EDUCATION
2014-2018 BA, Craft and Design, Textiles (High Honours, Silver Medal),
Sheridan College, Oakville, ON Canada
2011-2014 Advanced Diploma, Visual and Creative Arts (High Honours),
Sheridan College, Oakville, ON Canada
FURTHER EDUCATION
2023 Japanese Sashiko Stitching, Atsushi Futatsuya, Domestika
2021 Turkey Red Dye Master Class, Mel Sweetnam
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Mending the Craft: Sustainability in Contemporary Textiles, Curated by Cecily OU, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2020 dye magic, designTO, uoai studio, Toronto, ON
2019 The Doll Project, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON
2018 On Any Given Day, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2018 Make/Ready, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
2018 Mobility (collaboration), Toronto Design Offsite Festival, Toronto, ON
2017 Gampi Konshi: Dyed, Dark, & Dramatic, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON
2016 Shelter (collaboration), Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
2015 Food for Thought (collaboration), Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Tufting Instructor, Fuzzy Lab, Toronto, ON
2022-24 Education Coordinator, Textile Museum of Canada
2022 Learning Hub Assistant, Textile Museum of Canada
2021-22 Public Programming Assistant, Textile Museum of Canada
2018-21 Gallery Attendant, The PowerPlant, Toronto, ON
2018-21 Artist in Residence, Harbourfront Centre Craft & Design Studio, Toronto, ON
2015-18 Textiles Studio Monitor, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
2017 Intern, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON
TALKS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS
2024 Sashiko Mending, workshop, Anime North, Toronto ON
2021-24 on behalf of the Textile Museum of Canada:
Anime North 2023 panels:
Trends in J-Fashion
Japanese Mending
CTV’s The Social, mending segment
March Mending Sessions, workshop series
Mending with Needle-Felting workshop
Mending workshop for Luminato volunteers
Sashiko Mending workshop series
Sustainable Textile Teach-In, virtual workshop series
Weekly Sewing Classes for Latinos Positivos
2023 Felt Slipper-Making, workshop series, Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, ON
2019 Natural Dye, workshop series, The Knit Cafe, Toronto, ON
2019 The Promise of Sekishu Washi, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON
2019 Shibori with Natural Dyes, Newcomer Women’s Services (supported by the Textile Museum of Canada), Toronto, ON
FAIRS & TRADE SHOWS
2018 All Handmade Marketplace, Oakville, ON
2018 Art in the Park, Oakville, ON
RECOGNITION
2018 Silver Medal Award, Sheridan College
2018 Angela Martin Award, Sheridan College
2018 Anu Raina Excellence in Surface Design Award, Sheridan College
2016 G&S Dye Material Award, Sheridan College
2014 Creativity Award of Excellence, Sheridan College
2014 Certificate of Leadership, Sheridan College