Artist Statement

The main focus of my work is the intuitive apprehension of space and the relationship between perception and physical presence.

Over the past five years I have worked in a number of mediums, continuously examining the relationship between sensory experience and the codes and perceptual habits we use to transform our experiences into knowledge. My emphasis on objects that actualize this moment of transition has made me particularly attuned to optical illusion, anomalies and reversals, and negative space.

Mathematics, physics, and architecture have provided important points of reference for the development of the central concerns of my artwork. The writings of [science historian] Alan Lightman on Einstein's theory of relativity along with architect Peter Eisenman's explorations of surfaces and spatial volumes full of incongruous details have been particularly significant inspirations. The philosophical reflections of Gaston Bachelard have also provided a powerful influence on my thinking about space and its relationship to memory and imagination.

Two practices characterize my explorations of the relationship between the visible and the invisible: shadow painting, and flat space sculptures. The first involves using pigment, soot, floor wax etc. to take an impression of light at a specific moment in time. In addition to responding to the specific qualities of the site, these projects make a comment on the singularity of each perceptual event.

Sculpturally my work is based on an exploration of surface as it relates to shapes or forms. The frontal preoccupation of my sculptural work is a response to our culture's preoccupation with the aestheticism of surfaces and the display of objects. The sculptures hold a similar relationship to architecture’s own emphasis on the decorative facade.

The use of 2 dimensional materials to create 3 dimensional objects highlights the role of human imagination in the construction of the complex world we inhabit while the object's relationship to the realm of the everyday underscore the miraculous quality inherent within some of our most banal experiences.

 

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Curriculum Vitae

 

EXHIBITIONS

2008
COME UP TO MY ROOM: 02/08. Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON.

2007
Rambler Rebel: 10/07. Ministry of the Interior, Toronto, ON.
MEDIA FESTIVAL: 06/07. NFB, Toronto, ON.
Home Sweet Home: 05/07, Center for Culture & Leisure, Toronto, ON.

2006
ALUCINE FESTIVAL : 10 – 11/06. The Museum of Modern Art ,
The Universidad Central in Bogotá, Universidad del Valle, The Universidad Nacional in Cali, The Centro Colombo Americano in Medellín, Colombia.
ALUCINE FESTIVAL: 09/06. Cultural Centre Funceb. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
REHAB: 07/06. Parkdale Community Center, Toronto ON.
Halcyon Days: 02/06: Mercer Union, Toronto ON.

2005
POT-MODERN: 08/05: Zsa Zsa, Toronto ON.
WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE CAN’T BE 2GETHER: 02-03/05
69 Pender, Vancouver BC
COME UP TO MY ROOM: 02/05. The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON.

2004
ART IN THE HALLS: 09/04. Artsweek at 401 Richmond, Toronto ON.
ELECTRIK EYE: 08/04. Sis Boom Bah, Toronto ON.
NIGHT TIME GRAFFITI: 06/04. Natural Light, Toronto ON.
HIGH NOON: 05/04. Site specific performance downtown, Toronto ON.
MY NAME IS: 03/04. Satchel gallery, Toronto ON.
INSTANT COFFEE STENCIL LAUNCH: 02/04. Art Metropole,
Toronto ON.

2003
ALCHEMY AND MYSTICISM #2: 08–10/04
Urban Disco trailer, Toronto, ON. Kitchener, ON. NYC NY.
THE MICHAEL JACKSON PROJECTS: 08/03. Zsa Zsa, Toronto ON.
INSTANT GRATIFICATION: 05/03. Art Metropole, Toronto ON.
FOOLS: 04/03. Florence Street Projects, Toronto ON.
THE INSTANT COFFEE SHOW: 01/03. Zsa Zsa, Toronto ON.

2002
IF I HAD A HI FI: 12/02. Mercer Union, Toronto ON.
ARTRAGEOUS 2: 10 – 11/02. Illingworth kerr Gallery, Calgary AB.
REWARD: 10/02. Emmedia, Calgary AB.
SMALL WORLD SHOW: 10/02. Sis Boom Bah, Toronto ON.
CORNER STALL: 06/02. The Parkade Gallery, Calgary AB.
TO BE CONTINUED: 03/02. Art Park, Calgary AB.
FINAL ACTS OF LOVE; 01–02/02. The Truck Gallery, Calgary AB.
BOXING PRELUDE: 01/02. Art Park, Calgary AB.

2001
NATURAL DISASTERS: 11/01. The other Gallery, Banff AB.
FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN: 10–11/01. Art Gallery of Calgary,
Calgary AB.
RED AND READY: 09/01. Site Specific, Saskatoon SK.
THE CHASE: 08/01. Art park, Calgary AB.
HOW TO HELIX: 05/01. The New Gallery, Calgary AB.
HEARING PAIRED: 02–03/01. The Stride Gallery, Calgary AB.
ARTRAGEOUS: 10 –11/01. The Illingworth Kerr, Calgary AB.

COLLECTIONS

A SET MAKES TWO: private, Calgary AB. 03
CLASSIC DART: private, Calgary AB. 03
ARE YOU HERE: private, Edmonton AB. 02
OR HERE: private, Edmonton AB. 02