Full CV: download (updated May 17, 2023)
Current Projects
AI video-to-video prototype in collaboration with York University
Psychedelic Puppet Show. Web series.
Psychedelic Puppet Show Decentralized Autonomous Organization
Of Visions. Motion capture and Artificial Intelligence Dance Film.
Of Dreaming. Artificial Intelligence Dance exhibition at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in 2025
Kingdom of Illumination. Virtual Reality Motion Capture Dance Film.
Poetic pre-liver transplant manual. Augmented Reality Book.
ALL SKY, MIRROR OCEAN: A Healing Manifesto. Book and web3 launch.
Academic Affiliation
2021-24 Postdoctoral Fellow York University. Cinema & Media Arts and VISTA
2021-22 Research Associate University of California Santa Cruz. Film & Digital Media
Non-Profit Experience
Co-founder and Creative Director of the Psychedelic Puppet Show Non-Profit
Education
2019 Ph.D. University of Alberta. Psychiatry
2013 MASTER OF FINE ARTS University of Alberta. Intermedia
2011 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS University of Alberta. Drawing and Intermedia
2006 BACHELOR OF COMMERCE University of Alberta. Business Economics and Law
Select Awards and Grants
2023 VISTA Postdoctoral Fellowship Extension ($63,500)
2023 VISTA Phase One Prototyping Fund ($20,000) for AI video-to-video prototyping
2023 ParTecK Grant ($15,000)
2022 BC Arts Council - Media Arts ($24,000)
2022 Canada Council for the Arts: Strategic Funds and Initiatives: Digital Now ($50,000)
2022 Canada Council for the Arts: Research and Creation: Media Arts ($25,000)
2022 Canada Council for the Arts: Research and Creation: Digital Arts ($16,800)
2021 VISTA Postdoctoral Fellowship ($127,000)
2021 The Eldon & Anne Foote Visual Art Prize (long-list)
2020 Canada Council for the Arts: Digital Originals ($5,000)
2019 Governor General’s Gold Medal
2019 President’s Doctoral Prize of Distinction ($5,800)
2018 SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship ($40,000)
2018 President’s Doctoral Prize of Distinction ($10,000)
2018 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Individual Project Grant ($15,000)
2017 Edmonton Artists' Trust Fund Award ($15,000)
2017 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Individual Project Grant ($15,000)
2017 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral) ($7,500)
2016 Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CIHR) ($17,500)
2016 Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship ($5,600)
2015 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Individual Project Grant ($15,000)
2013 Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship ($5,800)
2012 Alberta Foundations for the Arts Scholarship ($7,000)
Upcoming Exhibitions
2023 TBD. Tangled Art + Disability. Toronto, ON (Solo) — TBD
2025 Avatar’s Dream. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB (Solo) — TBD
Select Solo or Duo Exhibitions
2023 The Birth of the World. Harcourt House. Edmonton, AB (with Gary James Joynes)
2022 And All of Everything. Art Gallery of St. Albert. St. Albert, AB (with Gary James Joynes)
2021 Embodiment 2. Virtual Espace. Montreal, QB (with Van Grimde Corps Secrets and Gary James Joynes)
2020 Beyond Here Lies Nothing. ARTsPLACE. Annapolis Royal, NS
2020 Telling Stories Otherwise. Alberta Printmakers. Calgary, AB
2019 Kingdom of Illumination. The Ou Gallery. Duncan, BC
2019 Otherwise. Scott Gallery. Edmonton, AB
2018 Telling Stories Otherwise. FAB Gallery. Edmonton, AB
2018 Treating Otherwise. Double Happiness Projects. Toronto, ON
2018 Otherwise. White Water Gallery. North Bay, ON
2017 Just a Hard Rain. Scott Gallery. Edmonton, AB
2016 Pharmakon. Art Gallery of St. Albert. St. Albert, AB
2016 Retreat. McMullen Gallery. Edmonton, AB
2015 Of Other Spaces. McMullen Gallery. Edmonton, AB
2015 Just a Hard Rain. The Drawing Room. Edmonton, AB
2013 Pharmakon. FAB Gallery. Edmonton, AB
Dance Collaborations
2022-23 Kingdom of Illumination. Virtual Reality dance film collaboration with the Brian Webb Dance Company, Vanessa Goodman, and Gary James Joynes
2022-23 Of Dreaming. Artificial Intelligence dance film collaboration with the Brian Webb Dance Company and Gary James Joynes
2022-23 Of Visions. Artificial Intelligence dance film collaboration with Action at a Distance, Brian Webb Dance Company, Jonathan Kawchuk, Gary James Joynes, and aAron Munson
2020-22 Labrinth. Collaboration on an original dance performance with Brian Webb Dance Company and Gary James Joynes
2020-21 The Birth of the World. 3D-rendered dance film series collaboration with Van Grimde Corps Secrets, Gary James Joynes, DEW Collective, and Studio Everywhen
Dance Performances
2023 Joshua Tree. Brian Webb Dance Company. Edmonton, AB
2023 Joshua Tree. Brian Webb Dance Company. Bangalore, India
Select Film Screenings and Awards
2023 Fungi Film Festival. Portland, OR, USA
2022 ParTecK. Vancouver, BC, Canada
2022 Deep Focus Film Festival. Brooklyn, NY, USA (Honourable Mention)
2022 Radius Gallery. Santa Cruz, CA, USA
2022 San Francisco Indie Short Festival. San Francisco, CA, USA (Semi-finalist)
2022 Dallas Shorts. Dallas, TX, USA (Semi-finalist)
2021 Athens International Art Film Festival. Athens, Greece (Winner: Best Art Film)
2021 New Wave Short Film Festival. Munich, Germany (Finalist)
2021 Roma Short Film Festival. Rome, Italy (Finalist)
2021 Madrid Indie Film Festival. Madrid, Spain
2021 Long Story Shorts. Bucharest, Romania (Best Animation Nominee)
2021 Himachal Short Film Festival. Himachal Pradesh, India
2021 Paris International Film Awards. Paris, France. (Winner: Best SciFi film)
2021 Vancouver Independent Film Festival. Vancouver, BC, Canada (Finalist)
2021 Vitreous Medical Film Festival. Edmonton, AB, Canada
2020 Canadian Diversity Film Festival. Toronto, ON, Canada (Winner: Best Experimental Film)
2020 Oregon Short Film Festival. The Dalles, OR, USA (Finalist: Best Experimental Film)
2020 South Film and Arts Academy Festival. Rancagua, Chile
2020 The Short Film Filmmaker Showcase. Pinewood Studios, UK
2020 New York Animation Film Awards. New York City, NY, USA (Semi-Finalist)
2020 Dumbo Film Festival. New York City, NY, USA (Semi-Finalist)
2020 Paris Play Film Festival. Paris, France
2020 New Indie Film Festival of London. London, UK
2020 Twin Rivers Media Festival: Experimental. Asheville, NC, USA
2020 Canberra Mental Health Film Festival. Ngunnawal, Australia
2020 Mental Filmness. Chicago, IL, USA
2020 REEL Recovery Film Festival. North Hollywood, CA, USA
2020 Long Story Shorts. Bucharest, Romania (Best Experimental Film Nominee)
2020 The Art of Recovery Film Festival. Lake Worth, FL, USA
Theatre
2018 Stormshelter. Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival. Toronto, ON (playwright)
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 V-Unframed. Vancouver, BC
2023 Symbiosis. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, BC
2023 Enter the Portal. Denver, CO, USA
2022 Eco-Env-Art. Museum of Northern History. Kirkland Lake, ON
2021 CutOut Fest. Mexico
2021 Perspectives from Within. Contemporary Calgary. Calgary, AB
2021 Borrowed Time. Dartington Hall. Totnes, UK
2021 AGA Sidewalk Cinema. Art Gallery of Alberta. Edmonton, AB
2021 Umwelt. Planet One + Pustota. Shanghai, China
2021 The Lumiere Arts Festival. Cape Breton, NS
2021 MUTEK. Montreal, QB
2021 DY3CORPIA. About Light. Edmonton, AB
2021 DY3CORPIA. Canada
2020 What Makes Us Human? Art + Genomics. Mary Porter Sensnon Art Gallery. Santa Cruz, CA
2020 Creative Code Festival. Lightbox. New York City, NY
2020 Dyscorpia 2.1. Canada
2020 PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival. EMMEDIA. Calgary, AB
2019 Processor. Art Gallery of Alberta. Edmonton, AB
2019 Practicing Engagement. UC Irvine. Irvine, CA
2019 Art on the Screens. Mississauga, ON
2019 Dyscorpia. Enterprise Square Gallery. Edmonton, AB
2018 Out of Mind. OCAD. Toronto, ON
2018 FLUX. The International Museum of Surgical Science. Chicago, IL
2018 Mindset. Artscape Youngplace. Toronto, ON
2018 Codes of Conduct. Critical Media Lab. Kitchener, ON
2017 Out of Time. Harry Wood Gallery. Phoenix, AZ
2017 De-Institute. Workman Arts. Toronto, ON
2017 FLUX. Dc3 Art Projects. Edmonton, AB
2015 After Biopolitics. Bioscience Research Lab. Houston, Texas
2015 Future Station: 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art. Art Gallery of Alberta. Edmonton, AB
Residencies and Workshops
2022 of visions. Workshop with Action at a Distance. Vancouver, BC
2022 of visions. Workshop with Action at a Distance and Jonathan Kawchuk. Cobble Hill, BC
2022 Canadian Psychedelic Summit. Hollyhock. Cortes, BC
2022 Earth Futures Institute. University of California Santa Cruz. USA
2019 Outelier. Duncan, BC
2018 La Ira de Dios. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018 Art Letters and Numbers. Averill Park, New York, USA
2017 Holes in the Wall Collective. Kutztown, Pennsylvania, USA
2017 Workman Arts. Toronto, ON
2017 Visiting Artist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Toronto, ON
2015-16 Artist-in-Residence with Alberta Transplant Services. Edmonton, AB
2012 Retreat: A Position of dOCUMENTA (13). The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Banff, AB