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Artist Statement:
My interdisciplinary studio
practice consists of designing
and fabricating homebrew
prototype machines, handheld
tools and site specific
image-based installation
projects. Considered by some
people as “hyper-masculine” or
examples of “boy art”, my work
thoughtfully glimpses at the
unfolding aspects of
masculinity through the visual
cues of working class
consciousness, cultural
truisms, prototypes and
customs. I employ traditions
of performance art, kinetic
sculpture and mark-making to
consider how actions/processes
such as burning rubber, engine
revving and stereo thumping
are used to communicate a
sense of working-class kinship
and residency. These everyday
subversions are pared down in
my work by building and
demonstrating stylish petrol
fired machines that generate
tire smoke and sound through
the output of torque,
friction, heat, vibration and
engine exhaust. The materials
in my work reference Princess
Auto and Canadian Tire as a
means to concede to a type of
lowbrow consumer glut that is
bred from a vision of
‘ultimate’ performance and a
yearning to tune and tweak.
From a personal connection to
a blue-collar lifestyle my
artwork hints towards pastime
activities like customization,
modification and maintenance
as insightful moments of
spatial production and
cultural expression....
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CURRICULUM VITAE
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND AWARDS
2008
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2007
Toronto Arts Council, Level One Artist Grant
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
2006
Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
2003-05
Special University Graduate Tuition Scholarship, U.W.O.
2003
Ontario Art Council Exhibition Assistance Grant.
2002
Seiji Award for proficiency in Public/ Social Sculpture, O.C.A.D.
George A. Reid Award for proficiency in Sculpture/ Installation, O.C.A.D.
FUTURE EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2009
TBA, Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton ON (Solo)
2008
Tone Deaf, Modern Fuel Artist Run Center, Kingston
Trucker Mud Flap Project, Public Installation and Traveling Exhibition
Mark-Making: Tools of a Trade, Public Installation
Artist Talk, InterAccess Artist Run Center, Toronto ON
2007
Burning Rubber, BRAVO: Television Documentary. Director Ariella Pahlke, Halifax NS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Art of The Motor, Station Gallery, Whitby ON
2006
Give’r, Jack Shainman Gallery. New York NY
2005
Celebratory Angst: Riggin’ the Exhaust, U.W.O. ArtLAB. London ON
2002
KIT <1, The schoolBUS Project. Toronto ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Being There, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON
2007
Love/Hate: The New Crowned Glory of the G.T.A., Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (M.O.C.C.A.) Toronto ON
Urbanvisions 07, MacLaren Art Centre. Barrie ON
Burning Rubber, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery. Halifax NS
2006
Kaleidoscope, Juried Members Exhibition. Station Gallery. Whitby ON
BIG, Durham Galleries. Durham ON
2005
Showcase 05, Cambridge Galleries. Cambridge ON
The Association, ArtLAB. U.W.O. London ON
Frost Free: The Culture of Cool, U.W.O. ArtLAB. London ON
2004
included in the present classification, U.W.O. ArtLAB. London ON
2003
Baghdad, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville
Random Cities, McLaughlin Gallery. Oshawa ON
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Visual Art Centre of Clarington. Bowmanville ON
2002
Go West, DeLeon White Gallery. Toronto ON
Annual End of year Exhibition, O.C.A.D. Toronto ON
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Visual Art Centre of Clarington. Bowmanville ON
Pop Culture Then and Now, Station Gallery. Whitby ON
2001
READ, The schoolBUS Project. Toronto ON
Food, Mind, Body, and Soul, Station Gallery. Whitby ON
Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Visual Art Centre of Clarington. Bowmanville ON
Fiction and Non-Fiction, Atrium Café at O.C.A.D. Toronto ON
2000
Annual End of Year Exhibition, O.C.A.D. Toronto ON
Time Machine, Station Gallery. Whitby ON
1999
Y2K, Atrium Café at O.C.A.D. Toronto ON
ART FAIR EXHIBITIONS
2005
MOCCA 900, Toronto International Art Fair. Feature Artist, M.O.C.C.A. Toronto ON
INVITED CONFERENCES
2005
Frost Free: The Culture of Cool, ArtLAB, U.W.O. London, ON
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, ArtLAB, U.W.O. London, ON
INVITED ARTIST TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2007
Jury Committee, Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Station Gallery
Artistic Vision Consultant, Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
Burning Rubber, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery. Halifax NS
2006
Sheridan College (Fall Semester). Oakville ON
CATALOGUE PUBLICATIONS
2007
Burning Rubber, Halifax : Saint Mary's University Art Gallery ISBN: 9781895763010
2005
SHOWCASE 05 : curated by Ivan Jurakic, Cambridge Galleries and David Liss, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Cambridge: Cambridge Galleries.
2003
Random cities: curated by Olexander Wlasenko. Oshawa: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery. ISBN: 0921500769
PUBLISHED ESSAYS AND WRITTEN WORKS
2007
Burnouts, Burning Rubber Exhibition catalogue essay, curated by Ariella Pahlke. Halifax: St. Mary’s University Art Gallery ISBN: 9781895763010
2005
Celebratory Angst: Performing Masculinity, MFA Graduate Thesis
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