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email : mross260@outlook.com

Education

2023 - 2025             Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver,  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Program

2020 - 2023             Langara College, Vancouver, BC, Fine Art Diploma, Fine Arts Department


Professional Experience in the Arts 


2025 - Present          Exhibitions and Collections Assistant, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, Vancouver, BC

2023 - Present Program Facilitator, West Vancouver Art Museum, Vancouver

2024                           Printmaking Workshop Facilitator with CJMC, North Vancouver, BC

2023 - 2025            Art Instructor, Vancouver Music Gallery, West Vancouver, BC 

2023 - 2024                Festival Booth Coordinator, Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver, BC

2022 - 2023                Printmaking Studio Monitor, Langara College, Vancouver, BC 

2021                           Private Gallery Assistant, Edward Michel, Vancouver, BC

2013-2017                  Art Programs Assistant, Artists For Kids Foundation, North Vancouver, BC


Related Activities 

2025                            Gallery Attendant, Dundarave Print Workshop, Vancouver, BC

2025                            Curatorial Assistant Monitor, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC

2024                            Student Ambassador, NPD, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC

2023                            Volunteer, Langara Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition

2013-2017                   Camp Counselor, Paradise Valley Artists For Kids Camp, Squamish, BC

2016                            Media Art Assistant, Susanna Blunt, Vancouver, BC

2015                            Videographer, Artists For Kids Fashion Photography Shoot, Vancouver, BC


Selected Group Exhibitions

2025         Summer Show, Dundarave Print Workshop + Gallery, Vancouver, BC 
2025         Impressions, Dundarave Print Workshop + Gallery, Vancouver, BC 

2025         The Show, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC 

2025                           Ripples, MOEC Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC

2025                           That Which Surrounds Us, Neighbourhood Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2024           Connect the Dots Print Exhibition, UBC, Vancouver, BC

2024           Towards Transformation Neighbourhood Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2024 Staying Curious Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, BC

2023                            Harmony Arts Festival Group Exhibition, West Vancouver, BC

2023 Langara Fine Arts Graduation Exhibition, Vancouver, BC

2022 Connect the Dots Print Exhibition, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC

2022                    Various Student Exhibitions, Langara College, Vancouver, BC

2020                          Murals of Gratitude, Gastown, Vancouver, BC


Residencies

2025                           Similkameen Artist Residency, Keremeos, BC 

Recognition/Awards 


August 2024 BC Arts Council Scholarship

June 2024   Alvin Balkind Memorial Scholarship - Emily Carr University of Art + Design

May 2024     Don and Dana Goedbloed Scholarship - Emily Carr University of Art + Design

June 2023    Xerox Canada Scholarship - Langara College

May 2023              Langara College Printmaking Serigraphy Award

April 2023              David Lambert Memorial Fund - Bill Watson Memorial Award - Printmaking - Langara College