EDUCATION
2022-2024 Master of Visual Studies, Curatorial Studies, University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty of Landscape, Architecture and Design
2019 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual and Critical Studies, with Distinction, OCAD University, Toronto
CURATORIAL
2025 404_not_found, Vector Festival Flagship Exhibition, Inter/Access, Toronto (forthcoming)
2025 Queer Multiples, Art Metropole, Toronto
2025 Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances, Libby Leshgold Gallery, Vancouver BC
2024 Some kind of we, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph ON
2024 Robert Flack: Eternal Transcendent, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph ON
2024 Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto
2023-2024 Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts, Jackman Humanities Institute and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto
2023 in the hole, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, co-curated with Silverfish
2022 You're Always Coming When I'm Going, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, co-curated with Silverfish and the AHGSA
2021 Proof 27, Gallery 44, Toronto
2021 gendertrash from hell: to heaven, Vtape, Toronto, as Crocus Collective
2021 this house, made and mended by unbelonging hands, Riverdale Hub Gallery, Toronto, as Crocus Collective
2021 Unfamiliar Resemblance, solo exhibition of Devon Pryce, Riverdale Hub Gallery, Toronto
2021 realms where they breathe deeply, solo exhibition of kaya joan, Riverdale Hub Gallery, Toronto
2021 Stitching You Into the Seams, solo exhibition of Gillian Toliver, Riverdale Hub Gallery, Toronto
2020 now that the artifice is dissolved, Hearth, Toronto, co-curated with mg hamilton and Sameen Mahboubi
2020 the body as a fever dream, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
2019 NODES Gallery Pop Up, Port Sandfield, co-curated with Rikki Kimacovich
2018 Frutti, OCAD University, Toronto, co-curated with Dana Feldman
2018 Emulsion II, 14 Bonifacio Lupi Studios, Florence, Italy, co-curated with Dana Feldman and Sarah Juliet Nadler
2017 Emulsion, 14 Bonifacio Lupi Studios, Florence, Italy, co-curated with Dana Feldman and Sarah Juliet Nadler
PUBLICATIONS
2025 "Queer Dis/Appearance in the Colonial Archive: Censorship, Punitive Surveillance, and Colonial State-Building," Art Documentation, Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
2025 "Constellations: Images Festival 2025" (essay), C Magazine, Toronto
2023 “G.B. Jones” (review), Cornelia Magazine, Buffalo, NY
2022 "Fantastic Futures: Cosplay in the Works of Phil Lý and Marissa Sean Cruz" (essay), Function Magazine, Issue 23, Toronto
2021 "Ongoing Legacies of Transmisogyny" (feature), C Magazine, Issue 149, Toronto
2020 "Influencer Identity and Apocalyptic Prophecy" (review), Peripheral Review, Toronto
2020 Letter to the Editor, C Magazine, Toronto
2019 "Camille Rojas" (review), Canadian Art, Toronto
2019 "Lil Miquela" (review), Journal of Curatorial Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, Toronto
2019 "Rendering Difference in the Artscape Youngplace Career Launchers Photography Exhibition" (review), The Artist & The Viewer, Toronto
2019 "Fabricating Authority: Personified Anonymity in the Work of Jim Joe" (thesis abstract), Journal of Visual & Critical Studies, Toronto
2017 "Street Art and Fine Art: Kim Dorland’s Wall" (essay), OCAD U BA Annual, Toronto
EDITORIAL PROJECTS
2025 Edge Theory, Silverfish, Editorial Committee
2022 Silverfish 003: Hole, Editorial Committee
2022 Silverfish 002: Transition, Co-editor
2020 Silverfish 001: Cyborgities, Co-editor
2019 Roundtable Residency Exhibition Publication: Resistance, Co-editor
2019 The Journal of Visual and Critical Studies, Editorial Committee
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Strada Statale 696, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
2021-2022 Strada Statale 696, Mock Jungle in partnership with the Municipality of Bologna and Trinity Square Video, Bologna, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2023 I Am My Own Ghost, Images Festival, Toronto
2022 VRTO, OCAD University, Toronto
2021 Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival, Hamilton Artists Inc. and The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
2020 Moving Ether Way, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
2019 Video Fever, Trinity Square Video, Toronto
2018 Publications+, Ignite Gallery, Toronto
2018 Frutti, OCAD University, Toronto
2018 Emulsion II, 14 Bonifacio Lupi, Florence, Italy
2017 Emulsion, 14 Bonifacio Lupi, Florence, Italy
RESIDENCIES
2021 Vtape Curatorial Incubator v.17: "On the Other Side – It's Heaven", Toronto
2020 Momus Emerging Critics Residency, Toronto
2020 Subtle Technologies Curatorial Mentorship Program, Toronto
2019-2020 Rosalie Sharp Pavilion Career Launcher Residency, OCAD University, Toronto
2017-2018 OCAD University Florence Off-Campus Studies Program, Florence, Italy
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators, Art Gallery of Guelph
2024 Gerd Muesham Award, Art Libraries Society of North America
2023 Komala Prabhakar Graduate Student Endowment Fund, University of Toronto
2023-2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto
2022-2023 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant, University of Toronto
2022-2024 University of Toronto Fellowship, University of Toronto
2019 Medal in Visual and Critical Studies, OCAD University
2019 Nora E. Vaughan Award, OCAD University
2019 Visual and Critical Studies 4th Year Writing Award, OCAD University
2017 Project 31 Peter Porcal Memorial Scholarship, OCAD University
2015 Foundation Board Scholarship, OCAD University
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
2025 the blueprint Publication Launch, Panelist, McMaster University, Hamilton ON
2024 Sexualities, Genders and Social Change Program, Graduate Seminar, Guest Lecturer, University of Guelph, Guelph
2024 Contemporary Art – Art History, Guest Lecturer, Western University, London ON
2024 Critical Curatorial Studies Undergraduate Seminar, Visiting Scholar, School of the Arts, McMaster University, Hamilton
2024 "Queer Dis/Appearance in the Colonial Archive: Censorship, Punitive Surveillance, and Colonial State-Building," Presenter, Art Libraries Society of North America Conference, Pittsburgh, USA
2024 "Cassils, MVS Proseminar," Moderator, Daniels' Faculty, University of Toronto
2024 "Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts: Artistic Responses to Archival Absence," Presenter, Queer and Trans Art as Knowledge Mobilization, Critical Digital Humanities Initiative, University of Toronto
2024 "Disappearance in Queer and Trans Archives: Artistic Responses to Archival Absence," Presenter, Sex Salon, Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto
2023 "Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts Exhibition Tour," Presenter, Contretemps: Wollesen Memorial Graduate Symposium, University of Toronto
2023 "Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts Exhibition Tour," Presenter, Jackman Humanities Institute Fellows' Lunch, University of Toronto
2023 "Transforming Value Within Art Publication Collecting Organizations," Presenter, Art Libraries Society of North America Conference, Mexico City, Mexico
2023 Visual Strategies Undergraduate Seminar, Guest Lecturer, University of Toronto, Toronto
2022 Visual Strategies Undergraduate Seminar, Guest Lecturer, University of Toronto, Toronto
2022 "Art, Social Justice, and Curatorial Practice," Guest Speaker, West End Alternative Secondary School, Toronto
2021 Visual Culture and Sexualities Graduate Seminar, Guest Lecturer, York University, Toronto
2019 Visual & Critical Studies Thesis Symposium, Presenter, OCAD University, Toronto
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS
2025 "Artists at the Core," Panelist, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
2025 "The Plus Project," Speaker, Lamton Kent District School Board, Lambton Kent ON
2025 "Trans Opacity Classroom," Organizer and Speaker, Libby Leshgold Gallery, Vancouver BC
2024 "Curatorial Walkthrough: Some kind of we," Speaker, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph ON
2024 "Learning From Collections," Panelist, Vancouver Art Book Fair Symposium, Vancouver
2024 Breakout Artists Tour, Tour Leader, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto
2024 "Queer Art and Resistance," Workshop Facilitator, University of Toronto SCSU
2024 "Joint Curatorial Tour with Dallas Fellini," Speaker, The Art Museum at the University of Toronto
2023 "Remembering Trans Histories," Speaker, Daniels Faculty of Landscape, Architecture and Design, University of Toronto
2023 "ONSTAGE/OFFSTAGE Curatorial Talk," Speaker, The ArQuives, Toronto
2023 Emerging Digital Artist Awards Jury, Guest Juror, EQ Bank and Trinity Square Video, Toronto
2023 Inner Queerals: Outer Ink, Workshop Facilitator, CGAC, Toronto
2021 Exhibitions Programming Committee Jury, Guest Juror, Gallery 44, Toronto
2021 Folio Forum, Reviewer, Gallery 44, Toronto
2021 JVCS Alumni Workshop, Speaker, Journal of Visual and Critical Studies, Toronto
2020 Curatorial Curiosities Panel: Blended Practices, Panelist, OCAD University, Toronto
2020 Peripheral Review Sunday Summer Reading Series, Guest Artist, Peripheral Review, Toronto
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
2024-Present Curator of Programs & Distribution Manager, Art Metropole, Toronto
2019-Present Co-Director, Silverfish, Toronto
2021-2024 Collection, Inventory & Distribution Assistant, Art Metropole, Toronto
2022-2023 Teaching Assistant, JAV120 Visual Concepts, University of Toronto, Toronto
2022-2023 Research Assistant for Dr. Mitchell Akiyama, Toronto
2019-2025 Community Engagement Committee, The ArQuives, Toronto
2020-2021 Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, Riverdale Hub Gallery, Toronto
2020 Curatorial Assistant, Gallery 44, Toronto
2019 Gallery Assistant, NODES Gallery, Toronto and Port Carling
2019 Front of House Assistant, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto
2018-2019 Editorial Committee, Journal of Visual & Critical Studies, Toronto
PRESS
2025 "Eternal Transcendent and Some kind of we," Femme Art Review, London ON, written by Mattea Schouten
2025 "Through Frosted Glass," Cornelia Magazine, Issue 17, Buffalo NY, written by McKenna Gray
2024 "Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances," PUBLIC Journal, Toronto, written by Tyler Matheson
2024 "Don't Miss: Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances," Opaloma, Toronto, written by Odessa Paloma Parker
2024 "Don't Miss: Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts," Opaloma, Toronto, written by Odessa Paloma Parker
2024 "NEXT Summer 2024 Galleries & Art Exhibitions Guide," NEXT Magazine, Toronto
2024 "Exhibition Presents 'Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances' of Trans Hypervisibility," HOLO
2024 "Reimagining the Gaps: Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts," Femme Art Review, London ON, written by Adi Berardini
2021 "Moving Ether Way," Canadian Art, Toronto ON, written by Joy Xiang
2020 "Impenetrable Intimacies: the body as a fever dream," Femme Art Review, London ON, written by Dana Snow
2020 "The best art shows to see in Toronto this fall," Now Magazine, Toronto, written by Kelsey Adams