Education
2001 MFA - Yale University, New Haven CT
1998 BFA with Art History Minor - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax NS

Solo Exhibitions
2011 Distance Trance, Smack Mellon, New York, NY
Gather-er, Blackston, New York, NY
2009 Towers & Portals, Like The Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 History Repeating, Bespoke Gallery, New York, NY
Rabbit Hole, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
2007 Chicken & Egg, HQ, Brooklyn NY
Six of One, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's NL
1999 Intruders, K-W Art Gallery, Kitchener ON

Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 Ghost in the Machine, curated by Stephen Westfall, Lennon Weinberg, New York, NY
Soft Math, Bryan Miller Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Keyholder Exhibition, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Off the Clock, The Magnificent Basement, London, England
Lost Horizon, curated by Billy Miller and Christian Siekmeier, Exile Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Out of the chaos and darkness, curated by Courtenay Finn, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2009 Unnaming of Parts, curated by Glynnis Mcdaris & Rhiannon Kubicka, Blackston, New York, NY
X, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Off the Clock, Like The Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Exporting Pop: A Western Fantasy, curated by Mark Dean, Kuwait Art Project Ltd, Dubai, UAE
Pass it Forward, curated by Julie Kirkpatrick, Parlor Antics, Brooklyn NY
2008 Have You Seen the Horizon, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York, NY
The Panorama Project, curated by Rodger Stevens, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
Lines: Translations Between Drawing and Sculpture, Like The Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collapsed Present, curated by Lyndsy Welgos, North Hall Gallery, New York, NY
Flip – Rachel Beach & Nora Herting, Like the Spice, Brooklyn, NY
Exporting Pop, Dean Project, Long Island City, NY
2007 Dear Art, Like The Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 The Space Between, curated by Rob Carter and Heather Darcy, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
APT.: Work Not Intended to Be Exhibited or Sold in a Gallery, curated by Casey Ruble, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Summer Session: Works From the Permanent Collection, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Free Form curated by Casey Ruble and Sarah Hirzel, Center Gallery, Fordham University, New York, NY
2001 The Wight Biennial, The New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Wall to Wall, Green Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Wallpapers, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1999 Lunch Money, curated by Kim Fullerton and Cheryl Sourkes, Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Warrant, curated by Gordon Laurin, Saint Mary's Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
Style Council, curated by Robin Metcalf, Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
1998 Monitor Goo, curated by Cliff Eyland and Peter Dykhuis, PlugIn ICA, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Monitor Goo, curated by Cliff Eyland and Peter Dykhuis, Anna Leonowens, Halifax, NS
Hottest in Abstraction, The Khyber Arts Center, Halifax, NS

Awards
2010 Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship
2009 Lower East Side Printshop Artists Residency
2009 Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant
2009 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany Emergng Artist Grants Nominee
2002 Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant
1999 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant


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Professional Experience
Visiting Artist, MICA, Baltimore, MD, 2011
Visiting Reviewer, Pattern and Ornament, Pratt University, New York, NY, 2011
Adjunct Professor, Sculpture/Painting Hybrids, NSACD University, Halifax, NS, summer 2009
Visiting Critic, Drawing II, Pratt University, New York, NY, 2009
Artist Talk - Towers & Portals, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Visiting Artist Lecture, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
Artist in Residence (with thanks to Canada Council), NSACD University, Halifax, NS, 2008
Artist Talk - Flip, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2008
Visiting Artist Lecture, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS, 2007
Artist Talk - Six of One, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's NF, 2007
Visiting Reviewer, Ornament Theory and Design, Yale University School of Architecture, CT, 2004
Panel Discussion - FreeForm, Fordham University, New York, NY, 2004
Visiting Reviewer, Spacial Language in Design, Yale University School of Architecture, CT, 2003
Visiting Reviewer, Spacial Language in Design, Yale University School of Architecture, CT, 2002
Teaching Assistant, Drawing II, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, 2001
Visiting Artist Lecture, Southern Connecticut University School of Art, New Haven, CT, 2000