EDUCATION 2021 Master of Arts: Art + Process, MTU Crawford College of Art + Design, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2006-2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada 2002-2004 Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
MEMBERSHIPS + ARTS COLLECTIVES 2022-2023 The Guesthouse Project, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2022-2023 Sample Studios, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2022-2023 Visual Arts Ireland, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland 2021-2023 Re:Group, International Participation, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland 2020-2023 Art Crit Group, International Participation, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK 2009-2014 Struts Gallery + Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, NB, Canada
RESIDENCIES + ARTIST TALKS 2023 Artist Residency, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland (upcoming) 2022-2023 Inhouse 2 Artist Residency, The Gueshouse Project, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2022 Artist Residency, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland 2022 Artist Residency, Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry, Ireland (upcoming) 2022 Open Residency, Cow House Studios, Rathnure, Co Wexford, Ireland (upcoming) 2021 Artist Residency, Road Books, Inniscarra, Co Cork, Ireland 2020 Artist Residency, Working Artist Studios, Ballydehob, Co Cork, Ireland 2020 Open Residency, Cow House Studios, Rathnure, Co Wexford, Ireland 2009 Ease on Down the Road Artist Residency + Artist Talk, Struts Gallery +Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, NB, Canada
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS + PARTICIPATORY ART ENGAGEMENTS 2022 Drawing Connections, group, Fitzgerald Park Pavillion, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2022 Fragments of Constellation, group, O’Driscoll Building, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland 2022 Groundswell Again, International Participation 2022 GOSHOW, Ground0 Residency, The Guesthouse Project, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2022 Thaw, solo, Gallery Asna, Clonakilty, Co Cork, Ireland (upcoming) 2021 Plus/Minus, group, MTU Crawford College of Art + Design, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2022 Groundswell, International Participation 2021 On the Bare Branches, group, Skibbereen Arts Festival, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland 2021 Standstill, group, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland 2021 Re-vision Festival Belfast, Online, Re-Vision Festival Belfast, Ireland 2020 In Situ, solo, Working Artist Studios, Ballydehob, Co Cork, Ireland 2020-2021 Cork Artists Winter Online Showcase, group, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork,Ireland 2020 The Sixth Show, group, The Blue House Gallery, Schull, Co Cork, Ireland 2020 Der Erste Mai, group, Wisshusplatz, Richterswil, Zürich, Switzerland 2019 Drift/Land, solo, Earl Selkirk Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2015 Hard Twist 10 – Memory, group, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada 2015 Impressions (reinstalled), group, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON, Canada 2015 Be Here Now, group, Ryerson Artspace, Toronto, ON, Canada 2014 Impressions, solo, The Black Cat, Toronto, ON, Canada 2005-2014 The Sweetest Little Thing, group, The Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB, Canada 2011 Moments Intercepted, group, Labspace Studio, Toronto, ON, Canada 2010 No Reservations, group, Hang Man Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada 2009 7th Annual FA Graduating Students’ Exhibit, group, FOFA Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada 2008 …the trace of, duo (with Ari Bayuaji), VAV Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada 2008 Xplosabiliteaz, group, Art Mûr, Montréal, QC, Canada 2007 Résistance, group, Galerie Diagonale, Montréal, QC, Canada
ARTS INITIATIVES + OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE 2021-2023 Administration Support, The Guesthouse Project, Cork, Co Cork, Ireland 2015-2023 Founder, Ashforth Press, Toronto, ON, Canada 2003-2023 Hold the Tension, Mixed Media Installation, Marjorie Bell Music Conservatory, Sackville, NB, Canada 2022 Guest Lecturer, MTU Crawford College of Art + Design, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2022 Draw Together, Children's Programme Facilitation, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland 2022 Production Assistant, River-Branching, Aoife Desmond, Co Cork, Ireland 2021 Artist Talk, MTU Crawford College of Art + Design, Cork City, Co Cork, Ireland 2017-2021 Co-Founder + Board Member, Art Not Shame, Guelph, ON, Canada 2011-2019 Scenic Artist/ Head Painter, Nabet 700 Unifor, Toronto, ON, Canada 2017 Merchandise Artwork, Natural Conclusion, Rose Cousins, Halifax, NS, Canada 2016, 2017 Scenic Artist, Hollywood Reporter, Print Issue, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2016 Album Artwork, Love + Lust, Jadea Kelly, Toronto, ON, Canada 2019 Key Painter, Nabet 700 Unifor, Toronto, ON, Canada 2019 Scenic Artist, Black Bellows Brewery, Collingwood, ON, Canada 2017 Scenic Artist, Tennessee Tavern, Toronto, ON, Canada 2017 Workshop Facilitator, ARTiculations, Toronto, ON, Canada 2011, 2016-2015 Workshop Facilitator, East Alternative School of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 2013 Album Artwork, Clover, Jadea Kelly, Toronto, ON, Canada 2009 Cover Illustration, Rutting Season. Buffalo Runs Press: Montréal, QC, Canada 2007-2009 Lithography Studio Monitor, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada 2003-2004 Gallery Assistant, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB, Canada
BURSARIES + AWARDS 2022 Shortlist, RDS Visual Art Awards, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland 2022 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland 2021 MA:AP Scholarship, MTU Crawford College of Art + Design, Cork City, Co Cork Ireland 2003 Mary McKean Scholarship for Fine Arts, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada 2002 Ted Pulford Award, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
PRESS 2020 MacMonagle, Niall. (2020.05.10). What Lies Beneath: Lock By Jamie Ashforth. Irish Ind.
