakville, ON) 2019- Find Your Element art Facilitator and Events Coordinator, Cultural Hotspot and UrbanArts (Toronto, ON) 2019- Created an interactive art installation for Kidsfort, Treefort Music Fest (Boise, ID) 2018- Designed and Creator of Aurora Early Learning Centres PLAYStations (Aurora, ON) 2018- Guest Artist for Akin Collective’s Earth Day Community Clean Up (Toronto, ON) 2018- Guest artist for Kidsfort Nature Weaving Installation, Treefort Music Fest (Boise, ID) 2017- Mount Dennis Community Garden Collective (Toronto, ON) 2017- MCM6 Public Display for UrbanArts (Toronto, ON) 2017- Set Design and Prop Maker for Charb Arts Annual Jr Dance Recital (Toronto, ON) 2017- Youth Supervisor for Humber River and Pan Am Path Murals with UrbanArts (Toronto, ON) 2016- Set Design and Prop Maker for Charb Arts Annual Jr Dance Recital (Toronto, ON) 2016- Mosaic artist for TTC Coxwell Station installation, Artist working for Cristina Delago (Toronto, ON) 2015- Set Design and Prop Maker for Charb Arts Annual Jr Dance Recital (Toronto, ON) 2014-2015- Markham Village Community Centre Installation, Assistant to Douglas Walker (Markham, ON) 2019- Climate Arts Award Recipient 2019- CAO award for Teamwork for QEPCC Cultural Team, Town of Oakville 2019- Recipient of Arts Abroad Grant through Canada Council for the Arts 2017- OALA Ground Award Recipient 2016- Annual Fundraising Event, Xpace Cultural Centre 2011- ARTbeats Gala and Reception, Mississauga Arts Council (Donated Sculpture) 2011- The Masonic Foundation of Canada Bursary 2010- Youth Spirit Award (Designed, Created, and Donated Award) 2010- Children’s Award, United Way (Designed, Created, and Donated Award) 2021- Studio H International Artist Residency, Metchosin, BECAUSE 2021- Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON 2019- Summer Arts Residency for Find Your Element Project, Toronto,ON 2011-2012- The Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON 2020- Developed all virtual art based programming for the year for Charb Arts Studios 2019- Artist in the classroom workshop series at Fern Ave Public School (Toronto, ON) 2019- Find Your Element (Earth) Workshops (Toronto, ON) 2018 - Art Facilitator for Orde Street Public School (Toronto, ON) 2018 - Youth Workshop Facilitator for 22q11 for Sick Kids Conference (Toronto, ON) 2018- Guest Artist for Kids Come First Summer Camp (Toronto, ON) 2018- Summer Camp Program Coordinator/Supervisor for Charb Arts Studios (Toronto, ON) 2018- Guest Speaker for Treefort Gallery "Artist Lecture Series", Treefort Music Fest (Boise, ID) 2017- TDSB Art workshops within Fern Ave Public School (Toronto, ON) 2017- TDSB Art workshops within Fern Ave Public School (Toronto, ON) 2017- Youth Supervisor for Urban Arts Community Murals (Toronto, ON) 2017- UrbanArts SummerArts Camp Program Coordinator/Supervisor (Toronto, ON) 2017- TDSB Art workshops within Fern Ave Public School (Toronto, ON) 2017- Developed Children’s Art Courses for At Risk Youth at UrbanArts (Toronto,ON) 2016- Guest Artist Lecture at Sheridan College (Oakville, ON) 2015- Sculpture and Installation Information Session at OCADU (Toronto, ON) 2014- Eco-Art and Sustainability Summer Course for Children, Charb Arts (Toronto, ON) 2013- Eco-Art Camp for Children, Smock Cafe (Toronto, ON) 2012- Eco-Art Camp for Children, Smock Cafe (Toronto, ON) 2012-2016- OCADU (Toronto, ON), Sculpture and Installation (Obtained BFA) 2008-2011- Sheridan College (Oakville, ON), Crafts and Design- Glass Studio (Obtained Advanced Diploma) Town of Oakville 2018- 2020 Studio Assistant and School and Group Visit Coordinator (QEPCC) Avenue Road Arts School 2018- Present Art Instructor Fern Ave Public School 2016-2018 Artist in the Classroom UrbanArts Community Arts Council 2016- 2018 Program Coordinator East End Arts Toronto 2016 Artist working under Cristina Delago for Cowell Station TTC Commission OCADU 2016 Nora Vaughan Thesis Gallery Monitor Assistant to Artist Douglas Walker 2015 Helped to create a large scale installation for Markham's Community Centre Charb Arts 2014-2020 Art Director/ Children's Art Facilitator Art Gallery of Ontario(AGO) 2015 Visitor Services Representative Universal Art Supplies 2012 Course Designer and Teacher The Living Arts Centre 2011-2012 Resident Artist Assistant The Living Arts Centre 2011-2012 Substitute Art Teacher The Living Arts Centre 2011-2012 Assistant to Artist Alex Anagnostou The Old OrchardChildren’s Centre Summer 2011 Weekly Summer Art Course Designer and Teacher Dundas Valley School ofArt 2007 Executive Director Assistant Dundas Valley School of Art 2008-2010 TeacherAssistant 2019- High Five Certified, Healthy Child Development- Quest 2 2018- High Five Certified, Healthy Child Development 2018- CLEAR Police Check 2017- CPR & First Aid Certified My online portfolio was created using Format.Melanie Billark
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