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EDUCATION
Concordia University, Masters of Fine Arts, Fibres and Material Practices, Sept 2020 - Dec 2023
NSCAD University, Bachelor of Fine Arts Interdisciplinary, Sep 2012 – April 2016
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, International Exchange Program, Sep 2015 - Dec 2015
RESIDENCIES
Centre Rog, with Justine Latour, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 2025
AA2A Residency Program, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe, UK, Nov 2024 - May 2025
Buinho Creative Residency Program, with Justine Latour, Messejana, Portugal, Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
NES Artist Residency, Skagstrond, with Mea Bissett, Skagaströnd, Iceland, Sep 2017 - Oct 2017
NSCAD Studio Community Residency, Lunenburg, NS, Sep 2016 - Aug 2017
EXHIBITIONS
COLLABORATIVE
On semble, to gather, with Mea Bissett, Slip Space Gallery, Montreal, QC, Nov 2023
Soft Input, with Pascale Tétrault, Maison Pierre-Chartrand Montreal, QC, May 2023
SOLO
justine with art, Lion & Bright Gallery, Halifax, NS, April 2017
dutch impressions, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, Jan 2016
GROUP
Fil, Flux, Figments, le Livart, Montreal, QC, May 2024
Milieux The Commons Exhibition, with Mea Bissett 4th space, Montreal, QC, Sept 2023
ARTCH, marché de l’art émergent, Montréal, QC, Sept 2023
Maureen 8, with Mea Bissett, Ateliers Belleville, Montreal, QC, June 2023
Home/Making Exhibition, with Mea Bissett, 4th space, Montreal, QC, May 2023
Tether and Tinker, 480 St. Laurent, Montreal, QC, June 2022
Maureen VII, with Mea Bissett, MFSASA, 3333 Boul Crémazie E, Montreal, QC, June 2022
Fibres Spring Showcase, MFA Gallery, VA Building, Concordia, Montreal, QC, April 2022
Navigating and Creating, with Mea Bissett, CSEA Online Exhibition, July 2021
Fibres Winter Showcase, Sub Gallery, VA Building, Concordia, Montreal, QC, Dec 2021
Na luz e sombras, with Justine Latour, Igreja da Misericórdia, Messejana, PT, Feb 2019
Small Gestures, with Mea Bissett, Esplanade Residence, Montreal, QC, Nov 2018
NES Alumni Exhibition, with Mea Bissett, Deiglan Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland, July 2018
EVENTS
Regents Roots Festival, Old Diorama Arts Centre, London, UK, Aug 2024
Lambeth Country Show, with the Remakery, London, UK, June 2024
Festival NUM, with Pascale Tétrault Bibliothèque Multiculturelle, Laval, QC, Nov 2023
re/call re/new, with Mea Bissett, Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto, ON, Sept 2023
Mending Clinic by Cloth Care Collective for Nuit Blanche, Etobicoke, ON, Oct 2022
Weaving Performance by Soft Walls Collective for Nuit Blanche, Etobicoke, ON, Oct 2022
Club IMCA Video Screening, IMCAFEST, Online Event, April 2021
Magic Lantern, with Mea Bissett, Articule, Montréal, QC, Aug 2019
AWARDS + GRANTS
ARTCH, Production Grant, Montreal, QC, July 2023
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Public Presentation Grant for Soft Input, June 2023
Ada X Production Grant for Soft Input, Montreal QC, Jan 2023
Elspeth McConnell Fine Arts Award, Summer 2022
Campaign for Concordia Graduate Award - FOFA, Winter 2021
Suzanne Rogers Fashion Institute Associate Fellowship, Summer 2020
ARTIST TALKS
AA2A artist talk, Buckinghamshire New University, UK, Feb 2025
“Lunch Box Talks" artist talk with Mea Bissett, Concordia University, Online, Fall 2020
“Lunch Box Talks" artist talk, Concordia University, Online, Fall 2021
“Professional Practice” artist talk, Akureyri Comprehensive College, Iceland, Fall 2017
PUBLICATIONS
“Potato Party” Méli-Mélo MAUREEN Party Mix, OK Stamp Press 2023
Support Structures, AE Graduate Journal of Art Education Vol. II 2022
Making Fifteen Years, NSCAD Community Studio Residency Catalogue 2022
“Lopapeysa.” Handmade Assembly, Struts Gallery 2021
“Fashion Story: The Past Inside the Present.” Contributor Magazine, Online Mar 2021
“Fashion Story: The Playground.” Contributor 10 Year Anniversary Issue July 2019
A Woman is a Cinema, Issue 1. Falling out of Place July 2018
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Knitwear Repair Specialist, The Seam, London, UK Aug 2024 - present
Image Cataloguer, Visual Collections Repository, Concordia University Jan 2021 - Dec 2023
Beading assistant, Nico Williams, Montreal, QC July 2023 - Sep 2023
Co-Founder of Burnt Design, international jewellery & fashion brand Feb 2019 - present
TEACHING
Textiles Tutor, City Literary, London, UK, Sept 2025 - present
Sewing Tutor, Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College, London, UK, Sept 2024 - present
Technical Demonstrator in Fashion and Textiles, BNU, High Wycombe, UK, May 2024 - Feb 2025
Teaching Assistant (6 contracts), Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Jan 2021 - Dec 2023
Tutorial Leader for Reading the Arts Across the Disciplines, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Sep 2022 - May 2023
WORKSHOPS
Fix It Collective Workshops, London, UK, Fall 2024
Mending Workshops, Remakery, London, UK, Spring 2024 - present
Pocket Workshop, Make Town, London, UK, May 2024
Mending workshops, Bibliothèque Réjean Ducharme, Montreal, QC, May 2022 - Dec 2023
Binary code workshops for the program les courants, with Pascale Tétrault at Le Phare, Montreal, QC. Supported by Ada X, Spring 2023
Wearable Memory Pt 2. Home Making Conference, 4th space, Montreal, QC, May 2023
Mending Matters Workshop Series with Mea Bissett, Point-St Charles Art School, Montreal QC, Summer 2022
Common Fibres, Fibre Art Symposium, Bishops University, Sherbrooke, QC, June 2022
Mending Workshop for Maria Ezcurra’s ARTE course, Online, April 2021
Pocket Workshop for Maureen VI, with Mea Bissett, MFSASA, Online, July 2021