Near my home in beautiful Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
RELATED EDUCATION
“Week-long Glass Art Immersion”, Instructed by Dennis Brady, Victorian Art Glass, Victoria, BC, September 2018
“2-Dimensional Studies 101”, Yukon School of Visual Arts, Dawson City, September 2017-May 2018
“Precision Cutting for Stained Glass”, Instructed by Jennifer Kuhns, Mosaic Arts Online, paid subscription access, 2017
“Pet Portrait Mosaic”, Instructed by Tami Macala, Mosaic Arts Online, paid subscription access, 2017
“Large Scale Architectural Installations, Exterior Mosaics, and Community Projects”, Instructed by Bonnie Fitzgerald, Week-long Workshop, January 2016, Hacienda Mosaico, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
“Advanced Glass on Glass Mosaic and Mixed Media Mosaic”, Instructed by Sharra Frank, 25 unit online lecture/video series, paid subscription access, 2016
“Realism in Mosaic”, Instructed by Carol Shelkin, Week-long Workshop, November 2014, Hacienda Mosaico, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
“Online Mosaic Owl”, Instructed by Kasia Polkowska, 25 unit online lecture/video series, paid subscription access, 2014
“Arts for Employment”, 2004, 9 month intensive art program, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, YT
AWARDS & SOLO SHOWS
“Where Roots Travel”, mixed media mosaic, Canadian Annual Mosaic Exhibition, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 2021
Spring Show, Dancing Moose Gallery and Shop, Dawson City, YT, 2021. A collection of small mosaics completed during the winter of 2021
Yukon Advanced Award, ‘B’ Level Recipient, Fall 2017, Received funding to continue on a large body of mosaic work for an independent exhibition
“Silver Fox”, Cover of Winter 2018 supply catalogue, Delphi Glass, Lansing, MI, USA
Yukon Advanced Artist Award, ‘B’ Level Recipient, April 2014, Received funding to attend a mosaic workshop at ‘Hacienda Mosaico’, Mexico, November 2014
“Shattered, A Northern Narrative in Art Mosaics”, Solo Show, August 15-December 6, 2013, Dawson City Museum, Dawson City, YT, 28 mosaics, ranging in size from 8”x18” to 12”x 48”, 2009-2013
Grand Prize Winner, International Women’s Day Art Show, 2011, Dawson City Museum, Dawson City, YT, 24”x24” mosaic, “How I Got Thru January”, 2011
Featured Artist, Dawson City Arts Festival, 2011, Dancing Moose Gifts, Dawson City, YT, 5 Dawson City street scene mosaics, 2011
GROUP SHOWS
Canadian Annual Mosaic Exhibition 2017, juried show, November 2017, Hamilton, ON, “Silver Fox”, 2017, juried exhibition
Dawson City Arts Festival, Interactive Artist, Dawson City, YT August 2017, Mosaic demonstration and public interaction
KIAC Members Show 2017, Odd Gallery, Dawson City, YT, “Silver Fox”, 2017
Dawson City Members Show 2016, Confluence Gallery, Dawson City, YT, “A Very Foxy Fox”, 2016
Dawson City Arts Society Show 2013, Riverside Arts Festival, Dawson City, YT, Triptych fluid paintings, each 12”x12”
Mining the Archives, 2013, Member’s Exhibition, Odd Gallery, Dawson City, YT, 12”x 48” mosaic, “That Crazy Beautiful Town”, 2012
If You Feel So Inclined, 2004, Student Exhibition, Odd Gallery, Dawson City, YT, Student works including painting, photography and digital media
COMMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS
“Yukon Hotel”, 18 x 18”, commissioned wall art for Whistle bend Continuing Care facility, Whitehorse, Yukon, 2020
“Mushing into Eagle”, 38 x 12”, commissioned gift from the Board Members of The Percy Dewolfe Memorial Mail Race, to the Town of Eagle, Alaska
Six mosaic birdhouses, gift supply commissioned from the TIA Yukon Board of Directors, TIA Yukon Convention, Dawson City, September, 2015
“Newt Webster’s House”, 24” x 24”, donation to McDonald Lodge Continuing Care facility, Dawson City, Yukon, 2015
“Created from Shattered Glass”, What’s Up Yukon, article by Dan Davidson, September, 2013
Numerous commissions from Dawson City and beyond, 2010- present including large mosaic depictions of Dawson City General Store, Eldorado Hotel, Dawson City Hardware Store, Westminster Hotel, Red Feather Saloon, pets, and various private homes.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
“Make Your Own Mosaic Birdhouse”, mosaic workshop at Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, YT. Four different workshops of six students each, 2015/2016
“Mosaic Ornaments”, mosaic workshop taught at Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, YT, 2016
“Mosaic House Address Plaques”, mosaic workshop planned for hopefully some time in 2021. Students will design and fabricate a cement and glass mosaic able to endure being an exterior house address plaque.