curriculum vitae
education

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Degree
Painting Major 1995 - 1998

Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
Art and Design Diploma 1993 - 1995

solo & two-person exhibitions

Unfortunate Creatures
Cre8ery Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2013

Secret Mechanisms & Unfortunate Creatures (with Brigitta Kocsis)
Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC 2012

Selected Works
Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2011

Beating Around the Bush
Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON 2010

Beating Around the Bush
Hang Man Gallery, Toronto, ON 2010

Beating Around the Bush
United Society, Calgary, AB 2009

Discombobulation
The Works Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2008

Discombobulated (two-person show)
Artcite Inc., Windsor, ON 2006

Don't Let um Flounder on Ya Bi
Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton, ON 2005

CAN-ah-DADA?
Galerie Sans Nom Co-operative, Muncton, NB 2003

Value Village Dada
SOFA Gallery, U of M, Winnipeg, MB 1998

selected group exhibitions

In Plain View
Cre8ery Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2012

99 pieces of Art on the Wall
Cre8ery Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2011

Tredici
Graffiti Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2011

Art-i-peg
Cre8ery Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2011
Curator: Jordan Miller

3 Guys in a Truck
Cream Gallery, Winnipeg, MB 2006
Curator: Les Newman

From/To
MCAD, Minneapolis, MN USA 2005
Curator: Doug Lewis

Bats in the Belfry
The Works Festival, Edmonton, AB 2004
Curator: Dawn Saunders Dahl

Making It Like a Man
Mackenzie, Regina, SK 2004
Curator: David Garneau

Bound
Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, MB 2004

From/To
Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB 2004
Curator: Doug Lewis

awards

Recipient - Production Grant
Manitoba Arts Council 2011

Recipient - Travel Grant
Winnipeg Arts Coucil 2010

Recipient - Production Grant
Manitoba Arts Coucil 2010

Recipient - Production Grant
Manitoba Arts Coucil 2007

Recipient - Travel Grant
Manitoba Arts Council 2005

Recipient - Individual Artist Grant
Winnipeg Arts Council 2005

publications

Vue Weekly
'Apocalypse Now' 2011
Jennifer Castle

Winnipeg Free Press
'Jets, Slurpees, Parking Lots & Pooh' Jan. 2011

The Uniter 'Winnipeg Becomes Art-i-peg' Jan. 2011
Ethan Cabel

Edmonton Journal Jan. 2008
Gillbert Bouchard

See Magazine 'That's Ineffable!' Jan. 2008
Matthew Halliday

Paperwait: Volume 6
'Bound...A Response by Risa Horowitz' 2003-2004

Canadian Art From/To Dec. 2004
Lorne Roberts

Winnipeg Free Press
'Local Curator's Exhibition Tells a Tale of 2 Cities' Apr. 2004
Lorne Roberts

Uptown 'Pure Prairie Pieces' Apr. 2004
Tracy Marshall

Mascaret Culture & Entertainment
Muncton, NB Dec. 2003

art related experience

2013
Interview, CKUW 95.9 FM
Eat Your Art & Vegetables, Winnipeg, MB

2012
Artist Talk, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC

2012
Richard Building, Elements Restaurant Exhibition, Winnipeg, MB

2010
Works Festival Exhibition Edmonton, AB.
Mural painting workshop
Oscar Blackburn School. South Indian Lake, MB.

2008
Assistant Gallery Tech Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, MB.

2007
Gallery renovation Cream Gallery. Wiinnipeg, MB.

2006
Assistant Gallery Tech Urban Shaman. Winnipeg, MB.

private collections

Less Newman Winnipeg, MB.
Dawn Saunders Dahl Edmonton, AB.
Jeff Howorth Guelph, ON.
Jessica Parry Montreal, QC.
Sylvie Boulet Winnipeg, MB.
Valerie Dewson Winnipeg, MB.
Jim Westergard Red Deer, AB.
Roger Crate Winnipeg, MB.
Nial Walsh Brandon, MB.
Vince Moskowec Guelph, ON.
Chris Mulington Ottawa, OT.
Ryan Potris Winnipeg, MB.
Kathryn Finnerty & Tom Rohr Eugene, OR. USA
Martin Tagseth Lake Lanor, SK.
Marcel Dzama New York, NY.
Yves Tremblay & Ann Kim Montreal, QC.
Chris Penner Winnipeg, MB.