ACADEMIC HISTORY

2023                Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Painting, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB

1999                 Fine Art, Fanshawe College, London, ON

WORK EXPERIENCE

2024         Elephant Artist Relief Society (EAR) – Board Member, General, Calgary, AB

2022 - current Freelancer / Dark Urban - Arts Management, Graphic & Web design, Marketer, Artist, Art Director Calgary, AB

2022 - 2024 Springboard Performance Society - Administrative Manager and Grant Manager, Calgary, AB

2020 - 2022 LostLorn – RPG Volunteer Marketing Director, Writing Team, Copy-Editor, Art Team.

2005 – 2020    TELUS Telecommunications – business analyst, system specialist

2011-2013         People’s Poetry Festival – Board Member, Director of Events, Calgary, AB

GROUP and COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS

2023                  Twisting in the Pathos Rational, Fine Arts Exhibition & Publication, Calgary, AB

2022                  Connections, Fourth Year Fine Arts Exhibition, Calgary, AB

2022                  No Belonging, Gallery Crawl Exhibition, Calgary, AB

2022                  The Return, Third and Fourth Year Drawing/Painting Exhibition, Calgary, AB

2021                   Uncanny Dwellings, Third and Fourth Year Drawing/Painting Exhibition, Calgary, AB

2019                   Village Brewery / Loft 112 Collaboration Show, Calgary, AB

1999                   Graduate Show / Fanshawe College, London, ON

Awards

2021                  Recipient of the Doris Brown Memorial Scholarship

COMMISSIONS

2019                  Transmission Bison 2019, Painting (Private Collection)

BIBLIOGRAPHY and PUBLICATIONS

2023              Twisting in the Pathos Rational, “Disavowel” and Obtained Without Permission Object 59, Fine Art Publication, (Willard et al)

2023              The Demon Age 5e. MediaStream Press. (Frinkle, McLean, et al)

2023              Mansion in the Multiverse 5e, MediaStream Press. (Frinkle, McLean, Droucker, et al)

2022              Collective Verses | Volume II from Storytelling Collective (poetry: McLean,, et al)

2022              The Legends of Cairn Breagh 5e, MediaStream Press. (Frinkle, McLean, Droucker, et al)

2020              Mountains Become Rivers: Urban Zazen & Wild Koans – Print book and free eBook of Poetry

2020-21          LostLorn: The Accursed 5e OGL RPG (Setting Zines: Bloodstone Isle, Corebook: Badlanders, and more)

2020              NIGHTNARRATIVES – free eBook of Poetry

2020              Succulent Zine – Writing Submission, “Covid19: Lights in a Dark Landscape” pg24 link

2019               Black Void – RPG Writing Submission

2019                Esoterica: Secretum Mundi – RPG Writing Submission

2018               ‘Fingers’ an Art Intelligence Agency Field Report from the desk of special agent David Samuel King – 47-16: Short Fiction and Poetry Inspired by David Bowie, editor Chris Thompson

2012                (1)ne Night Stand — poetry

2009               The Syndrome Papers — poetry

PERFORMANCES

2021              The Poets Circle, New York, online event.

2011-2013         People’s Poetry Festival

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

2021                Marketing 101 for ttrpg Creators (Storytelling Collective)

2020               Summer - RPG Writer Workshop, write your own adventure. (Storytelling Collective)

2017                  Methods of Traditional and Contemporary Figure Painting with Martinho Correia

2017                  Classical Training for Real Artists - Figure Drawing with Martinho Correia

MEMBERSHIPS

2022-2024        Elephant Artist Relief Society (EAR), Calgary, AB

2020-2024        CARFAC Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens, Calgary, AB

2018-2024         Calgary Soto Zen, Calgary, AB

2022                  Contemporary Calgary Gallery, Calgary, AB

2016-2018       Burnt Toast Studio, Calgary, AB