EDUCATION
BFA in Film Studies with Integrated Digital specializationToronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts | Toronto, ON
ITP Camp, Interactive Telecommunications Program
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University | NYC
Digital Love Languages
School for Poetic Computation | Brooklyn, NY
User Experience Design Certificate
York Univeristy School of Continuing Studies | Toronto, ON
Certificate for Design in Arts and Entertainment
Raymond G. Chang School of Continuing Education | Toronto, ON
Digital Video Concentration
New York State Summer School of the Arts | Oswego, NY
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXP. + RESIDENCIES
UKAI Projects | Toronto, ON
2022 - | Project Manager, Butler AI
City as Platform Lab | Toronto, ON
2022 - | Artivive Mentorship Residency
Artivive AR | Vienna, Austria
2022 | DMX Lighting Resident
Ed Video Media Arts Centre | Guelph, ON
2021 | Night Lights, Year of Public Art Project Coordinator
ArtworxTO, LPD BIA, Victory Social Club | Underscore Projects, Toronto ON.
SELECTED SCREENINGS + EXHIBITIONS + LIVE EVENTS
Geary Winter Fest | Toronto, ON
2022 | “Good Morning!”
Geary Art Crawl | Toronto, ON
2022 | MINUTE_MAPP | Project Coordinator
Festival MAPP_MTL 2022. | Montreal, QB
2021 | The Beyond Within: Annie Macdonell | Animator
Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
2020 | Musicians During COVID 19: Collaboration, Connection and Cacophony |
Live visual artist Jack Layton Chair | twitch.tv/laytonchair
2020 | "306AFTERDARK" | Featured visual artist
BDO.fm 2 | twitch.tv/bdofm
2019 | "Good Morning!" | Solo exhibition
Gallery 310 | Toronto, ON.
2019 | “High Honey!” | Liminal, The Six Hundred
Beaver Hall Artists Gallery | Toronto, ON
2019 | “Lane” | A Black Hole is a Black Hole in the Ground
Images Festival | Toronto, ON
2019 | “Anna: Part Two”. | Solo exhibition
Gallery 310 | Toronto, ON
2018 | “Sheep” | TIFFxInstagram Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
2018 | “Mermaid” & “Very Cool Honey” | Open Doors Toronto: 180 Film Festival
Toronto Youth Shorts | Toronto, ON
2016 | “Rabbit” | Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
Toronto Youth Shorts | Toronto, ON
2016 | “Submerge” | Mississauga Youth Film Festival
2016 | “Submerge”| ConVerge
Victoria Film Festival | Victoria, BC
2015 | “Submerge” | Youth by Youth Cinema
Calgary International Film Festival | Calgary, AB
SELECTED GRANTS + AWARDS
2021 | Explore and Create - Concept to Realization. Canada Council for the Arts
2020 | Student Project Grant. Ryerson Communication and Design Society
2019 | InterAccess Membership Award. Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts
2018 | Honorable Mention, “Anna: Part One”. Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts
2017 | Elvino Sauro Film Award. Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts
2017 | Second Prize, “Very Cool Honey”. Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts
2016 | Third Place, “Submerge”. Mississauga Youth Film Festival
SPEAKING + TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
2022 | ART433: Interactive Web Design, Instructor of Record College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of North Carolina Greensboro | Greensboro, NC
2022 | ART345: Introduction to Web Design, Instructor of Record College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of North Carolina Greensboro | Greensboro, NC
2022 | ART240: Foundations Design II, Instructor of Record College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of North Carolina Greensboro | Greensboro, NC
2022 | Visiting Artist: After Graduation with Brittany Beheshti ART433: Interactive Web Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of North Carolina Greensboro | Greensboro, NC
2022 | Alumni Speaker Orientation Week, Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts | Toronto, ON
2022 | Visuals from Instanced Geography in Touch Designer: pixels as data Interactive Telecommunicaions Program, New York University | NYC, NY
2022 | Audio-Reactive Visuals with Touch Designer ponyHAUS, PIX FILM Gallery | Toronto, ON
2021 | Executing Your Vision as a Production Designer: Building a Sustainable Career and Being a Self-Advocate. In My Toolkit, Charles Street Video | Toronto, ON
2021 | Featured Alumni ArtistProfessional Practices Photography Thesis Class, Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts | Toronto, ON
2020 | Featured Video Artist New York Summer State School of the Arts | Alfred, NY
2018 | Film, After Effects, and Foley Sinoway International Education, International Summer Sessions, East China Normal University | Shanghai, China
2017 | 16mm Film Sinoway International Education, International Summer Sessions, East China Normal University | Shanghai, China