Acquisitions Committee, Art Gallery of Peterborough
2026
Keeper of Things: Art, The Archive and Purging Epic Fails, International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI), University of Guelph, Guelph, Improvlab, Guest Speaker
2025
knowing; being, Art Gallery of Bancroft, Bancroft, ON, Canada
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1990
A.O.C.A., Fine Arts, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, with honours
1985
B.A., History, University of Western Ontario, London
Grants and Awards
2015
Chalmers Arts Fellowship, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada
2014
Shortlist for Best Culinary Narrative, Taste Canada: The Food Writing Awards
2013
Grant for Collective Vision, Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough
2012
Grant for Collective Vision, Peterborough Foundation
2011
Individual Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada
2010
Community Betterment Award, City of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, For work at PRHC
2010
Project Grant for Voices at Hand, Canada Post
2006
Creation/ Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2005
Individual Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada
2003
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada
2000
Artists in the Community Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada
1998
Individual Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada
1996
Marion McKenzie Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
1992
Creative Artists in School Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada
1990
W. O. Forsyth Scholarship, OCA
1986
George A, Reid Scholarship, OCA
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Installations
2025
knowing; being, Art Gallery of Bancroft, Bancroft, ON, Canada
2023
Provenance, Ludmila Gallery, Peterborough
2019
How to do Anything, Champlain College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist-in-Residence
2018
Voices at Hand, Traill College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist-in-Residence
2015
Still Ice, Evans Contemporary, Peterborough
2013
Voices at Hand, Lady Eaton College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist-in-Residence
2012
Voices at Hand, Norfolk Arts Centre, Simcoe, Performance Residency
2012
Voices at Hand, Gzowski College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist-in-Residence
2011
Voices at Hand, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Performance Residency
2011
Voices at Hand, Books & Co.–Window, Picton, Performance Residency
2010
Voices at Hand, SOHO Art & Framing–Window, Toronto, Performance Residency
2010
Voices at Hand, Blue Tomato Art Shopwindow, Peterborough, Performance Residency
2009
Into the Living, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Curated by Maralynn Cherry
2008
Dancing in a Northern Kitchen, Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre, Haliburton
2007
Eternity Behind, Eternity Before, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada
2004
Odes to Anatomies, A Space Gallery–Windows, Toronto
2000
Antarctic Chronicles, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON, Canada
1998
Antarctic Chronicles, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON, Canada
Presently, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Curated by Fynn Leitch, , (Clayton Windatt, Sonya Jones)
2012
Art Gallery of Peterborough Triennial, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Curated by Carla Garnet Juried by Fynn Leitch, Linda Jansma, Olexander Wlasenko
2011
Between Land and Sky: New Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Curated by Carla Garnet
2010
Lost and Found, Artspace, Peterborough, Curated by Fynn Leitch
The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning, Co-author with Carol Devine, HarperCollins, NY, 2015,, Co-author with Carol Devine
2014
“Timing is Everything…,” , March 2014, View online
2014
“Sundry Notes for Cooking in a Makeshift Kitchen at the Bottom of the World (and at Home),” Render: Feminist Food and Culture Quarterly, Portland, OR, Summer 2014
2013
The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning, Co-author with Carol Devine, Canada, Vauve Press, 2013, Co-author with Carol Devine
Readings, Presentations and Artist Talks
2026
Keeper of Things: Art, The Archive and Purging Epic Fails, International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI), University of Guelph, Guelph, Improvlab, Guest Speaker
2025
Public Art, School of Education, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture
2021
Art and Beauty, Department of Philosophy, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture
2019
a quiet that stays, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Artist Talk
2019
Philosophy of Sport, Department of Philosophy, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture
2018
Blue is the Colour of Night, Public Art Symposium, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Speaker
2018
GDV Studio, Sir Sandford Fleming College, Peterborough, Guest Lecture
2018
Artist Talk and Author Readings, Catharine Parr Traill College, Trent University, Peterborough
2014
Author Readings, Picton, Prince Edward County Authors Festival
2014
Author Readings, The East Pole, New York, Antarctic Midwinter Dinner
2014
Book Launch and Author Readings, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada
2013
Guest Lecture, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Peterborough Branch, Peterborough
2013
Collective Vision, Mental Health Services Department, PRHC, Peterborough, Curatorial Talk
2013
Artist Talk, Lady Eaton College, Trent University, Peterborough
2013
Knowing and Wondering, Dept. of Arts & Science, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture
2012
Artist Talk, Norfolk Arts Centre, Simcoe
2012
Guest Presentation, International Polar Year Conference, Montreal
2012
I Blame CBC, Peter Gzowski College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist Talk
2012
Media & Society, Department of Cultural Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture
2012
Producing Canada, Department of Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture
2009
Guest Speaker, Kawartha World Issues Centre, Peterborough
2009
Artist Talk, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville
2008
Why Installation Art?, Rails End Gallery, Haliburton, Artist Talk
2007
Why Installation Art?, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Artist Talk
2000
Artist Talk, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON, Canada
Board and Committee Experience
2014–Present
Acquisitions Committee, Art Gallery of Peterborough
2008–2013
Art Steering Committee, Peterborough Regional Health Centre
2008–2011
Chair, Board of Directors, Artspace
2008–2010
Member, Board of Directors, Art Gallery of Peterborough
2005–2008
Member (2005), Vice Chair (2006-08), Board of Directors, Artspace
Related Professional Experience
2025
Associate Producer Artsweek Peterborough, Electric City Culture Council, Peterborough, ON, Canada
2025
Coordinator Peterborough Arts Awards, Electric City Culture Council, Peterborough, ON, Canada
2015–2025
Public Art Facilitator, City of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada
2009–2014
Stop Animation Workshop Facilitator, REELkids Film Festival, Peterborough, 2009-2011 and 2014
Shelagh Rogers, Radio Interview, The Next Chapter, CBC Radio, April 11th, 2016, Radio Interview
2015
Jeff Hutcheson, Television Interview, Canada AM, CTV News, May 6th, 2015, Television Interview
2015
Maria Popova, The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning: The Extraordinary Edible Record of Two Women Explorers’ Journey to the End of the World, Brain Pickings, Brooklyn, NY, May 5, 2015
2014
Alexandra Redgrave, Best Served Chilled, enRoute. Air Canada.com, December 2014
2014
Bella Bathurst, Cooking Up Hot Dishes in a Cool Climate, High Life Detours, British Airways, June 2014
2014
Cat Croteau, Story of Life at a Russian Research Station, Women’s Adventure Magazine, Colorado, May 28, 2014
2014
Christine Baumgarthuber, The Art of Antarctic Cooking, The New Inquiry, New York, NY, April 18, 2014
2012
Kennedy Gordon, Why We Write Letters, Peterborough Examiner, January 18, 2012
2010
Canadian Landscape, Catalogue, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, 2010, Catalogue
2009
Maralynn Cherry, Into the Living, Catalogue, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 2009, Catalogue
2001
No Frame Around It: Process and Outcome of the A Space Community Art Biennale, A Space, 2001
2000
Community Arts Biennale (CAB) 2000, Catalogue, A Space, 2000, Catalogue
1998
John Northcott, Television Interview, CBC Evening News, December 14,1998, Television Interview
1998
Deirdre Hanna, Looking to End an Era, NOW Magazine, December 3,1998