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UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS

Costco Connection Member Profile feature article, Mar. edition, 2026.

Grapevine Arts & Culture magazine feature article, Apr. edition, 2026

ECCO Art Studio & Gallery, Lakefield, solo exhibit, Mar. 4 - Apr. 4, 2026

Art a la Carte Parliament Private Dining Room, Jan. - Dec., 2026

AWARDS

• Spirit of the Hills Art Association Fine Art Award Winner, 2021
• Lifetime Achievement Holnbeck Award, 2021 
• Outstanding Emerging Artist Award, Electric City Culture Council, 2024
• People’s Choice Award, Peterborough Artisans Centre, 2025 
• Community Votes 2025 Gold, Best Education Advocacy Artist, 2025                               

ART EXHIBITS   

Paul’s Art Gallery, 1-month solo, Jun. 2019  

Warkworth Art Show & Sale, Mar.-Sept. 2019

Miskwaa Gallery Art Show & Sales, Jul. 2019

Creating Vibrance at The Mount, curated by Ellen Cowie, Jan. 2020

Trent-Severn Trail Town Paddle Art Tour, Oct. 2021-Jan. 2023

Northumberland Hills Hospital Art Display & Sale, Oct. 2021-present

Jamie Schmale, MPP, Constituency Office exhibit, Jan. 2022

MassMount Art Exhibit, Curator Hartley, Nov. 2022

Trent Hills Library Art Exhibit, Sept. - Nov. 2022

Migration of Art, Zitacuaro Summit Exhibit, Peterborough, Sept. 2022 

Regional Tourism Organization 8 Tourism Paddle Project, 2021-2022 

Cavan Art Gallery, Cavan, 2019-2022

35th International Fine Art Exchange Exhibit, Seoul, Korea, April, 2023

Dreams of Beans Gallery, Solo, Sept. 2023 

First Friday Night Art Crawl, Peterborough, Sept. 2023

Trent Hills Campbellford Library Art Exhibit & Sale, Jul.-Nov, 2023

Douro-Dummer Library Exhibition, Mar.-Jun, 2023

Quinte Arts Council Gallery, 1-month solo, Oct. 2023

CNIB Private Opening Reception at Quinte Arts Council, Oct. 2023  

John B. Aird Gallery  Online Landscape catalogue, Nov. & Dec. 2023

Artspace Exhibit artist collaborative, Jan.-Feb. 2024

Miskwaa Studio & Outdoor Art Gallery, Jul. & Aug. 2024

Chinese Brush Art Association, Toronto July. 2024

John M. Parrott Gallery, Belleville, solo, Feb.–Mar., 2025 

Canadian Council of the Blind Peterborough office, ongoing exhibit

Artspace 50-50 exhibit, Peterborough, Dec., 2025

Art a la carte Queen’s Park In-Camera dining room, Jan.-Dec. 2026

ECCO Art Studio Gallery, Lakefield, solo, Mar. 4 - Apr. 4, 2026

MEDIA PUBLICATIONS & VIDEOS

Featured guest for National Axe Throwing Training Documentary, 2017                                   

Featured guest on Mission Unstoppable by Frankie Picasso, 2017                                      

Featured guest on The Good Media Network, “FrankieSense” , 2017                                       

CNIB featured Video on CNIB Ontario facebook, 2017                                                           

Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) feature story on AMI This Week, 2019

Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) Kelly & Co, radio interview, 2019                                               

Peterborough This Week front-page story and online video, 2019                                            

Peterborough Examiner solo art show story, 2019

KawarthaNow solo art show story, 2019

White Cane magazine Artist Profile  In The News section, Page 34, 2020

Level Playing Field featured in documentary Active Together on AMI, 2020

Feature story in Annual CCB White Cane magazine, 2020

Front cover of 2022 Canadian Council of the Blind calendar, 2021                             

Front cover of 2021 Occupational Therapy Now magazine, 2021   

CBC Ontario Morning Julianne Hazelwood interview, July 13, 2021                             

Peterborough Examiner Fine Art Award “Spirit of the Hills” winner, 2021                             

Peterborough This Week Fine Art Award “Spirit of the Hills” winner, 2021

Kawartha 411 Fine Art Award “Spirit of the Hills” winner,  2021

PtboCanada Fine Art award winner, 2021  

Contact North promotional video, 2021

Marabella Marabella,  feature article by Walter Van Teeferlen, Spain, 2022

If Then Is Now feature article by Walter Van Teeferlen, Netherlands, 2022

Festival of Light & Dark 4th Line Theatre YouTube feature, 2022

Holnbeck Award City of Peterborough Announcement video, Jan. 2022

Holnbeck Award Peterborough Examiner, Jan. 2022

Spirit of the Hills Art Association member profile, 2022

Quinte Arts Council feature blog article on Migration Exhibit, Oct. 2023

The Intelligencer, Belleville, Oct. 2023

Capital Current, Ottawa, Oct. 2023

Feature Story on Local Hub Cogeco hosted by Lindsay Harren, Apr. 2025

The Intelligencer, Belleville, Feb. 2025

Peterborough Examiner,  Feb. 2025

Interview on Accessible Media Inc, Kelly & Co radio, 2025

Interview on Vocal Eye, Vancouver, 2025

Umbrella Magazine: article Season of Shows

The Belleville Intelligencer, 2025

Video Interview Cogeco YourTV, 2025

Feature Blog, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, Redefining Accessibility, 2025

Peterborough Examiner, John M. Parrot Gallery, Belleville, solo, 2025

Peterborough Examiner, EC#3 Outstanding Emerging Artist winner, 2025

Kawartha Now, Outstanding EC#3 Emerging Artist winner, 2025

Canadian Council of the Blind National, highlighting the EC#3 Emerging Artist award, 2025

Spinal Cord Injury Ontario vlog feature, 2025

Kawartha Now, art a la carte article, 2026

PtboCanada, art a la carte article, 2026

MEMBERSHIPS

Quinte Arts Council, 2023, 2024

35th International Art Exchange, Seoul, Korea, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026                

Spirit of the Hills Art Association, 2019-present

Artspace Peterborough, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Chinese Brush Art Association, 2024, 2025, 2026

Artisans Centre Peterborough, 2025

“A community is known by the art it supports.”

— John Ruskin