Education

2020 Of Public Interest, post-master public art course, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm SE
2019 Curating and Commissioning Public Art, post-graduate course, Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE
2017-15 Research MFA, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim NO
2009-05 BFA, Studio Arts & Art History, Concordia University, with distinction, Montreal CA

Solo Exhibitions & Public Art Projects
2021 Path, public art commission with Per Stian Monsås commissioned by Kalle Eriksson/Stjørdal Kommune,
Hegra NO
2020 Estuary 4.0, with Per Stian Monsås, Rosendal Teater, Trondheim Open kunstbiennale NO
2020 Estuary 3.0, with Per Stian Monsås, Archbishop’s Palace at Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim NO
2020 TEMPE #3 Estuary 2.0, with Per Stian Monsås and Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2020 Aperol Bar, with Per Stian Monsås, Babel Visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim NO
2019 ART INC., with Per Stian Monsås, Trondheim Torg, Kulturnatt Trondheim, Trondheim NO
2019 Estuary, in collaboration with Per Stian Monsås and Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø, Bakke Gård, Kulturnatt Trondheim, Trondheim NO
2019 Nest, with Per Stian Monsås, Hämeenkyrö FI
2019 POPCORN, public performative intervention, Roja Art Lab, Cinema Days, Roja LV
2019 Sometimes I Think I Am Looking for Something Which Was Within Me Already (but which I have to look outside to find), Armenian Cultural Representative, Gdansk PL
2019 Horizons, cultural exchange platform with Per Stian Monsås, Armenian Cultural Representative, Gdansk PL
2019 A Project Builds Over Time, RAKE Visningsrom, Trondheim NO
2018 Of Nowhere and Everywhere, Galleri Snerk, Tromsø NO
2018 ART INC., with Per Stian Monsås, Trondheim Open, Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst, Trondheim
2018 Saw, Knew, and Understood Far More Completely, with Per Stian Monsås, Nedre-Elvehavn, Kulturnatt Trondheim, Trondheim NO
2017 Such a Long Journey/I Did Not Wish to Live What Was Not Life, Kunsthall15, Trondheim NO
2017 Autumn FreshnessTM, galleri blunk, Trondheim NO
2017 The Absent Body, KiTX, Trondheim NO
2017 Yard, with Per Stian Monsås, Kulturnatt Trondheim, Galleri KiT, Trondheim NO
2016 Flock, Take Note, Toronto CA
2015 Nests, Rotunda Gallery, City Hall, Kitchener CA
2014 Flock, Stantec Window Gallery, Stantec Architects Ltd., Toronto CA
2014 Drawing, ULA SHE, Toronto CA
2013 Flock, site-specific installation, Jimmy’s Coffee, Toronto CA
2012 Wild Tracks, Artscape Triangle Gallery, Toronto CA

Group Exhibitions (selected from the last five years)
2020 Le Moineau, public art project with Per Stian Monsås, Gymsalen at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim Open kunstbiennale, Trondheim NO
2020 Jörmungandr, public art project, Stormfestivalen, Kjøpmannsgata ung kunst, Trondheim NO 2020 Trondheim Art Book Fair, Trondheim Open, Trondheim Kunstmuseum Gråmølna, NO
2020 Trondheim Open kunstmarked, Trondheim Kumstmusem Gråmølna, Trondheim NO
2020 Trøndelagsutstillingen, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst & Kunstmuseet Nord Trøndelag, NO 2020 Tempe #4 – Cementing Continuity, public art exhibition, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2020 Vågå – sommer 2020, Kjøpmannsgata ung kunst, Galleri Ullinsvin, Vågå NO
2020 Røros-høst, Kjøpmannsgata ung kunst, Kunst og kaos, Røros NO
2019 Delphi Oracle, performance, Roja Art Lab, Roja LV
2019 TEMPE #1, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2019 146th Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto CA
2018 Kunstmarked, Kjøpmannsgate ung kunst, Trondheim Open kunstbiennale, Trondheim NO
2017 Chimera, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto CA
2017-12 The Ontario Society of Artists Members Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills Museum
& the Aurora Cultural Centre, Toronto & Aurora CA
2016 Catch the Weave II, Earls Court Gallery, Ottawa CA
2016 D Ø V V E R, Tatt Av Heimdal Exhibition Program, Heimdal Kunstforening, Heimdal NO
2016 Dispersed Dialogues, public art installation, book and video, Constellation•s, arc en rêve centre
d’architecture, Bordeaux FR
2016 We Hold This Myth to Be Potential – Investigations into Afrofuturism, Meta.Morf, art and technology biennale satellite exhibition, Galleri KiT, Trondheim NO
2016-11 DRAWING, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto CA
2015 Nests & Moons, duo exhibition with Maya Foltyn, The Pilot, Toronto CA 2015 30 Under 30, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto CA
2015 Between Spheres, Daniels Spectrum Gallery, Toronto CA
2015 DELTA: The Difference, Project Gallery, Toronto CA
2015 DRAWING 2015, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto CA
2015 Nests, Feminist Art Conference, Daniels Spectrum Gallery, Toronto CA

Work Experience (selected)
2021-20 Curator, temporary public art projects in collaboration with Trondheim Kommune and NTNU Health, Trondheim NO
2020 Curator, TEMPE #5, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2020 Curator for three projects, Mørkerommet, Rosendal Teater, Trondheim NO
2020 Curator, TEMPE #4, Cementing Continuity, public art exhibition, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2020-19 Founder of Tempe Atelier artist-run center, Trondheim NO
2020-19 Teaching assistant to professor Anne-Karin Furunes, Art and Common Space, Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, Trondheim NO
2019 Juror, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst production stipend, Trondheim NO
2019 Intro lecture to Affect, the body, and dance and film screening, organizer of responsive public program, Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö FI
2019 Panelist representing Trondheim Folkekjøkken (the People’s Kitchen), Community Building at the Sociological Poliklinikk, Trondheim NO
2019 Organizer, Horizons, discursive evening of international practitioners, Armenian Cultural Representative in Gdansk, PL
2019 Curator, TEMPE #2, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2019 Curator, TEMPE #1, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2019 Curator, residency public program, RAKE Visningsrom, Trondheim NO
2018 Curator for Multiplié Dance Festival by DansiT, Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim NO
2018 Curator, Gathering as Manifestation of Community, residency public program, RAKE Visningsrom, Trondheim NO
2017 Exhibition designer and curator, Open Academy, Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, Trondheim NO
2017 Founder, The KiT Book Fair, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art & Biblioteket Kunstakademiet, Trondheim NO
2017 Founder, FACTORY KiT performance festival, Galleri KiT, Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, NO
2017 Curator, that poetry, Galleri KiT, Trondheim NO
2017 Curator, Kulturnatt Trondheim, Galleri KiT, Trondheim NO
2016 Juror, exhibition programming, Galleri blunk, Trondheim NO
2016 Co-curator, The New Old Masters, Galleri KiT for Open Academy & Trondheim Open, Trondheim NO
2014 Co-Chair, Biennial Juried Exhibition of Emerging Artists sponsored by the Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto CA
2014 Panelist, Sum of All Our Parts: An Exploration of Body Politics and Language, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Feminist Art Conference, Toronto CA

Awards and Grants (selected)
2020 Strakstilstak kunst og kultur (25 000nok), TEMPE #5 The Bonds Between Us, Tempe Atelier,
Trondheim NO
2020 Kulturtilskudd (25 000nok), Trøndelag Fylkeskommune, TEMPE #4 Cementing Continuity, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2020 Strakstilstak kunst og kultur (35 000nok), TEMPE #4 Cementing Continuity, Tempe Atelier, Trondheim NO
2020 Diversestipend, (80 000nok) Kulturrådet, Trondheim NO
2020-19 Tempe studio fellowship award, supported by Trondheim Kommune, Trondheim NO
2019 Trondheim Kommune Kulturstipend (25 000nok), curatorial hospitality, Trondheim NO
2019 NKF Prosjektstøtte visuell kunst (35 000nok), Estuary, Trondheim NO
2019 Strakstiltak kunst og kultur (8000nok), Estuary, Kulturnatt Trondheim, Trondheim NO
2019 Subsidized residency funding (12 000nok), Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö FI
2019 Aboveground Art Award, Ontario Society of Artists’ Annual Juried Exhibition, Toronto CA 2017 Diversestipend for ny-utannede kunstnere, (88 000nok) Kulturrådet, Trondheim NO
2015 1st Place, DRAWING 2015, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto CA
2012 Japanese Paper Place Award, Ontario Society of Artists Open Juried Exhibition, Toronto CA

Residencies
2022 Artist-in-residence, KH Messen, Ålvik NO
2019 Artist-in-residence, Roja Art Lab, Roja LV
2019 Back to Basics intensive residency program, Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö FI 2019-18 Artist-in-residence, RAKE Visningsrom, Trondheim NO
2018 Artist-in-residence, Trondheim Kommune gjesteleilighet i Berlin, Berlin D
2010 Sparkbox Studios Residency Award, Picton CA

Professional Associations
Present- Present- Present-18 Present-18 Present-12 2019-18 2018-17 2016-15 2015-12
Deputy leader of the board, Trøndelag Bildene Kunstnere NO Member of UKS, NO
Board member of Trøndelag Artists Association, Trøndelag NO Member of Norwegian Artists Association, NO

Member of the Ontario Society of Artists CA
Art Editor, the List Magazine, Trondheim NO
Director and curator, Galleri KiT, Trondheim NO
Board Member, Galleri blunk, Trondheim NO
Officer of the Executive Committee, Ontario Society of Artists, CA

Bibliography (selected)
2020 Author, interview with Vilde Løwenberg Blom for Babel visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim NO 2020 Editor, Trondheim Open kunstbiennale catalogue English version, Trondheim NO
2020 Author, interview with Nanna K. Hougaard for Babel visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim NO 2020 Excerpts of interviews with exhibiting artists, Babel visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim NO
2020 Author, Ethics and responsibility seen through 150 years of the Ontario Society of Artists, book published by the Ontario Society of Artists, Ontario CA
2020 Author, interview with Kjetil Detroit Kristiansen & Helene Duckert, Babel visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim NO
2020 Author, interview with Maya Foltyn and Heidi McKenzie for Carnegie Gallery, Dundas CA 2019 Author, interview with Hilde Frantzen for Babel Visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim NO
2019 Author, interview with Marianne Bjørnmyr for Babel Visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim NO 2019 Author, interview with Therese Frisk for Babel Visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim NO
2019 Author, RAKE Visningsrom: the evolution of artist-run centres in Norway and analysis of the specific context of Trondheim, published through Valand Academie, Gothenburg SE
2019 Author, Economies of Labour and Value in Contemporary Artistic Practice, self-published book, Trondheim NO
2019 Editor of art edition of the List Magazine, Spring issue, Trondheim NO
2019 Author, interview with Kunsthall15, the List Magazine, Spring issue, Trondheim NO
2019 Author, Artist Economies, the List Magazine Spring issue, Trondheim NO
2019-18 Author, interview series with local artistic producers, Trondheim NO
2018 Depth of Expression, author, the List Magazine Winter issue, Trondheim NO
2018 Author, Incubators of Creativity, the List Magazine Fall issue, Trondheim NO
2018 Author, Rooted Creativity, author, the List Magazine Summer issue, Trondheim NO
2017 Author, Nothing Is Set in Stone, self-published book, Trondheim NO
2019-15 Author, regular contributor to membership newsletter, Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto CA