EDUCATION

degree

2024 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts | University of Regina | Regina, SK
2021            Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts with Great Distinction | University of Regina | Regina, SK
1998            Final Certificate Landshut State Specialist College for Ceramics | Landshut, Germany
1994            Final Certificate State Vocational Training School III for Ceramics | Landshut, Germany

credential

2022            Graduate Teaching Enhancement Certificate | University of Regina | Regina, SK
2015            Teaching International and Heritage Language Certificate Level I & II | University of Calgary Continuing Education
1998            Master Craftsman’s Examination in the Ceramics Craft -Certificate-, Chamber of Trade and Crafts for Lower Bavaria, UpperPalatinate | Landshut, Germany
1994            Journeyman’s Examination Certificate according to § 31 HwO [German Crafts Code}, Chamber of Trade and Crafts Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate | Landshut, Germany
1990            Abitur (IB level) | Balthasar-Neumann | Marktheidenfeld, Germany

EXHIBITIONS

2026           upcoming: Surfaced, The Outside the Box -exhibit | Art Gallery of Regina | (March 5-31, 2026)
2025           DA-SEIN | Solo Exhibition| Elise Scherle Gallery | Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre, Regina Beach, SK (Jan 7 – Mar 1)
2024           Rekindled Spaces | Alumni Group Exhibition | The Fifth Parallel Gallery, U of R
2024           Group exhibition: 1000 Miles Apart Exhibition 2024: | University of Regina
2024           connect | satellite exhibition for 1000 Miles apart | Fisher Studios, Regina, SK
2024           Juried group exhibition: Fresh Paint and New Construction | Art Mûr, Montréal, QC
2024           DA-SEIN | MFA Graduating Exhibition | The Fifth Parallel Gallery | University of Regina | (April 29 - May 10)
2024           Online presence at ICAF | Next Generation X RBC Emerging Artists Project | Gardiner Museum | https://icaf.gardinermuseum.com/icaf-next-generation-2024
2024           Juried Group exhibition: Texture | The Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina
2023           Juried Group exhibition: Forged in Flame | The Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina
2022           Group exhibition: 1000 Miles Apart 2022 | Red Deer Polytechnic | Red Deer, AB
2021           Group exhibition: Surfacing, Without Haste | The Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina,
2021           Juried Group exhibition and artist talk: SELF | The Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina
2019           Group exhibition: 1000 Miles Apart 2019 | School of Art Student Gallery, Taché Arts Complex | Winnipeg, MB
2019           Group exhibition: Studio 144 | The Fifth Parallel Gallery | University of Regina
1998           Project work: Landshut State specialist College for Ceramics — Vessel / Object from Natural Forms
1998 Master Craftsman Exhibition | Gallery, Fachschule für Keramik, Landshut, Germany

AWARDS | SCHOLARSHIPS

2025           Independent Artist Grant | SK Arts
2024           Independent Artist Grant | SK Arts
2024 Microgrant October | SK Arts
2024 Nominated (by VisArts Department) for the President’s Distinguished Graduate Student Award
2023           Saskatchewan Innovation and Excellence Graduate Scholarship
2023 The Sheila Petty and Vaughn Borden Graduate Student Scholarship in Media Studies
2023 The Donald Stuart Richan Research Award | University of Regina
2023 John Spencer Middleton and Jack Spencer Gordon Middleton Scholarship | University of Regina
2022           URGSA Travel Awards | University of Regina
2022 FGSR Graduate Student Online Conference or Travel Award | University of Regina
2022 The Donald Stuart Richan Research Award | University of Regina
2022 UR Graduate Scholarship | University of Regina
2022 Nominated for the “FGSR Excellence Award — Teaching Assistant” | University of Regina
2022 Nominated for the “Outstanding Student Achievement Award” | International Sculpture Centre
2021           SSHRC | Joseph Armand Bombardier | Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s (CGS M)
2021   SSHRC Enhancement Award | University of Regina
2021   Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance Dean’s Medal | University of Regina
2021    Nominated for the BMO 1st Art Competition
2021     Elsie Feuring Music Appreciation Prize | University of Regina
2020           Jack Sures Memorial Award in Visual Arts | University of Regina
2020 Gene B. Ciuca Memorial Award in Media, Art and Performance | University of Regina
2020 C.D. Howe Scholarship for Art and Design | Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
2020 Academic Silver Scholarship | University of Regina
2020    John Spencer Middleton & Jack Spencer Gordon Middleton Scholarship | University of Regina

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

2025           Prairie Art Institute 2025, “How the Prairies Made My Work Sloppy” at the Panel session Crafting the Prairie: Expanding Possibilities. chaired by Dr. Julia Krueger and Dr. Michele Hardy (Calgary, June 25-27)
2024           UAAC Conference London, ON | “Contained in the Dark” accepted in the panel session Left in the Dark |chaired by Anna O’Meara | Western University
2024           MFA Research and Exhibition Support Paper: DA-SEIN (https://hdl.handle.net/10294/16528)
2024           STEAM Poster Presentation | Box it: How to cover many basic intro-class objectives with one assignment | NCECA Conference Richmond, VA, archived: https://hdl.handle.net/10294/16279
2023           Study Day: The image on the page | Co-presenting with Professor Dr. Karla McManus my data collection work as her Research Assistant: “Bird Watching on the Page: Photographically-Illustrated. Ornithology Magazines and Journals, 1880 to 1930.” at Concordia University | Montreal, QC | October 13
2022           UAAC Conference Toronto | “Becoming One: An Amalgamation of Home and Craft through the Life Stories of Lucie Rie and Marguerite Wildenhain” in Homemaking: Intersections of Craft and Home chaired by Dr. Elaine Cheasley Paterson and Dr. Molly-Claire Gillett

RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS

2025           University of Regina Summer Artist Residence
1998           Workshop with Giancarlo Scapin | Vicenza, Italy
1997           Workshop with John Maltby (England) | Fachschule für Keramik | Landshut, Germany
1996           Internship Terra Cotta Manufacture | European Exchange Program Leonardo da Vinci | Florence, Italy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2026            Sessional Lecturer: Art 290AR Wheel Throwing Ceramics | University of Regina | winter
Sessional Lecturer: Art 260 Introduction to Ceramics| University of Regina | winter
Sessional Lecturer: INA 290AC Introduction to Indigenous Ceramics | First Nations University of Canada | winter
2025            Sessional Lecturer: Art 290AR Wheel Throwing Ceramics | University of Regina | fall
Sessional Lecturer: INA 290AC Introduction to Indigenous Ceramics| First Nations University of Canada | fall
Sessional Lecturer: Art 100 Introduction to Art | University of Regina | summer
Sessional Lecturer: INA 290AC Introduction to Indigenous Ceramics | First Nations University of Canada | winter
Sessional Lecturer: Art 100 Introduction to Art | University of Regina | winter
2024            Sessional Lecturer: Art 290AR Wheel Throwing Ceramics | University of Regina | fall
Sessional Lecturer: Art 221 Three-Dimensional Design | University of Regina | spring
University Teaching Fellowship: Art 221 Three-Dimensional Design | winter
Workshop: Back to Basics in Throwing | Regina Area Potter’s Guild | March 9th | Regina
2023            University Teaching Fellowship: Art 260 Introduction to Ceramics | University of Regina | fall
Research Assistantship: Dr. Karla McManus: SSHRC Funded Research Project: Flight of Fancy or Fact? Producing, Circulating, and Viewing Ornithological Art and Photography as Ecological Knowledge | University of Regina | winter, spring, summer, fall
2023 University Teaching Fellowship: Art 221 Three-Dimensional Design | University of Regina | summer 2023 (remote), winter
2022            University Teaching Fellowship: Art 221 Three-Dimensional Design | fall
Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Art 290AM Atmospheric Kiln Firing | Martin Tagseth | University of Regina | summer
Graduate Teaching Assistantship Senior Ceramics | Ruth Chambers | University of Regina | winter
2020            Teaching Assistantship| Marker: Art 100-Introduction to Art, asynchronous | Jack Anderson | U of R | fall
2018            Teaching Assistantship: Art 260 Introduction to Ceramics | Ruth Chambers, University of Regina | winter
2018            Communications and Outreach Coordinator: New Dance Horizons | Regina, SK
2011-2021 Coordinator and Teacher | Das Schulhaus German Language School Inc.| Regina, SK

SELECT ART FAIRS & MARKETS

VOLUNTEER

2022–2024      Media Art and Performance Grad Student Representative | University of Regina, SK
2019–2024      President Past-President | University of Regina Ceramic Student Society | Regina, SK
2017–2020      Director at the Canadian Association of German Language Schools, Canada
2016–2018      Director and Vice President (2017) | Saskatchewan German Council | Saskatchewan
2014–2017      Vice President of Saskatchewan Association of Teachers of German | Saskatchewan
2011–2016      Founding Director | Das Schulhaus Regina German Language School Inc.| Regina, SK