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, AB2008 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