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EDUCATION
2017 Preliminary Gemmology Certificate Canadian Gemmological Association
2016 BFA Major in Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing, Minor in Art History NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2009–11 Studies in Fine Art, French, Music Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
AWARDS/BURSARIES
2017 One-Year Scholarship Harbourfront Centre Metal Studio Residency
2016 Educational Mission to SOFA Chicago Craft Alliance Atlantic Association
Travel Bursary NSCAD University
Finalist L.A. Pai Gallery 13th Annual National Student Jewellery Competition
Arthur Lismer Award for Academic Excellence NSCAD University
Nova Scotia Student Bursary Attendance bursary for Canadian Museums Association conference
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Rubble Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society, Virtual exhibition
Feels Design TO Festival, Toronto, ON
2019 Feels Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2017 Draw Near Chives Window Space, Halifax, NS
2016 Draw Near Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Thirty-Six Brooches, Curated by Melanie Egan, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2023 Feast, Juried, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2022 Colour Theory, Juried, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS and Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
Anonymous Brooklyn, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Mass Wasting, Curated by Robyn Wilcox, Craft Ontario Gallery, Toronto, ON
Mad for Hoops Gallery 2052, Chicago, IL
Disrupt Juried, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Le 7e continent Juried, École de joaillerie de Montréal, Montréal, QC
Placement, Juried, Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society, Travelling exhibition to Halifax and Vancouver
2019 Gifted Circlecraft, Vancouver, BC
[Play]ground: A space for exploration Juried, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC
2018 Revealed Curated by Barbara Cohen, Visual Space Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017 Working it Out Curated by Melanie Egan, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
Art and Form Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
Entities NSCAD Senior Art Jewellery and Metalsmithing Exhibition, Halifax, NS
2016 Studio 21 Fine Art SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
15 Monologues Summer Residency Exhibition, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS
13th Annual Jewellery Student Competition L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON
NSCAD Graduation Exhibition Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/PRESS
2022 Colour Theory exhibition catalogue Co-Adorn Art Jewellery
2020 Placement exhibition catalogue Co-Adorn Art Jewellery
Designlines “THAT’S A WRAP FOR ‘DL LOVES’ AT DESIGN TO!” by Bethany Browne
2017 MetalAid Canadian Art Jewellery Network “Cameo” feature
The Culture Trip "11 Emerging Contemporary Artists from Nova Scotia to Know" by Kate Horodyski
The Coast Weekly "One Stop Shop" by Rebecca Dingwell
ARTiculations Vol. 34, No. 2 "Emma Piirtoniemi: Big Ideas on an Intimate Scale" by Adam Carscadden
2016 Jewellery Studio Projects NSCAD University Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing catalogue
NSCAD Graduation Catalogue
2015–17 Free Coffee NSCAD annual catalogue of student work
SELECTED CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2020 Franklin Carmichael Art Group Co-Curator/Installer, Montgomery’s Inn Museum, Etobicoke, ON
2019 Skew-Whiff Curator, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2016 Currents Exhibition Coordinator, NSCAD Senior Jewellery group show, Frida Fine Jewellery, Halifax, NS
RESIDENCIES
2017–20 Harbourfront Centre, Full-time residency, Metal Studio, Toronto, ON
2016 Nova Scotia Centre for Craft, airCRAFT nine-month residency, Metal and Glass Studios, Halifax, NS
Nova Scotia Centre for Craft, Summer residency, Metal and Glass Studios, Halifax, NS
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
2022— Present Juror Standards Committee (jewellery, metals, glass, plastics specialization), Craft Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2022 Juror NSCAD Student Silversmithing Award exhibition, L. A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2021–Present Studio Technician NSCAD University Jewellery Department, Halifax, NS
2020–21 Editor New Vernacular– A Canadian Jewellery Conversation Exhibition Catalogue, Toronto, ON
2020 Artist Talk Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society, Virtual
Guest Speaker OCAD University Material Art and Design Department, Toronto, ON
2018–21 Gallery Attendant Artport Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2017–2023 Editor/Content Curator/Web Manager MetalAid Canadian Art Jewellery Network, Toronto, ON
2019 Co-Organizer/Juror New Vernacular–A Canadian Jewellery Conversation Panel discussion/digital exhibition, Consulate General of Canada in New York, New York, NY
2018–19 Juror Montgomery’s Inn Museum art exhibitions, Etobicoke, ON
2018 Writer Tamika Knutson: Skin exhibition text, ODD Gallery, Dawson City, YT
2017 Gallery Technician Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, NS
Editor From Switzerland to Argentina and Back by Grace Laemmler, Halifax, NS
2016 Gallery Assistant (Relief) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Open Studio Intern Wonder'neath Studios, Halifax, NS
Artist Talk Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Intro to Jewellery, Water Casting workshops, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft, Halifax, NS
2018–20 Intro to Jewellery, Stacking Rings, Earring and Pendant Fabrication workshops, Harbourfront Centre Metal Studio, Toronto, ON
2019 Ceramics for Jewellery workshop, co-instructed with Amy Duval, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2017 Plastics for Jewellery workshop, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft, Halifax, NS
2015 Cuttlefish Casting workshop, NSCAD University Jewellery Department, Halifax, NS
2010–12 Jewellery with Alternative Materials, Sault Youth Association, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
2011 Jewellery with Alternative Materials, White Pines High School Art Department, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
2008–10 Youth Art-Making, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2020 Material Sampling: A Making and Thinking symposium, Virtual/Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2019 New York City Jewellery Week, New York, NY
Help Thy Neighbour with Märta Mattsson, École de joaillerie de Montréal, Montréal, QC
COLLAB Canada Council for the Arts grant workshop, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON
2018 Making and Thinking: Collaboration 2.0 symposium, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2017 Canadian Craft Biennial symposium Can Craft? Craft Can!, Toronto, ON
Artist Lecture by Otto Künzli NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
Gallery Presentation series Gallery @ ACTS, Atlantic Craft Trade Show, Halifax, NS
2016 Grant Writing workshop Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
Canadian Museums Association conference Inspiring Solutions, Halifax, NS
2015 Society of North American Goldsmiths conference Impact: Looking Back, Forging Forward, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Co-Adorn Art Jewellery
Craft Ontario
Craft Nova Scotia
Visual Arts Nova Scotia