CV
Education
2018 MFA Medium and Material Based Art (Textiles) - Oslo National Academy of the Arts/ NO
2012 MA Digital Media - Huston School of Film & Digital Media (National University of Ireland Galway)/ IRE
2003 Master of Fine Arts - Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design/ London, UK
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) - Limerick School of Art and Design/ IRE
2000 Erasmus Exchange - Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels/ BE
Selected Solo/Duo Exhibitions
2024 She was not the kind of grandaunt who has a drawer in the kitchen labeled ‘bits of string too short for use’/ Galerie Mission Old Brewery/ CA
2023 One Response to Loss is the Remaking of Things/ Ardgillan Castle Gallery/ Dublin, IRE
2022 Living Ground Cover with Jeanette Johns/ Galerie les Trois C/ Montreal, CA
2017 Doubles/ Galleri Seilduken/ Oslo, NO
2017 For Your Energy with Allyce Wood/ Galleri Fisk/ Bergen, NO
2017 I Believe in You/ curated by Paula Roush/ ə/uh/-books publishing/ London South Bank University, UK
2013 May 30th, 2013/ Galway City Museum/ IRE
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Matière à Encan (annual fundraising auction in support of Maison des métiers d’arts de Québec (MMAQ) at Centre Materia/ Québec, CA
2025 En couleur (annual fundraising auction in support of Visual Arts Centre/ Montreal, CAN
2024 Group show and open studio at Complexe du Canal de Lachine
2024 Kate Derum + Irene Davies International Tapestry Award exhibition/ Australian Tapestry Workshop Melbourne, AUS
2019 The Thread Runs Both Ways: Heritage and the Future of Tapestry Art/ Inverleith House Gallery, Edinburgh, SCT
2018 Got It For Cheap/ Travelling exhibition - L’inconnue, Montreal, CA etc.
2018 Høstutstillingen – Statens Kunstutstilling (Annual Autumn Exhibition)/ Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2018 Traust/ Oslo National Academy of the Arts/ NO
2018 Artist Edition Hoodies at HAIKw/ Store, Oslo, NO
2017 Booki - Studying Photobooks/ Galeria Skala/ Poznań, PL
2017 The Book Dispersed/ Casa das Artes/ Porto, PT
2017 Moan/ Oslo National Academy of the Arts/ NO
2010 WUNDERKAMMER/ Clarke Gallery, Berlin/ Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s/ Franklin Furnace, NYC, USA
2007 The Search for a Space/ Museum of Fine Arts/ Valetta, MT
2006 The Truth About Susan Gescheidle/ The Centre of Attention/ Gescheidle Gallery/ Chicago, USA
2006 Strictly Kunst/ Ballhaus Ost/ Berlin, DE
2006 Centre for Art Tapes Scholarship Premiere/ Neptune Theatre/ Halifax, CA
2004 One Night Show/ 291 Gallery/ London, UK
2003 Baroque Povera/ The Centre of Attention/ London, UK
Grants/Residencies/Prizes
Upcoming 2025: Residency AiR Green at Søndre Green – Textile Union of Norway/ NO
2024 Award: Finalist Kate Derum + Irene Davies International Tapestry Award/ Melbourne, AUS
2023 Grant: Canada Council for the Arts/Arts Abroad/ CA
2022 Residency: Passers on of Memory/ Maison des métiers d’arts de Québec (MMAQ)/ Québec, CA
2021 Grant: Conseil des arts de Montréal et CALQ (création dans les arrondissements)/ CA
2020 Residency: Galerie les Trois C/ Montreal, CA
2019 Grant: Canada Council for the Arts/Arts Abroad/ CA
2019 Prize: Shortlisted for the Cordis Tapestry/ Edinburgh, SCT
2018 Grant: Kulturrådet /Arts Council Norway emerging artist/ NO
2017 Residency: Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo’s Studio House Arcueil/ Paris, FR
2006 Centre for Art Tapes/ Media Art Scholarship/ Halifax, CA
2001 Taylor Art Award and exhibitions - RDS Dublin, Ireland/ National University of Ireland Galway
2000 Residency/apprenticeship at Garmark Studio with Bruce Garner (bronze foundry)/ CA
Teaching/Professional Experience
Currently (since 2022): Textiles teacher (Weaving, Textile Sculpture, Forage Plant Dye, Cordage-making and Basket-making, Drawing with Fibre) at the Visual Arts Centre/ Montreal, CAN
Currently (since 2024): Textiles teacher - ARTreach / Visual Arts Centre Thomas Moore Institute (technical workshop following a ten-week history of textiles course), St. Justine’s Hospital, Miss Edgar and Miss Cramps School, The Study/ Montreal, CAN
Upcoming: Tapestry weaving workshop at Lakeshore Weaving Guild/ Montreal, CA
Upcoming: Textile building with recycled materials consultation/workshop Tisserande de Beloeil for Kaput Festival 2025/ Beloeil, CAN 2024 Artist Talk and Tapestry Weaving workshop at Atelier le Fil d’Ariane/ Montreal, CAN
2024 Tapestry weaving course and study group following the ATQ (Quebec Weaving Guild) annual conference/ CAN
2024 Artist Talk at Lakeshore Weaving Guild/ Montreal, CA
2024 Weaving with Plastics talk and workshop at the ATQ (Quebec Weaving Guild) annual conference/ Bromont, CAN
2023 Visiting Artist (introduction to weaving workshop) at Les Impatients (visual art workshops for people living with mental illness)/ Montreal, CAN
2023 Teacher - Tapestry weaving at Les Tisserins de Laval/ CAN
2022 Guest lecturer “Contemporary Tapestry” at Les Tisserins de Laval/ CAN
2019 Speaker The Thread Runs Both Ways: Heritage and the Future of Tapestry Art Symposium/ SCT
2017 Guest lecturer “Photobooks” at London South Bank University/ UK
Publications
2022 Living Ground Cover. Published with funding from Conseil des arts de Montreal and CALQ. Edition of 100
2017 For Your Energy. Self-published. Edition of 10 (variable)
2017 I Believe in You. Published by ə/uh/-books, London South Bank University. Edition of 100 (variable)
2017 In Medias Res. Self-published. Edition of 25 (variable)
Book Fairs
2017 Bergen Art Book Fair/ Bergen, NO
2017 Offprint/ Tate Modern/ London, UK
2017 Enigma 31/ Photobook Pop-up Shop/ The Solutions Centre/ London, UK
Professional up-skilling/training (recent)
Several jewellery making classes with Kyung Sun Lim at the Visual Arts Centre/ Montreal, CAN
Teaching art to learners with special needs, course offered by Visual Arts Centre/ Montreal, CAN
Warp-weighted Looms study group - The Weaver’s Croft, led by Andrea Myklebust/ Vermont, USA
3D weaving with Louise Lemieux Bérubé, Association des tisserandes de Québec/ Montreal, CAN
Equity Diversity Inclusion training for teachers at The Visual Arts Centre/ Montreal, CAN
Professional Associations
Canadian Guild of Weavers, Association des tisserandes du Québec, Dorval Weaving Guild, ELAN (English Language Arts Network)
Other
2023 and 2025 Artwork donated to fundraising auctions - Maison des métiers d’art (Québec, QC) and the Visual Arts Centre (Montreal, QC)