“And Skinner would tell her that these boards were immortal, inert as stone, proof against moisture and ultraviolet and every form of decay, that they were destined to litter the planet, hence it was good to reuse them, work them when possible into the fabric of things, a resource when something needed to be durable.”

-William Gibson, “All Tomorrows Parties”

Artist’s Statement:

My sculptures are a mosaic of scrap metal. They are meant to present the idea of
life within lifeless material. The creature or object presented may cause the initial
curiosity, but it is the natural intricacies of the material that attracts attention.

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Exhibitions
1997
Sexpo ’97- Group showing involving 65 Ottawa artists. Mentioned in the Ottawa Xpress, and Capital Xtra.
Advances in Technology - Three month Installation of commission “Edgar” in the Front Lobby of the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, Ontario.
Halloween 1997 - Installation of “Sandra”for the Annual Halloween celebration at Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa, Ontario.

1998
Corpus - Visual Arts section of the Ottawa Fringe Festival. Mentioned in the Ottawa Citizen(photo), Ottawa Xpress Interview), and on Rogers Community 22.
Halloween 1998- Installation of various works for the Annual Halloween celebration at Zaphod Beeblebrox.

1999
Visual Arts at the Fringe - Display of 11 Sculptures in the Art’s Court Theatre, at bE fRINGED: The 1999 Ottawa Fringe Festival.

2000
Black Tie To Bondage 3- Creation of the Mechanical Glove, “The Gauntlet”, for the Annual “Wearable Art” Fashion Show.

2001
Visual Arts at the Fringe - 2001 A Fringe Audacity. Various works displayed at different venues; two indoor galleries and two outdoor displays. Mentioned in The Ottawa Xpress, and CBC Radio One (interview).

2002
Allied Forces/Creative Army - Cafe Decuf. Group show involving Fashion, painting, digital print, and Metal Sculpture
Open October Salon - Out/Aut Gallery of Modern Art. Juried group show, Toronto, Ontario

2003
Invasion from Ottawa - Out/Aut Gallery of Modern Art. Group show involving winners Open October Salon’s “Big Finger” Award.

2004
Dark Carnival 3 - Group show at Zaphod Beeblebrox, and Babylon Night Club

2005
Bride of Dark Carnival - Group show at Zaphod Beeblebrox and Babylon Night Club
Tag the System - Group show involving individual manipulation of a model subway car. Mercury Lounge, Ottawa, Ontario

2006
Art in the Park (Glebe) - Group Art Show involving 150 local artists gathered in Central Park, Ottawa. Sale of Sandra to the 107th Wine bar and Cafe in Ottawa, Canada

2007
Art in the Park (Glebe) - Group show involving 200 local artists gathered in Central Park, Ottawa.
Urban Art Minto Park - Group show in Minto Park, Ottawa, Canada
Lumiere Festival - Ottawa Lantern Festival. 4000 Lanterns decorating Stanley Park in Ottawa. Event currated by the Crichton Cultural Community Centre and funded through an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant.
Old Ottawa South Art Festival - Windsor Park Ottawa. Group show involving selected artists from Art in the Park 2007, and a variety of artists from Ottawa South
Out/Aut Gallery of Modern Art - Out/Aut Gallery of Modern Art. New Sculpture “Rex”, as well as “Achilles 323″

Commissions
Indoor Sculpture, “Multimedia”, Doug Neville, Ottawa, Ontario, 1997
Outdoor Sculpture, “Edgar”, Sprint Computers, 883 Somerset Street, Ottawa, Ontario, 1997
Indoor Sculpture, “The Two Heads of Hero”, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Byward Market, Ottawa, Ontario, 2000
Outdoor Sculpture, “Goliath Online”, AEMicrosystems, 288 Bank Street, Ottawa, 2001
Movie Prop, “Giant Box Outfit”, Giant Box Robot, Giant Box Productions, Ottawa, Ontario, 2004
Movie Prop, “Ludwig”, Lee Demabre, Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace, Ottawa, Ontario, 2004
Movie Prop, “Neutron Flux Cannon”, Maggot Man, Departure-Productions, Ottawa, Ontario, 2006
Indoor Sculpture, “Chefbot”, Gaelyn Eyre, Ottawa, Ontario, 2007

Bibliography
Gabriel Laundriault, “Tick Tock’s Man”, Silicon Valley North, August 1997
Donna Lee Wawzoned, “Sexpo ’97 : The Last Bang”, Ottawa Xpress, Sexpo ’97, August 1997
Andrew Griffin, “One Final Fuck Before We Say Goodbye”, Capital Xtra, Sexpo ’97, August 22nd 1997
Janis Kennedy, “What to see, and what to flee”, Ottawa Citizen, Corpus/Ottawa Fringe Festival, Wednesday, June 24th 1998
Molly Amoli K. Shinhat, “Sandra’s Story”, Ottawa Xpress, June 24th 1999
Molly Amoli K. Shinhat, “Image’n’irie Fringes : Still Life Amidst the Theatrics at Audacious Festival”, Ottawa Xpress, June 28th 2001
Jen Hogan, “Festival Paints a Picture of Artist Community”, The Now, June 14th, 2007

Public Speaking
Interview, “Evening Star”, CHUO FM, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998.
Interview, “Plugged In”, Rogers 22, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998.
Interview, “Daytime”, Rogers 22, Ottawa, Ontario, 1998.
Interview, “Ontario Today”, CBC Radio One, Ottawa, Ontario, 2001
Interview, “News on the new RO”, The New RO, Ottawa, Ontario, 2002

Education
Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
Oxy-Acetylene, ARC, and MIG Welding courses.