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Jill Price, BFA ’93, OCT ‘07, MFA ‘17, PhD ‘24 114 Esther Drive, Barrie, Ontario, L4N 0V5, jillpricestudios.ca, [email protected], 705-229-5211 Selected Exhibition History Solo 2026 We Art Forest, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario 2022-2023 From Unsettling to UN/making (performance series), Union Gallery, Kingston, Ontario 2023 UN/making the Mould, Ontario Craft Council, Toronto, Ontario (Spring) 2022 UN/making the Frame, Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario (fall) 2021 Unfurled: Unsettling the Archive from a More-than-human Perspective, Orillia Art & Historical Museum 2019 Entanglements, Queen’s University: Pot-pourri Gallery, Kingston, Ontario 2018 Material Witness, Toronto Offsite Design Festival, GravityPope, Toronto, Ontario 2017 Land as Archive, YYZ Artist Outlet, Toronto, Ontario 2013 Processed, The Art Exchange, London, Ontario 2012 Process-ed, Claustro Gallery, Midland, Ontario 2011 Fabricated Landscapes, Double Doors, Anten Mills, Ontario (OAC Exhibition Assistance) 2011 Global Landscapes, Museum London, “, London, Ontario 2011 Rural Transitions, Art Exchange, London, Ontario 2004 An International Affair, The Art Exchange, London, Ontario 2001 Art Attack, Galleries @the Galleria, London, Ontario Two or Three Person 2026 We Are Forest, Mississauga Art Centre, Mississauga, Ontario 2022 Becoming Rock, Jill Price & Frances Thomas, City of Barrie (Culture Days) 2021 Lush: Fabrications in Yarn and Fabric, J. Price & Marlene Hilton Moore, Be Contemporary, Innisfil, Ontario 2019 The Reconfiguration of Similar Elements to a Separate Effect, J. Price & T. Di Rosio, Durham Art Gallery, Ont. 2018 Two Legacies, Jill Price & Tanya Cunnington, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario (OAC Exhibition Assistance) 2016 Re/Constructed Nature, Jill Price, David Salazar & Annette Mangaard, Grad Gallery, OCADU, Toronto, Ont. 2015 Hills Above & Holes Below, Jill Price & Jenna Faye Powell, Westland Gallery, London, Ontario 2015 Embedded Notations, Jill Price & Melissa Robertson, Double Doors, Anten Mills, Ont. 2013 Crafted Realities, Jill Price & Jesse Bromm, Gallery 111, Barrie, Ont. 2013 Tangled Reality: Jill Price and Magdolene Dykstra, Bartlett Gallery, Caledon, Ontario 2000 THE BOD SQUAD “More than a Handful”, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario Juried, Group or Invitational Exhibition 2023 Geological Epoch, curated by Mary Mattingly, EcoArtSpace, Online 2023 With the Land, curated by Sunny Kerr, Agnes Art Centre and No. 9 Garden, Rideau Lakes, Ontario 2022 Imagining Sustainable Futures, curated by Akosua Adasi, Union Gallery, Kingston, Ontario 2022 Field Notes, Base 31, Prince Edward County 2022 Community Resilience, Post Carbon Institute, Stanford University (Online Exhibition) 2022 Portraits of Resilience, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario 2021 EARTH DAY 2021: Stop Extinction! Restore the Earth, Embassy Cultural House, London, Ontario 2020 At Intervals, AUTO BDLG, Toronto, Ontario 2019 Hard Twist 14, curated by Chris Mitchell and Helena Frei, Entanglements, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario 2018 Re/Searching, Art & Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Queens University, Kingston, ON 2018 Grow Op, Material Witness, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario 2016 Raw Material, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, Ontario 2014 Some Restrictions May Apply, curated by Chai Duncan, Propeller Art Centre, Toronto, Ontario 2014 Faculty Show, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario 2014 Annual Juried Show (Award Winner), Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario 2013 In the Dwelling House: Views of Domestic Farm Life, Gibson Centre, Alliston, Ontario 2013 8th Annual Desmond Juried Art Show (Honourable Mention) University of Guelph, Ridgetown, Ontario 2013 Annual Juried Show (Award Winner), Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario 2012 World Art Games Exhibition, Izmir, Turkey 2012, 2013 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario 2012 Water Effects-The Watershed Project, City Hall Rotunda, Barrie, Ontario 2012 The Artist Project 2012, Toronto, Ontario 2012 Waterline / Timeline, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, Ontario 2011 Lake Effects - The Watershed Project, City Hall Rotunda, Barrie, Ontario 2011, 2012, 2013 Queen Street West Art Crawl, Toronto, Ontario 2011 Time Frame, Alton Mills Gallery, Caledon, Ontario 2011 Eco, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario 2006 In Good Company, McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario 2006 Open Air III: Art and Architecture, London, Ontario 2005 You Are Here, Museum London -1 Dundas Street, London, Ontario 2005 Future Collectives, McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario 2001 Not Legal, Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario 2001 Nasty Thoughts, Definitely Superior, Thunderbay, Ontario 2001 Zine, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Ontario Selected Artist Talks 2023 Geological Epoch: UN/making & Un-development, EcoArtSpace, New Mexico (Online) 2022 UN/making the Frame, Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario 2021 Women and Sculpture, MacLaren Art Centre and Be Contemporary, Barrie, Ontario 2021 Let the Fur Fly: Past and Contemporary Histories of the Fur Trade, Orillia Museum of Art and History 2019 A Day of Undoing, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario 2019 A Day of Undoing, Propeller Art Centre, Toronto, Ontario 2019 Two Legacies Artist Talk, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario 2018 Wound Up, Discussion Panel Member with Lindsey Wilson, Johanna Amos, Union Gallery, Kingston, On. 2016 Shadows of Enlightenment, Re/Constructed Nature Artist Talk, Grad Gallery, OCADU, Toronto, Ontario 2015 Unguarded, Exhibition Discussion Panel Member, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario 2012 The History and Process behind Process-ed, Claustro Gallery, Midland, Ontario 2007 Feature Artist Forum: Museum London, London, Ontario 2006 In Good Company, McIntosh Gallery, London, Ontario Artist Residencies 2022 – Alchemy Artist Residency, Prince Edward County, Ontario (July) 2021 Union House Summer Artist Residency, Port Union, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland (covid- cancelled) 2019 – 2021 MOCA Akin Artist in Residence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario 2017 – Artist in Residence, Goldsmith University, London, England 2016 – Artist in Residence, OCAD University, Florence 2011 – 2012: Artist in Residence, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, Ontario Relevant Post-Secondary Education & Training 2018-2024 PhD in Cultural Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2019 Intercultural Awareness Training, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2015 -2017 Interdisciplinary Art Media & Design MFA, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario 2009 Visual Arts Specialist, Althouse College, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario 2008 Special Education Part 1, Althouse College, Western University, London, Ontario 2007 Senior Additional Visual Arts Qualification, Althouse College, Western University, London, Ontario 2006-2007 JI Visual Arts, Ontario Teaching Certificate, Althouse College, Western University, London, Ontario 1994-1995 Museology / Photography, Western University (part-time), London, Ontario 1988-1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Focus in Drawing & Performance, Western University, London, Ontario Selected Press & Curatorial Essays 2022 Hands-on art installation takes shape at college campus, by Kevin Lamb, Orillia Matters, November 29 2022 Jill Price’s Unfurled uses reclaimed fur to challenge perspectives, The Fur Bearers (Blog), January 25 2021 Innisfil art gallery showcasing ‘Women in Sculpture’ by Miriam King, Barrie Today, August 23 2021 Art meets history as experts tackle the impact of the fur trade, Orillia Matters Staff, Aug 9 2021 Pros and cons of fur trade in area to be debated at museum talk, Midland Today Staff. Jul 5 2021 OMAH transformed into historic parlour for unique exhibit, Orillia Matters, May 5 2019 Jill Price, A Driving Force, McIntosh Art Gallery, Western, Ontario 2019 London art gallery celebrates female artists…, J. Belanger, London Free Press, Mar 4 2019 Influential female artists honoured at Westland Gallery, Post Media News, March 6 2019 Unsettling Nature, Art Review by Madeline Lennon, Centred.ca, June 25 2019 The Reconfiguration of Similar Elements to a Separate Effect by Jaclyn Quaresma 2019 Between Time & Eternity: Two Legacies Exhibition Essay by Emily McGibbon, MacLaren Art Centre 2018 Material Witness, Toronto Design Week 2018: 100 Things We Loved – DesignLines, 2017 Must-Sees This Week: August 10 to 16, 2017, Canadian Art 2016 Beyond Vision: Sensing neglected senses in Contemporary Art by E. Cluett, OCAD InStudio, Spring 2014 Some Restrictions Apply Catalogue 2013 Westland Gallery Grand Opening Catalogue 2013 Jill Price October’s Featured Artist by Jennifer Klemmenti, Sunday Crush Blog 2013 Tangled Realities at Gallery 111, Barrie Advance, March 2013 Jill Price Process-ed Exhibit at The Art Exchange, The Beat Magazine, January 2013 2013 Artist Examines Suburban Culture, by Joe Belanger, London Free Press, January 15 2012 Soupstock, Artists, Innovators & Visionaries Toronto, October 21 2012 “Art ce Soir part of Barrie's Culture Days”, by Susan Doolan, Friday, Sept. 28, Barrie Examiner 2012 “The Right Piece”, by Susan Doolan, Wednesday, September 5, Barrie Examiner 2012 Artist Profile: Jill Price by C. Winter, July/Aug, p 78-79, Good Life Magazine, Barrie 2012 Artists Combine Art and Text at the Mad and Noisy, by E. Brownridge, Mar 30, Creemore Echo 2012 Artist Ponders Modern Conveniences, by Stan Howe, March 15, p 31, Barrie Advance 2012 Who I’ll Have My Eyes on at TAP 2012 by Randy Hryhorczuk , Jan 16, http://www.hryhorczuk.com 2011 “Let’s Talk Art with Jill Price” by Moshe Mikanovsky Art, Nov. 11, www.mikanovsky.com/blog 2011 “Artist holds exhibition with Barrie focus”, by S. Doolan, Aug. 25, p C1 (Barrie Examiner) 2011 “Featured Artist Jill Price” by C. Edlund, Artsy Shark, July 15, http://www.artsyshark.com 2011 “On the canvas” by Kathy Rumleski, April 7, London Free Press 2011 “Cultural Collages by Jill Price”, by Mark Wretham March, page 29, Snap Barrie 2011 “Rural Transitions: To Barrie and Back”, Jan. 28th, Greenbelt’s Posterous 2011 “Price Reflects on Changing Landscapes”, by Narayan Chattergoon, Jan 20, Western Gazette 2011 “Artist Comes Full Circle”, by Susan Doolan, Jan. 6, p C1, The Barrie Examiner 2010 “Timeraiser Benefits Charities”, by Jonathon Sher, Apr 9, p A5, London Free Press 2010 “ At Home with the Art of Carol Kehoe” by N. Evans, Mar/Apr, p 36, City Woman Post-Secondary Teaching Experience September – December 2023: Instructor, MUSM1000 Getting to Know Museums and Galleries, Georgian College Provided students with a survey of the social history and development of museums and galleries, and the current presence of museums in Canada to gain an understanding and appreciation of the evolving purposes and core functions of museums, as well as the frameworks for museum and gallery practice. Students also examine the growing development and network of professions related to museum and gallery work. September – December 2021: Co-Instructor, 2D and 3D Fundamentals, ARTF 127, Queen’s University Co designed a series of studio exercises, assignments, assessments and experiential activities to introduce a series of narrative and conceptual approaches to creative production. Ensured the organization and facilitation of onsite studio lessons and work session. Assessed student contributions and outputs in the studio environment. September 2017 – May 2018: Sessional Instructor, Gallery Studies, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario Designed, modelled and assessed a variety of written assignments pertaining to professional practice in the art world including artist interviews, artist biographies, artist statements, exhibition proposals and exhibition catalogues. January 2015 – December 2017: Sessional Instructor, Ideas & Imagery, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario Designed, modelled and assessed a variety of assignments pertaining to different stages of ideation and refinement of processes and media used within design and creative professions including artist proposals, project reflections, research essays and exams. September 2014-August 2015: Sessional Instructor, Colour Theory & Design, Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario Designed, modelled and assessed a variety of assignments pertaining to colour theory and its applications across different fields including design proposals, project reflections, research essays and exams. Selected Curatorial Work Independent Projects 2021 RE-crafted: Canadian Contemporary Exhibition Exploring Earth-Centric Approaches to Craft, Bonavista, Nfld (Canada Council Project Grant) 2019 UNMADE: Unmaking as a Creative Act, Propeller Art Centre, Toronto, Ontario 2013 Purple Hills Festival of the Arts Juried Exhibition, Creemore, Ontario 2012 Road Trip, Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, Collingwood, Ontario 2011-2013 Arts ce Soir: An all-night contemporary art event, Co-Curator, (City of Barrie Project Grants) 2010 PhotoSensitive: Cancer Connections, Curatorial Assistant, Matthews Hall, London, Ontario 2005 You Are Here, Curatorial Assistant, Museum London, London, Ontario 2000 Faces of London: Local Artists by Local Artists, McIntosh Collection", Galleries @ the Galleria, Lon, ON 2000 Layers of London: Archaeology in Victoria Park, Galleries @ the Galleria, London, Ontario 2000 Under Exposed: Celebrating the Fine Art of Photography through Contemporary Artworks Selected from the Collections of Museum London and the McIntosh Gallery", Galleries @ the Galleria, London, Ontario 1998 Forest City Gallery’s 25th Anniversary Archival Exhibition, London, Ontario 1996 Boundaries: Glimpses of Censorship, Co-curator, ArtLab, Western University, London, Ontario August 2013 – December 2018: Curator, Quest Art School & Gallery, Midland, Ontario Curated, organized and reported on all aspects required in the promotion and presentation of gallery exhibitions across three exhibition spaces including the supervision of installation, the design and posting of all out of house and in-house marketing materials and engaged in public speaking at opening receptions and scheduled artist and curatorial talks. October 2018, From Food to Monument: Northern Retellings: Aylan Couchie, Lisa Myers, L. Decter (OAC Project Grant) June 2018, Charles Pachter: A Canadian Portrait March 2018, Voices of Paint: Jennifer Wigmore, Frances Thomas, Sonia Haberstich January 2018, Shipped: Ed Burtynsky, Victoria Ward, Gary Blundell, Todd Tremeer, Murray Van Halem October 2017, Peripheral: Rod Prouse January 2017, UN/Natural: Liz Eakins, Liz Menard, Becky Comber, Kate Civiero October 2016, HWY 69: Joseph Hartman and Jason Brown (OAC Project Grant) June 2016, Public Domain: Allyson Glenn and Nathalie Quagliotto March 2016, What Lies Beneath: Tina Poplawski and Jenny Iserman January 2016, Assembling New Realities: Chai Duncan, Ross Bonfanti, H. Marchand, Valerie Marchand, G. Szabo September 2015, Venus and the Doll: Marlene Hilton Moore June 2015, Colliding Natures: Brian Burnett and John Notten January 2015, From Sky to Shore: Sue A. Miller & Halyna Mordowanec Regenbogen November 2014, Digital Labyrinth: John Kokkinos Sept. 2014, In Tandem: Roger & Heather Kerslake, Luci Dilkus, Anton Pickard, Tracey & Derek Martin June 2014, The New Canadian Naturalist: Michael Farnan November 2013, Nurtured: Land as Child, Ila Kellerman Sept. 2013 Nindede (father): Arthur, Travis & Bewabon Shilling December 2012 – September 2014, Curator / Gallery Administrator, Gallery 111 Artist Collective, Barrie, Ontario Curated and administrated all aspects required in the operation of the artist-run gallery including the selection of visiting artists, installation, promotion, design and dissemination of marketing materials, book-keeping, scheduling of gallery sitters and event engaged in public speaking at opening receptions and event organization. Sept. 2014, Fiery Muse: Phoenix Rising: Sarah Uffelmann, Claudia Mandler McKnight, Frith Bail August 2014, Above & Below: Peter Miehm & Lauren Blakey July 2014 Inhabited: Gavy Swan, Rosemary Hasner, Betty Nelson-David June 2014, Enigmatic Gestures: Lois Green & Jennifer Tsuchida May 2014, Mindful Spaces: Peter Adams & Roy Hickling April 2014, Between the Lines: Janet Donaghey, Tracey Martin, Derek Martin March 2014, Interference: Liz Eakins & Brett Lundy Feb. 2014, New Love: Siobhan Byrne, Tyler Durbano, Hae Jung Lee Jan. 2014, Threshold: Pauline Bradshaw & Theresa Cullen Dec. 2013, Crafted Realities: Jesse Bromm & Jill Price Nov. 2013, Emergence: Jennie Clark & Luci Dilkus Oct. 2013, Wrought: Mined vs Made, Kevin Maclean & Jim Stacey Sept. 2013, Burn: Derek Martin, Roy Hickling & Liz Eakins August 2013, From Earth to Sky: Claudia Mandler McKnight, Christina Luck July 2013, Outer Findings: Tracey Martin, Jennie Clark, Ann Gilbart, Heather Kerslake June 2013, Worlds within Worlds: Gita Karklins, Janet Donaghey, Gavy Swan May 2013, Alchemy: Revelations, Reduction & Redemption, Lois Green & Frith Bail April 2013, Tangled Realities: Magdolene Dykstra March 2013, Surfacing; Peter Miehm, Marg Gurr February 2013, Heartland: Peter Adams January 2012, Interior Perspectives: Brett Lundy & MK Lynde August 2011 – January 2013, Curator, Mad and Noisy Artist Collective, Creemore, Ontario Curated gallery members into monthly rotating exhibitions with themes uniting their different bodies of work as well as assisted with the design and distribution of all promotional materials and didactics. Other duties included event organizing, exhibition installation, inventory management, customer service, art consulting and gallery sales. Nov. 2012, Saturation: Cerebral Celebrations of Colour and Light Oct. 2012, Bodies & Beasts May 2012, Momente: Movement and Motifs Captured in Time Aug. 2012, Industrimental: Investigations of Industry’s Impact and Innovation July 2012, Sur-Rural: Nostalgic Notations of our Evolving Landscapes June 2012, Unearthed: Dynamic Renderings of Nature’s Gifts April 2012, Conveyed: Visual Integrations of Art and Text, Mad and Noisy Gallery, Creemore, Ontario March 2012, Elemental Truths: Minimalism versus Abstraction Other Selected Art Writing / Journal Publications 2023 Dear Soiless, Geological Epoch Publication, EcoArtSpace 2023 Mining the Museum for More-Than-Human Histories: A Creative Method for Nurturing Empathy and Eco-Ethical Practices of Creating, Collecting and Presenting, Stedelijk Studies Journal Issue 13: “Museum-ing: Research in Practice” (draft) 2020 Undoing as Activism, Panic at the Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Queen’s University, Kingston, On. 2018 Trop Urbain, Tribute to Passaic: Re-enactment of Robert Smithson’s journey in New Jersey, 2017 Still Building for the Future: A Look Back with Alumna Audrey Mercer, OCAD InStudio, Winter 2017 Regard for the Discarded: 3 OCAD students look at the forgotten as raw material, OCAD InStudio, Spring 2016 Street Level Art: Hadley + Maxwell sculpting for the public sphere, OCAD InStudio, Spring 2016 Straordinario! Florence, an extraordinary place for transdisciplinary practice, OCAD InStudio, Fall 2002 Governance in the Arts, p 5, Spring Issue 2000 Paradigm Magazine “Galleries @ the Galleria: A Partnering of the Public Arts”, Issue 9, Summer 1998 London Free Press, “Next Gallery Director needs to be Mega-talented “July 12th, 1997 Scene Magazine, “Sisters and White Bread” Curated by Jewel Goodwyn, Mar 6 - Mar 13 1997 Scene Magazine “The Matters of Sheila Butler”, Mar 27 - Apr 3 1997 Scene Magazine “The Colourless Palette of Ron Martin”, Apr 3 - Apr 10, 1996 Scene Magazine” Interesting Trinity of Displays at the LRAHM”, VOL.7-NO.25 1996 Scene Magazine “Ann Kipling - Light, Time and Energy”, VOL.7-NO.20 1996 Scene Magazine” Herb Ariss - A Soldier of Art presents Vignettes”, VOL.7-NO.11 1996 Scene Magazine” Fern Helfand - Time Structured Visual Editorials”, VOL.7-NO.8 1996 Scene Magazine” Ron Benner - All That Has Value”, VOL.6-NO.36 Other Achievements 2024 Credit Valley National Park Initiative Board Member 2023-2024 MacLaren Art Centre Strategic Planning Committee 2019 – present Collections Committee at Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, Ontario 2018 / 2019 Barrie ARTCentral Steering Committee Member 2017 Founding Member of PRNT Collective, Barrie, Ontario 2015 Advisory Panel Member of McIntosh Gallery Strategic Plan Review, London, Ontario 2012 Canadian Artist Delegate at World Art Games Conference, Izmir, Turkey 2010-2012 Barrie Arts and Culture Board Member 2010 Advisory Committee Member for Barrie’s Department of Culture 2004 – 2006 Owner / Operation of Axis Studios, Covent Garden Market, London, Ontario 2002, 2004, 2006 Open Air Advisory Committee Member, London, Ontario 2001–2004, London Arts Council – Admin. Assistant, Interim Director, Communications Assistant 1999 – 2000 Galleries @ the Galleria - Project Coordinator / Curator 1997 – 1998, 2000 Forest City Gallery - Director / Visual Arts Coordinator 1995 -1997 Scene Magazine - Art Critic and Reporter Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant and Marking Assistant Experience September – December 2019: Research Assistant to Professor Laura Murray, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario September – December 2018: Contemporary Digital Histories, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario Assessed and offered constructive feedback on a variety of course writing assignments including online reading responses and research essays on the history of digital media. January – April 2018, April 2019: Contemporary History of Graphic Design, OCADU, Toronto, Ontario Assessed and offered constructive feedback on a variety of course writing assignments including visual arts analysis, comparative essays, research papers and exams in relation to the history of graphic design. September 2015 – December 2017: Global Visual Culture to the 1800’s, OCADU, Toronto, Ontario Assessed and offered constructive feedback on a variety of course writing assignments including visual arts analysis assignments, research papers and exams in relation to modern art history. January 2016 – Spring 2017: Global Visual Culture from 1800’s to present, OCADU, Toronto, Ontario Assessed and offered constructive feedback on a variety of course writing assignments including visual arts analysis, research papers and exams in relation to early art history. Other Teaching & Communication Experience Spring 2019 ongoing, Independent Educator and Curator (Propeller Art Gallery (Toronto), Durham Art Gallery (Durham), Quest Art (Midland), MacLaren Art Centre (Barrie), Craft at the Edge (Bonavista, Nfld) Designed and delivered workshops and exhibitions around the concept of “unmaking” as a way to promote and inspire more ecologically ethical art practices. January 2018 – present, Adult Education Instructor, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario Outline lesson plans to align with current exhibitions and contemporary art practices while exploring the importance of materials and methods to arrive at the visualization of ideas and personal narratives. August 2013 – December 2018, Curator, Quest Art School & Gallery, Midland, Ontario Designed all forms of written and visual communication in relation to the promotion and presentation of gallery exhibitions including brochures, invitations, posters, Canadian Art & Akimbo advertising, curatorial essays, gallery didactics and gallery exercise sheets for visiting audiences – Wrote and reported on two successful Ontario Arts Council project grants - Provided written and oral reports on past, present and future programming to the exhibition committee, staff and Board of Directors. August 2013 - May 2016: Education Officer, Quest Art School & Gallery, Midland, Ontario Designed, reflected on and revised all forms of written and visual communication in relation to the promotion and delivery of educational, art, outreach programs in correspondence with curriculum guidelines as set out by the Province of Ontario including, program promotional materials, lesson plans, power point presentations, teacher feedback forms and in-class worksheets. Provided written and oral reports on the impact and weaknesses of educational programs to the education committees, staff and Board of Directors. Jan. 2013 – May 2014: Employer for Community Integration / Cooperative Education, Georgian College, Barrie, ON Trained, supported and reported on student placements while working as curator / operator of Gallery 111. Students were trained in areas of gallery communications, sales, database management, product promotion and customer services. October 2011 – May 2012: Artist Mentor for Public Mural Project in Thornhill, Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON Trained and facilitated five emerging artists in areas of professional development and project output including the development of artist proposals, curriculum vitaes, artist bios and public speaking. September 2007 - August 2010: Visual Arts Specialist and Language Teacher, Matthews Hall, London, Ontario Designed, modelled and reflected on an interdisciplinary art program in relation to curriculum writing expectations from grades three to eight. Provided remedial language support to grade eight students. Academic Awards & Committee Work 2021 -2022 Little Forests of Kingston, PhD Community Initiative Project 2021-2023 SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship, Cultural Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2020 -2021 McLaughlin Fellowship, Queen’s University 2020-2021 Faculty of Arts and Science Project-Based and Portfolio Ph.D. Research Award 2020 – 2022 Curriculum Committee Member, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2019 – 2022 Research Creation Committee Member, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2019-2020 Ontario Graduate Scholarship recipient 2018-2019 Alfred Bader Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities, Queen’s University 2018-19 Faculty of Arts and Science Dean’s Award for Environmental Justice, Queen’s University 2017 Research & Writing Award, OCAD University 2017 Michael Smith Foreign Study Bursary recipient 2016 Interim Dean of Graduate Studies Hiring Committee Member, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario 2016, Grad Gallery Steering Committee Member, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario 2016 / 2017 SSHRC recipient 2015 /2016 Ontario Graduate Scholarship recipient 2007 Dorothy Emery Memorial Award in Visual Arts Education Academic Presentations 2022 Promoting climate resilient cities and fostering social engagement through interdisciplinary work by Melissa McLeod, Regan Cross, Ryan Zhou, Jill Price, & Julianah Adediji, 52nd Ontario Ecology, Ethology, & Evolution Colloquium, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2022 Outside In, Panel: Unmaking, Global Landscape, Looking to Art History to Help UN/make Anthropocenic Perspectives and Processes, UAL & OCADU, Online Virtual Conference 2022 When a Research-Creation PhD Discourages Further Research or Creation in the Public Realm, Panel: More Than Human Ethics, Failure: Systems at their Limit, Concordia University, Montreal, May 12-13 2022 Unsettling Art: A Minefield of Ethical and Material Fallacies and Hypocrisies, Panel #6 - Chair: Pedro Alves, Traumatic Landscapes, School of Arts at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, May 4-6 2022 How Looking to Art History can help UN/make Anthropocenic Perspectives and Practices Towards Land, Unsettling the Landscape, Chaired by Dr Norman Vorano, Context and Meaning: Art and the Anthropocene Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2021 Guest Lecturer, When Research-Creation Research Tells you to stop Researching and Creating, Research-Creation Graduate Course, Queen’s University 2021 Guest Lecturer, Where Ecology, Art and Ethics Meet, HUMN Environmental Ethics, Emily Carr University, BC 2020 Research Creation Roundtable: A Current and Critical Evaluation of Ethics in Creative Methods and Scholarship, Co-chaired by Lois Klassen and Stéfy McKnight, UACC, Vancouver 2020 Adaptation as Ideation: A Invitation to Speculate on the Unmaking of Fort Henry’s Lawn, Undisciplined Conference Workshop, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2020 Undoing As Activism: A Movement Towards Slow Art, Ban Righ Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON 2019 Undoing as Activism, Accelerated Art / Accelerated Culture, UACC, Quebec City 2019 Activism & Resistance through the Arts, Panelist, Undoing as Activism, Undisciplined Graduate Conference, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario 2019 Unwinding #1 (Performance) Undisciplined Graduate Conference, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario 2019 Material Shadows, Artist Presentation & Poster, The Jacalyn Duffin Health & Humanities Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 2018, 2019 An Argument for Practice-led Research, Guest Lecturer, Practicum, OCADU, Toronto, Ontario 2017 OCADU, Land as Archive: A Collection of Seen and Unseen Shadows, IAMD MFA Thesis, 2017