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EDUCATION

2011- Bachalor of Arts in Art and Design, Trinity Western University, Langley BC

SOLO SHOWS

2021- Eons and a fly bye sky, Arc.hive Artist Run Centre, Victoria, BC.

2020- Eons, Place Des Arts, Coquitlam, BC. Curator Kim Correia.

2017- Land-Shift, The fifty-fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC.

2015- Place dis Place: Works by Desiree deRuiter, The Ranger Station Art Gallery, Kent Harrison Arts Council, Harrison Hot Springs, BC.

2014- The Brightly Lit Dark, Ground Zero Printmakers Society GZPS, Victoria BC

GROUP SHOWS

2024- Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Edition 9, Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, London, UK. Curators Matt Bell and Sophie Brendel.

2024- The First Island Printmaking Biennial, Cowichan Valley Arts Council, Duncan, BC. Curator Elizabeth Croft.

2019- Taisce Lú: A Curator’s Choice, Basement Gallery, An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Ireland. Curators Claire Halpin and Michele Haechler.

2019- Interworld, Arc.hive Artist Run Centre, Victoria, BC.  Curator Connie Michele Morey.

2017- Take Your Bearings, The Fifty-Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC.  Curator Lacey Hawthorne.

2016- The Ninth Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, travelling exhibition, Vancouver, BC.

2016- Creative Spark Artist in Residence Exhibition, An Táin Community Art Centre, Dundalk, Ireland.

2015- North: An exhibition for the 2015 Winter Games.  Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC.  Curator Maeve Hanna.

2014- Christmas Small Works Show. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria AGGV, Massey Gallery.  Victoria, BC. Curator Sherry Willing.

2014- Summer Small Works Show. AGGV, Massey Gallery.  Victoria, BC. Curator Sherry Willing.  

2014- Black and White Essentials.  AGGV Massey Gallery.  Victoria, BC. Curator Sherry Willing.

2013- Christmas Salon Art Show. Victoria Emerging Art Gallery VEAG. Victoria, BC. Curator Ellen Manning.     

2013- Victoria Emerging Art Awards Show.  VEAG.  Victoria, BC. Curator Ellen Manning.

2013- Victoria, Inside Out-GZPS, Xchanges Gallery and Studios, Victoria, BC. Curator Victoria Edgarr.

2012- 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Reimer Student Centre, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC.  Curator Erica Grimm Vance.            

2011- A Parade Marching Backwards in Time, Langley Centennial Museum, Fort Langley, BC.  Curator Kobi Christian. 

ONGOING SHOWS

2015-2024- Vancouver Art Gallery: Art Rentals and Sales, Vancouver, BC

2013-2016- Victoria Emerging Art Gallery, Victoria, BC

RESIDENCIES

2024- The Ou Gallery Residency, Gabriola Island, BC, Canada, April 16–29.

2015- Creative Spark, Dundalk, Ireland, September-October.

AWARDS

2013- Victoria Emerging Art Awards, Victoria, BC. 2nd Prize

PUBLICATIONS

2019- “A different kind of black,” Pressing Matters Magazine, issue 8. https://www.pressingmattersmag.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023, July 22-23- Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop, Teacher. International Summer School of the Arts. Shawnigan Lake, BC.

2022, May 11th and 18th- Mokuhanga Workshop, Teacher. Victoria Society of Print Artists. Victoria, BC.

2022, March 26th- Linoleum Printmaking Workshop, Teacher. Victoria Society of Print Artists.  Victoria, BC.

2019-2023- Victoria Society of Print Artists. Board Member.

2018-2019- Ground Zero Printmakers Society. Board member and studio technician. Victoria, BC

2015- Chine Collé Workshop. Teacher. Creative Spark. Dundalk, Ireland.

2015- Minature Bookbinding Workshop. Teacher.  Creative Spark.  Dundalk, Ireland.

2014- Mini Bookbinding Workshop.  Facilitator.  GZPS, Victoria, BC.

2013-2014- Eight Month Studio Internship, GZPS, Victoria, BC