Education

  • New York Academy of Art

  • Alberta College of Art

  • Extended studies instructor | paint/drawing

Workshops/Lectures

  • Nickle at Noon Nickle galleries Calgary

  • 2019 Encaustic Workshop | Creston British Columbia

  • OAG Instructor Figure Drawing Basics

  • WMOCA Wisconsin portrait workshop

  • Alberta University of the Arts instructor

          Awards and other mentions

  • 2022 1st place in the John Dalton - gently does it Art Prize

  • 2021 AFA Acquisition Juror

  • 2021 EOD Creston artist residency

  • 2019 November Avenue Magazine 40 under 40

  • 2013 - present Juror for Western showcase Calgary Stampede

  • 2017 AFA Working Grant Recipient

  • 2015 Recipient of Healing through the Arts Award From his Worship of Calgary, Naheed Nenshi

  • 2015-17 Curator for Portrait & Figure show | CKG Gallery | Calgary Canada

  • 2017- Founder of People's Portrait Prize

          Collections

  • HBO / Warner Brothers

  • WMOCA Wisconsin Museum of Contemporary Art

  • ALT HOTELS/Le Germain | East Village Calgary Alberta

  • Calgary Golf and Country Club

  • Fashion Designer Henry Singer

  • Canadian Pacific Railway

  • City of Calgary Municipal Collection

  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts

  • Alberta College of Art and Design

  • KO Arts Centre 

  •    Exhibitions

  • 2023 Ghost Stories Roberto Ostenberg Gallery

• 2022 Immigration in Combat | The Military Museum | Calgary Alberta

• 2022 Dwellings | Group Show | Kanashiro Gallery | Calgary Alberta

• 2022 Connective Tissue | Group Show | Colony Gallery

• 2021 Wells Cathedral Somerset Great Britain Group

• 2021 Age | Tilted Brick Gallery | Creston British Columbia

• 2021 What a Difference a Day Makes | G9 Group Show Leighton Art Centre

• 2021 Fight or Flight | Guest artist with Painter8 | online

•. 2021 IN LIGHT OF THIS TIME; CREATING IN ISOLATION | G9 Group show | OAG/ Collectors Gallery

• 2020 Painting the figure Now III | Wausau Museum | Wisconsin U.S.A.

• 2019 KOCA Fundraiser | Hotel Arts

•. 2019 Topio Diaschizo | Encaustic Exhibit with Mark Holliday | Tilted Brick Gallery | Creston B.C. Canada

  • 2019 Group of One, Part 1 | Solo Exhibition | Paul Kuhn Gallery | Calgary Canada

  • 2018 Field Paintings | Collaboration Exhibit with Mark Holliday | Paul Kuhn Gallery | Calgary Canada

  • 2018 Bodies of Work | Group Figure Show| Leighton Art Centre

  • 2017 Neon and Cream | St. Louie Hotel | Calgary Alberta

  • 2017 Trinity | Christine Klassan Gallery | Calgary Alberta

  • 2017 R.A.B. | Lineham House Gaiiery | Okotoks Alberta

  • 2017 WatercolourYYC | Peanut Gallery Group show | Calgary Alberta

  • 2017 Wild & Balanced | Gallery 222 | Hurleyville New York

  • 2017 Dreading the Sound of an Axe | Municipal Gallery | Calgary Canada

  • 2016 Retrospective of New Works | Hive/Elevation Gallery | Canmore Canada

  • 2016 Unicorn Dreams | Group Show | Creighton Space | Calgary Canada

  • 2016 Second Coming | Group Figurative Show | Curator | Christine Klassen Gallery | Calgary Canada

  • Alternative Spaces | Group Show | Calgary Canada

  • 2015 Baby Jesus | Group figurative show | Curator | Christine Klassen Gallery | Calgary Canada

  • 2014 New Craft Coalition | art fair | Calgary

  • 2014 Surface Works | Group Show Alt Gallery | Calgary Alberta

  • 2013 Phantom Wing | Group Show | cSpace projects King Edward School

  • 2013 Assemble | Peanut Gallery | Calgary Alberta

  • 2013 Made in Alberta | Group Show | Paul Kuhn Gallery

  • 2013 Masterpiece Contemporary | Group Show | The Art Gallery of Calgary

  • 2013 Gibson Gallery | Winter Group Show

  • 2012 Collectors Gallery | Black&White Group Show

  • 2012-14 Foundation of the Arts | Traveling show | Painted faces

  • 2012 Works fest | Edmonton Alberta

  • 2011 Untitled Art Society | Sweet 16 Group Show | Calgary, Alberta

  • 2011 Untitled Art Society | Satellite Gallery, Landscapes Group Show | Calgary, Alberta

  • 2011 Coax Me International Group Show | Glasgow, Scotland

  • 2010 God Show 2 | Sugar Shack Gallery | Calgary, AB

  • 2010 Retrospective of New Works | Solo show | OAG | Okotoks, AB

  • 2009 Fresh Paint Traveling Group Show | Alberta Foundation for the Arts

  • 2009 Figurative Group Show | Paul Kuhn Gallery | Calgary, AB

  • 2009 Art-O-Ramma | Triangle Gallery | Calgary, AB

  • 2009 surface Works | Group Show | 10 Ave collective | Calgary Alberta
    2009 Rage Against Beige Group Show | Okotoks Art Gallery | Okotoks, AB

  • 2008 SOLEIL Group Show | Elissa Cristall Gallery | Vancouver, BC

  • 2008 CIPA (Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists) Open National Exhibition Group Show | Alliance Francais Gallery | Calgary, AB

  • 2008 Colors, Flats and Spaces Group Show | Okotoks Art Gallery | Okotoks, AB

  • 2006 Modern Amusement Group Show | Art Gallery of Calgary | Calgary, AB

  • 2006 Objects & Icons Group Show |Art House Gallery | Calgary, AB

  • 2006 Velvet Love Group Show | Art House Gallery | Calgary, AB

  • 2006 CIPA (Canadian Institute of Portrait Artists) Open National Exhibition | Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery | Red Deer, AB

  • 2005 The Last Tea Party Solo Exhibition | EPCOR center Performing Arts |

  • 2004 Fire & Ice Summer Show | Sundre, AB

  • 2004 The Works Visual Art Festival | Edmonton, AB

  • 2004 Sprung Spring Solo Exhibition | Willow Design Studio | Calgary, AB

  • 2003 Fall Show Solo Exhibition | BP Lobby Gallery | Calgary, AB

  • 2003 Art Walk Calgary Featured Artist | Bowker & Scudds | Calgary, AB

  • 2001 Looking Back Solo Exhibition | Okotoks Art Gallery | Okotoks, AB