EDUCATION                                           

2001 Alberta College of Art & Design

Calgary, AB -- BFA with distinction, major in Textiles

SCREENINGS/ EXHIBITIONS

2010             World Routes: Love, Saskatchewan, York Quay Centre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

                     Scenes From A Secret World, Solo Exhibition, Skew Gallery, Calgary, AB                      

                     Scenes From A Secret World,   Two Person Exhibition, Eastern Edge, St John's NL                                           

2009             Scenes From a Secret World,   Galerie San Nom, Moncton NB                                                                         

                     Mind the Gap!   Group Exhibition, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK                                                                                               

                     Personally Political: Contemporary Sensation,   group exhibition of international artists, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany

                     Moving Pictures 3: Origins of Imagination, Sask Film Pool, Regina- Film Tour in rural Saskatchewan, Three Minute Miracle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                     Crossing the Pond:   Artists Emerging Here and There, an international artists screening,   Paved art + new Media

                     Transitional, Grain Magazine, Saskatoon-cover art: Wolf on Highway                                                                                                              

                     Melt,   Grain Magazine, Saskatoon-cover art:   Icing Credits, Bear Teeth                                                              

                     TBA, Grain Magazine, cover art: Red Apple & Gingham Dress   

2008             Flatlanders, The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon-group exhibition, Three Minute Miracle  

                     Grand Re-Opening, Paved Art + New Media, Saskatoon-group exhibition, photographs from Scenes From A Secret World

                     Landlocked Film Festival, Iowa City-screening, Three Minute Miracle

                     Film Pop, Montreal-screening, Three Minute Miracle

                     Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria- screening Three Minute Miracle            

                     WNDX Festival of Film and Video Art, Winnipeg-screening   Three Minute Miracle                                                                         

                     Surrealism on Film, CSIF, Calgary- screening Three Minute Miracle                                                                                             

                     Flicks International Festival for Young People , Saskatoon-screening, Three Minute Miracle                                                        

                     Bearded Child Film Festival, Grand Rapids, MN-screening, Three Minute Miracle

                     Continental Drift Film Festival, St John-screening, Three Minute Miracle   

2007             Stride Gallery, Calgary - solo exhibition: Welcome To My Party                                                               

                     Imaginary Places, thematic residency at the Banff Center, The Other Gallery, Banff Center-group exhibition miniature show

                     Video Valentine, Saskatoon-screening, Never Gonna Give You Up

                     Media Pack Board, Calgary-film tour,   Bike Ballet, Russian Sugar Beans

2006             If You Go Out In the Woods Today,   Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon-screening, Sink or Swim

                     Michigan Women's Music Festival- screening, Sink or Swim

                     She Moves Images Festival,/Herricane Women's Festival, Saskatoon-screening, Russian Sugar Beans

2005             The Royal Red Gallery, Saskatoon - Solo Exhibition, Wind Chill Masks:   The Future of Winter

                     The Royal Red Gallery, Saskatoon - Group Exhibition, Mechanics of the Mind

                     Plane Language, Kenderdine Gallery/ U of S Agriculture Atrium, Saskatoon, Group Exhibition, installation of Russian Sugar Beans

                     Monsters, Aliens, & Robots, The One Minute Happiness Gallery, Calgary - drawings

                     The Winter Warmer, Ace Art Fundraiser, Winnipeg - wind chill masks                                                                       

                     The Faucet Media Arts Festival, Sackville - screening, Russian Sugar Beans, Film Star Dallas Video Festival, Dallas - screening, Sink or Swim

                     Flail and Flower: Moving Pictures Festival of Dance, Montreal - screening, Sink or Swim

                     Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video, Calgary - screening, Sink or Swim

                     The 13 th Annual 100$ Film Festival, Calgary - screening, Bike Ballet                                                                       

2004              Square Zero Independent Dance Festival, Ottawa - performance, The Bike Ballet Club

                      West Fest, Ottawa - performance, The Bike Ballet Club

                     Drive By Performances, Montreal - performance, The Bike Ballet Club

                     Poolside, Banff Center - group exhibition, included film:   Sink or Swim            

                     The 12th Annual $100 Film Festival, Calgary - screening Die Blume Prufen                                                                   

                     Herland Film Festival, Calgary - screening Sink or Swim

                     17th Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Connecticut - screening Sink or Swim

                     Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Seattle - screening Sink or Swim

                     Toronto Gay and Lesbian Film Festival- screening Sink or Swim  

                     San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, San Francisco - screening Sink or Swim

                     Simple Folk, Lethbridge - screening, Die Blume Prufen            

2003             The 11th Annual $100 Film Festival, Calgary - screening The Tooth Maker                                                                                             

                     Prairie Tales Tour #5, Edmonton - screening Shoot the Duck

                     Big Rock Candy Mountain, Banff Center - thematic residency

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2009              Saskatchewan Arts Board, Individual Project B Grant                                                                                                                        

2008              Saskatchewan Arts Board, Travel Grant                                                                                                                                                                               

                     Saskatchewan Film Pool, Distribution Grant                                                                                                                                                                  

                     Paved Art + New Media, Production Grant                                                                                                                                             

                     Scene 25 Scene Contest , BlackFlash Magazine, Honorable Mention #1, Cake Falling                                                                                                                

2007             Saskatchewan Film Pool, Production Grant

                     Saskatchewan Arts Board, Individual Artists C Grant                                                                                                                        

2006             Saskatchewan Film Pool, Production Assistance Grant                 

                     Saskatchewan Arts Board, Individual Project Assistance, C Grant                                                                                   

2005             Saskatchewan Arts Board, Individual Project Assistance, C Grant

                     Paved Art + New Media, Production Grant                                                                                                                                 

2003             The 11th Annual $100 Film Festival, Best Super 8 film  

PRESS                       

                     Flatlanders:   Saskatchewan Artists on the Horizon,   exhibition catalogue, 2009                                                  

                     Moving Image Category, BlackFlash Magazine vol. 25.3 2008                                                                              

                     Craftiness reigns supreme, 2007 'Year of Craft' dominates roster of memorable exhibitions, Fast Forward Weekly,   Anthea Black, December 27, 2007

                     Media Pack Board Curates: 2007 by Valerie LeBlanc                                                                                                

                     Material Girls: working in different media, these female artists share a wealth of talent,   Janet Naclia, Avenue Magazine,   Fall 2007                                                                                                                                                      

                     Super-8-style prairie hoedown: Amalie Atkins's Welcome to My Party is a real barn-burner,   Fast Forward Weekly,   Anthea Black, June 14, 2007                                                                                                                            

                     $100 + 8 mm=Huzzah!,   Gauntlet, Jeff Kubrik, March 13, 2003