SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

_at the end of a line, a circle. ,Manitoba Craft Council, C2 Gallery, May 3 to June 29, 2024, Winnipeg MB.
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Window Gallery, March to April , 2017, Winnipeg MB.
Make-Soft. RAW Gallery of Architecture and Design. September 12 to October 17, 2014, Winnipeg MB. 
My Life with Pamela Anderson.Aceartinc. March 3 to April 9, 2011, Winnipeg MB. 

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
 
drink. Neutral Ground. with Barbara Meneley. December 1, 2018, to January 12, 2019, Regina, SK.
Make Work. Actual Gallery, with Michael Dumontier curated by Lisa Kehler. November 13 to December 20, 2014, Winnipeg MB.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
Visible Labour. Comox Valley Art Gallery. curated by Angela Sommerset and Denise Lawson. March 29 to May 29, 2021, Courtenay, BC.
Behind Closed Doors. Winnipeg Art Gallery. November 28 to March 17, 2019, Winnipeg, MB.
La chose en soi. Musée régional de Rimouski, curated by Eve deGarie-Lamanque. June 11 to September 24, 2017, Rimouski, QC.
Superimposition. 
Plug In Institute for Contemporary Art. October 1 to December 31, 2016, Winnipeg, MB. 
Fibreworks 2016. 
Art + Design, IDEA/EXCHANGE. September 16 to November 13, 2016, Cambridge, ON. 
Roche, papier, ciseaux. 
La maison des artistes visuels francophones. June 19 to August 28, 2014, Winnipeg, MB. 
Ras le bol. 
Centre des arts actuels Skol. April 18 to May 17, 2014, Montréal QC. 
Collision 10. 
Parisian Laundry. February 26 to March 15, 2014, Montréal QC. 
My Winnipeg: The Artist's Choice. 
Plug In Institute for Contemporary Art. February 9 to March 17, 2013, Winnipeg MB. 
Spectro / Spectrum. 
Museo Textil de Oaxaca. May 2, 2012 to May 10, 2012, Oaxaca México. 
Skin. 
RAW Gallery. August 18, 2011 to September 11, 2011, Winnipeg MB. 
Hovercraft. 
Curated by Jenny Western and Kerri-Lynn Reeves at The Art Gallery of 
Portage La Prairie, aceartinc. and the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba. 
March 3, 2011 to January 31, 2012. 
IDKE: A Ten Year History. 
Curated by Heidi Madsen and Julie Applegate at Liquid Lounge. 
October 12 to November 5, 2008, Columbus, OH.
Subconscious City. 
Curated by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, The Winnipeg Art Gallery. 
February 8 to May 11, 2008, Winnipeg, MB. 
Casting Off: Eyes on the Horizon. 
Curated by Annie Simpson and Shanti Matulewski, the Lyndon Event Space. 
October 19 to 22, 2008, Austin, TX.


EDUCATION 

Master of Fine Arts. 
Concordia University. 
2011-2014, Montreal, QC. 

Bachelor of Visual Art. 
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. 
19982003, Vancouver, BC.


RESIDENCE
 

Self-Directed Residency, Manitoba Arts Council, 2021, Courtenay, BC.
Video Pool, New Artist New Media Residency, 2017/18, Winnipeg, MB.
Manitoba Arts Council, Riding Mountain Artists’ Residency, 2017Riding Mountain National Park, MB.
Canada Council for the Arts International Residency, Artspace, 2015, Sydney, AU.
Don Blanche Artist Residency, 2013, near Shelburne, ON.
The Banff Centre for the Arts. Reverse Pedagogy Residency: Paul Butler, 
2008, Banff, AB.


COMMUNITY

Board Member, Martha Street Studio. 2024  
North Island College, artist talk 2021 Courtenay, BC.
Artist / Panelist at Handmade Assembly, October 17 to 20, 2018, Sackville, NS.
Featured artist, edition toronto 2, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, October 26 to 30, 2017, Toronto, ON.
Panelist, The Winnipeg Effect: CCCA 20th Anniversary Symposium Winnipeg Art Gallery, November 5, 2016, Winnipeg, MB.
Arts Community Director - Individual Artists, Winnipeg Arts Council, Board of Directors, 2016 - 2018. 
Lecturer for University of New South Wales Art and Design Studio Gateway 1001, professor Clare Milledge, April 20, 2015, Sydney, AU. 
Lecturer for Making our Mark Printmaking Mentorship Program Martha Street Studio, May 15, 2014, Winnipeg, MB.
Mentor, Foundation Mentorship Program MAWA, 2013, 2016, 2022, Winnipeg, MB.
Participant, The Deskilling and Reskilling of Artistic Production Research Workshop, Luanne Martineau, Concordia University, November 5 to 16, 2013, Montréal, QC. 
Curator, Ignite: A Spark Member Exhibition. 
Martha Street Studio, September 15 to October 21, 2011, Winnipeg, MB.
Co-organizer with Jennifer Lee Smith, Knitting the Bridge
A collaborative knitting project for Culture Days, September 25, 2010, Winnipeg, MB. 
Participating Artist, Showing Up Speaking Out. Curated by Milena Placentile, September 3 to October 5, 2010, Winnipeg MB. 
Treasurer, Manitoba Craft Council. 2009 to 2011.


PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS 
 
Critical Fictions by Hannah Godfrey, 2023, ARP Books.
Waiting for the Elevator Lady by Bridget Forbes Winnipeg Famous, August 2020,  CBC podcast.
touching, listening by Joanne Bristol Blackflash, September 2019, article.
Works of Art and the Art of Work by Alison Gilmore Winnipeg Free Press, April 29, 2019, article.
The Treaty is in the Body, Canadian Art online by Letch Kinloch, July 5, 2017, review.
Mobilizing Metaphor: Art, Culture, and Disability Activism in Canada ed. Christine Kelly & Michael Orsini, UBC Press, October 2016, contributor. 
The Poetics of Queer, CV2 summer 2015, Vol. 38, No. 1, cover piece. Soft Transformations, Border Crossings winter 2014, review. Kristin Nelson’s Artwork Re-Humanizes Pop Icon Pamela Anderson, This Magazine 
Written by Whitney Light, summer 2011, Toronto, ON. 
Canadian Art Magazine spring 2011, agenda. 
Paperwait an aceartinc. publication 2009, 2010, 2011. 
Drag King Trading Cards, Bitch magazine. Spring 2008


AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 

Winnipeg Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, 2006, 20142019.
Manitoba Arts Council Bursary. 2013, 2012. 
Winnipeg Arts Council Awards Nominee, Artist on the Rise Award 2011, 2014. 
Art and Activism Award. Canadian Dimension Magazine. November 13, 2010. 
Professional Development Grant. Winnipeg Arts Council. 2008, 2010, 2016, 2019.
Manitoba Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, 2008, 2010, 2018.


IN COLLECTIONS

Works are in the collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Province of Manitoba, BMO, Boralex and in various private collections.