CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
B.F.A. Communication Design, Southwest Texas State Universtiy, San Marcos, Tx 1995
B.Ed. Visual Art & Drama, Queens University, Kingston, On Canada 1989
B.F.A. Painting & Sculpture, Queens University, Kingston, On Canada 1988
DESIGN + ART EMPLOYMENT
2009—present
Graphic Designer, Julie Wertz Design, San Francisco, CA, USA
2003—2008
Graphic Designer, SmilingDogStudio, Toronto, ON, Canada
2005—2006
Curator, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2004, 2005
Guest Artist, Claude Watson School of the Arts, Earl Haig Secondary School, Toronto, ON, Canada
1997—2003
Graphic Designer, Design Edge, Austin TX, USA
1995—1997
Graphic Designer, Excite! Austin, TX, USA
1995—1996
Graphic designer, Go Media, Austin, TX, USA
1992
Story Board Illustrator, Film: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Austin, TX, USA
1989—1990
Graphic Design Teacher, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute, ON, Canada
1988—1989
Art Teacher, Art Noise, Kingston ON, Canada
1989
Actor & Set Painter, Drama Teacher, Gananaque Playhouse, ON, Canada
1987
Set Design, "The Witch," Queens Department of Drama, Kingston, ON, Canada
1985—1987
Actor, Threshold Theatre, Kingston, ON, Canada
DESIGN AWARDS & REVIEWS
Design Evolution Rockport Publishing, Wetnoz packaging 2008
Communication Arts Design Annual, Wetnoz packaging 2003
How Magazine Int'nl Design Competition, Wetnoz packaging 2003
Print Annual Design, Wetnoz packaging 2002
Austin Ad Federation, Wetnoz Identity 2002
Dallas Society of Visual Communication, Wetnoz Identity 2001
Step-by-Step Graphics 100 Annual Design Awards, Wetnoz packaging 2001
Pantone Guide to Communicating in Color, Design Edge print ad 2000
Graphis Interactive Design Annual, Design Edge website 2000
Graphis Design Annual, Visionary Research logo design 1998
SXSW Web Competition Winner Design Edge website 1998
Print Regional Design Annual, Learning Curve logo design 1996
SOLO FINE ART EXHIBITIONS
"The Floating House Project," Hang Man Gallery, Toronto, On February 2005
SELECTED GROUP & JURIED FINE ART EXHIBITIONS
"Re:Imagine [Found object art show]", Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, August 2005
"The Drawing Show," Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, July 2005
"Wet Paint," Hang Man Gallery, Toronto, 2005
The Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto, June 2005
"Fragile Boundaries," Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, February 2005
"The Blue Show," Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, February 2005
SmilingDogStudio at the Riverside Cafe, Toronto, November 2004
The Little Art Show, Toronto, 2004
Annex Outdoor Art Show, Toronto, 2004
"Wet Paint," Hang Man gallery, Toronto, 2004
The Riverdale Art Walk, Toronto, 2004
"The Red Show," Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, 2004
SmilingDogStudio Open House, Toronto, 2004
SXW5th Art + Design Auction, Austin, Texas, 2003
"After Hours," Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas, 2003
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibit, Toronto, 1988
"Voices of Freedom," Kingston Artist's Association & Amnesty International, Kingston, On 1987
FINE ART REVIEWS
"Trash and Trancendence," RM Vaughan's review of the "Re:Imagine [found objects art show]," The National Post, Toronto, On August 2005
KAAI, Voices of Freedom review, The Whig Standard, 1988
