CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
MA Architectural Conservation & Heritage Planning, University of York, England
MA Architectural History, magna cum laude, Queen's University, Canada
HBA Art History & Fine Art, summa cum laude, University of Western Ontario, Canada
EXHIBITIONS
October 2022, Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam
September-October 2022, NECTAR Art & Urban Nature, Sint-Joriskerk, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
November 2021, Thuis in Textiel, Galerie De Ploegh, Amersfoort
September-October 2021, Finalist in the Salt Spring National Art Prize, BC, Canada
July-September 2021, Geschetst, Galerie Paterswolde, Drenthe, the Netherlands
June-July 2021, Lost Places, Haus der Niederlande, Münster, Germany
May-June 2021, Dieptes in Vlaktes, Galerie De Ploegh, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
September-November 2020, 75 years of National Artists Society De Ploegh, Museum Flehite, Rietveld Pavilion, DePleogh Gallery, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
February 2020, 50 Shades of Green, Terra Art Projects, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands
October 2019 (& 2017), Kunstmoment, Diepenheim, the Netherlands
September 2019, Nieuwe Leden, De Ploegh, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
July 2019, Kunstroute Openstal, Oldeberkoop, Friesland, the Netherlands
February-March 2019, Ruimte in en om ons, St Pieters & Blokland, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
October 2018 (& 2016), Vreemde Gasten, Amersfoort
June 2018, BARTR artist residency show, Budapest, Hungary
February 2018, Global Portraits, Still Point Arts Gallery, Maine, USA
September 2017, A Sense of Place, De Ploegh, Amersfoort
April-October 2017, Art on the Canals & Heilige Huisjes, Amersfoort
November 2016, Art Arnhem Fair, Arnhem
October 2016, Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam
August 2016, Bewegter Wind, Nord-Hessen, Germany
May-November 2016, A Place in my Heart, Meander Medical Centre, Amersfoort
February-March 2016, Aaibaar (duo-show), Archipel, Amersfoort
November 2015, Kunstmaand Ameland, the Netherlands
October 2015, Kaalstaart beta-art, Amersfoort
Summer 2015, Mondriaan VaarRoute, Amersfoort (outdoor installation)
June 2015, 7-inch Magnitude, Manifest, Cincinnati, USA
June 2015, Kunstschouw, Zeeland, the Netherlands
September 2014, Humor, Linus Galleries California
October 2013, C-Fordt, Maarssen, the Netherlands
September 2013, Annual Dutch Art Fair, Amsterdam
May 2013, Still Point V, Still Point Arts Gallery, Maine, USA (online & Quarterly magazine)
March 2013, Urban Vacancy, Rietveld building De Zonnehof, Amersfoort
I create mixed media work that speaks through architectural forms. My training in historic building conservation has shaped how I look at the world. I see the built environment as a reflection of human history and as spaces of interaction, and I see buildings as expressions of desires and spaces of projection. From these perspectives, I depict both architecture observed and architectural fantasies, and so touch on both the familiar and surreal. While I don’t often include people in my work (to avoid it becoming about them), my work is ultimately about us and what we build. A viewer can make their own connections or see their own stories in it. The places I personally feel most connected to and show in my work are places I’ve lived: Canada, Italy, the UK and the Netherlands.
For me the act of making by hand reduces things to an overseeable scale, in a world where things happen at such a vast scale it is impossible to maintain oversight. The pure joy of manual craftsmanship motivated me to make the transition (back) to art. I find continued motivation in creating almost-real worlds with minimal means: just scraps of paper and paint, cut and pasted onto a surface.