2010 Burnaby Public Library, The Inevitable Intrusion of Circumstance, Vancouver, Canada
SELECTED 2 AND 3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS & SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Portland, Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver
2011 Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2010 G20 Summit with Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, Canada
2010 Art Toronto with Art Gallery of Ontario Art Rental and Sales Gallery
2009 Nuit Blanche with Art Gallery of Ontario Art Rental and Sales Gallery
2009 Art Gallery of Ontario Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Construct, Toronto, Canada
2009 Transit Gallery, 4 Painters, Hamilton, Canada
2009 XEXE Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008 Peak Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005-8 XEXE Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002-8 Transit Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
2005-7 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2006 Arts in the Workplace: Investors Group Exhibition 2006, Toronto, Canada
2004-5 Wellington Gallery, Aurora, Canada
2002 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2001-2 Toronto International Art Fair, Canada
2001 Art Miami, Miami USA
2000 Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2000 Artcore Gallery New Media, Toronto, Canada
2000 Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Canada 3 Perspectives, Venice, Italy
2000 Art Miami, Miami, USA
2000 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
1999 Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1999 Sumice International Photo Exhibition, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1999 Artcore Gallery Encore Artcore, Toronto, Canada
1999 Society Of Canadian Artists Countdown To The Millennium, Toronto, Canada
1999 Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999 Artcore Gallery, Prima Materia, Toronto, Canada
1998 Trius Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1998 Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1997 Mati Gallery, Katerini, Greece
1997 Del Bello Gallery Bas-Reliefs, Toronto, Canada
1995-6 Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1996 Art Gallery Of Hamilton High Winds On The Skyway, Hamilton, Canada
1995 International Arts Center, Hiroshima, Japan
1995 Chrysa Gallery, Katerini, Greece
1993 Carnegie Gallery On The Edge, Dundas, Canada
1993 Dofasco Gallery, Dundas, Canada
1993 The Hamilton Artists Inc. Genesis, Hamilton, Canada
1992 Art Gallery of McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
1992 Broadway Gallery On The Edge, Hamilton, Canada
1992 Zenagogue Compound, Hamilton, Canada
1992 Hammer Gallery Tozman, Hammond, Varey, Hamilton, Canada
1991 Grant Gallery Three Artists, Hamilton, Canada
1991 Hamilton Press Club Local Works With Photographs, Hamilton, Canada
1991 Hamilton Go Station Go Show, Hamilton, Canada
1990 McMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2011 The Donovan Collection
2011 Collection of Olga Korper
2010 Collection of Bell Canada
2009 Collection of Miriam Shiell
2006-8 Visiting Artist, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
2004 Collection of Wilfred Laurier University
2001 Collection of the Vancouver Stock Exchange, Vancouver, Canada
2001 Collection of McCullough, O%u2019Connor, Irwin, Vancouver, Canada
1999 Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Grant
1998 Visiting Artist - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
1993 Curator - Compound%u2019s Exhibition %u201CGenesis%u201D, Hamilton Artist's Inc.
1993 Member of the Hamilton Artists Inc. Curatorial Committee
1992-3 Co-ordinator of the Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Canada
1992 Curator - Compound%u2019s Exhibition, Hamilton Creative Arts Building
1992 Curator - Compound%u2019s Exhibition, The Zenagogue Gallery, Hamilton
1992 Visiting Artist - McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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