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SOLO EXHIBITS
2008
The Mud Oven, Ottawa “Faint”
The Fritzi Gallery, Ottawa “The Optimists”
2007
Dalkeith Public Library, Dalkeith “Sew What…”
Alexandria Public Library, Alexandria
Dalkeith Public Library, Dalkeith “Sisters”
2006
The Mud Oven “At Random”
2005
The Mud Oven, Ottawa “Sew What”
2004
The Urban Pear, Ottawa “Quadrature”
The Mud Oven “Renaissance Women”
2003
The Mud Oven, Ottawa “Continuity”
The Ottawa Public Library Main Branch “Daughters”
The Manx Pub, Ottawa “Continuum”
2002
Shanghai Restaurant, Ottawa “Modern Mythos”
The Mud Oven, Ottawa “Daughters”
The Royal Oak Pub, Ottawa “Visual Haiku”
2001
The Green Door Restaurant, Ottawa “Conventus”
2000
Gamma Ray Gallery, Ottawa “Conventus”
1999
Rasputin’s café, Ottawa “Conventus”
Juniper Studio, Vankleek Hill
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS
2017 Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Great Big Smalls XIII"
Council for the Arts in Ottawa "Luck"
2016 Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Great Big Smalls XII"
Council for the Arts in Ottawa "Luck"
2015
Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Great Big Smalls XI"
Council for the Arts in Ottawa "Luck"
2014
Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Great Big Smalls X"
Council for the Arts in Ottawa "Luck"
Cyclelogic, Ottawa "Red-Handed"
2013
Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Great Big Smalls IX"
Council for the Arts in Ottawa "Luck"
2012
Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Great Big Smalls VIII"
Council for the Arts in Ottawa "Luck"
2011
Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Great Big Smalls VII"
Council for the Arts in Ottawa "Luck"
Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Phenomena"
2010
Cube Gallery, Ottawa "Great Big Smalls VI"
Council for the Arts in Ottawa "Luck"
SooRa, Ottawa “Chinatown Remixed Festival”
Stadtmuseum Weilheim, Weilheim Germany “View from the Window”
Wendell Free Library, Wendell Massachusetts USA “Green Seen”
Modesto Art Museum, Modesto California “Pony Express”
Mill Gallery, Nyiracsad Hungary “Flying”
2009
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Great Big Smalls V”
The Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto “BMO Shadowbox Auction”
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Magic Boxes”
Council for the Arts in Ottawa “Summer Salon”
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Canadian Homage”
Ange-Neige, Montreal
2008
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Great Big Smalls IV”
The Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto “BMO Shadowbox Auction”
Ange-Neige, Montreal
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Homage”
The Tay River Gallery, Perth
Framed, Ottawa
2007
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Great Big Smalls III”
Memories Café, Ottawa “She’s Crafty”
The Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto “BMO Shadowbox Auction”
Framed, Ottawa
Carleton University, Ottawa “Ottawa Art Festival”
2006
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Great Big Smalls II”
Gallery 101, Ottawa “101 Frames”
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Art Against War”
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Moil”
The Mud Oven “The Power of Ten”
AWOL Gallery, Toronto “Square Foot”
The Mud Oven “Sew What…”
Cube Gallery “Efflorescence”
Cube Gallery “Kindred”
2005
Cube Gallery, Ottawa “Great Big Smalls”
Gallery 101 “101 Frames”
The Mud Oven “One Square Foot”
Cube Gallery inaugural exhibit
Sante Restaurant Gallery
2004
Council for the Arts, Ottawa “Holiday Art Auction”
Ottawa Art Gallery Art Rental, Ottawa “Holiday Art”
Gallery 101, Ottawa “101 Frames”
The Mud Oven, Ottawa “Rejoice”
Ottawa School of Art Gallery “A Touch of Spice”
Elmwood School, Rockliffe “Elmwood Art & Home”
Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa “Union~Art”
Central Ottawa Artists Tour, Ottawa
Memories Café, Ottawa
Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa “Ottawa Art Festival”
Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa “Artemisia”
2003
Rasputin’s Café, Ottawa “Square One”
Ottawa Art Gallery Art Rental, Ottawa “Holiday Art”
Council for the Arts, Ottawa “Holiday wreath Auction”
Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa “An Artful Occasion”
SAW Gallery, Ottawa “Item”
Gallery 101, Ottawa “Art vs. War”
Paper Papier, Ottawa “Masked”
Arbor Gallery, Vankleek Hill “A Spring Exhibition”
Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa “Ottawa Art Festival”
Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto “About Love”
The Glebe Centre, Ottawa “Rock-a-thon”
The Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa “The Mayor’s Sweetheart Luncheon for the Arts”
2002
Council for the Arts, Ottawa “Holiday Wreath Auction”
Gallery 101, Ottawa “101 Frames”
Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa “Holiday Art Sale”
Visual Arts Centre, Orleans “The Great Art Sale”
Three Owls Gallery, Vankleek Hill “Once upon a time…”
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton “It’s in the mail…”
Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver “con/quest”
Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa “Ottawa Art Festival”
2001
Gallery 101, Ottawa “101 Frames”
SAW Gallery, Ottawa “Item”
Gallery 101, Ottawa “Crime Seen”
Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa “Ottawa Art Festival”
Galerie de la Maison de l’Ile, Hawkesbury
2000
The Weave Shed Arts Centre, Cornwall “Nexus 13”
Galerie du Monde, Baltimore Maryland USA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
CUPE head office, Ottawa
Owner of Carmel Gallery, Ottawa
Owner of Cube Gallery, Ottawa
Owner of Carrie Colton Art + Design, Ottawa
Owner of Framed, Ottawa
Owner of A Better Frame of Mind, Ottawa
Co-Owner of Bird Dog Design, Hull QC
Owner of Ardy Designs. Stittsville
Administrative Assistant of the Council for the Arts in Ottawa
Former curator of the Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa
Former Owner of Galerie du Monde, Baltimore MD
Former Communications Officer of The Ottawa Art Gallery
Former President of the Council for the Arts in Ottawa Board of Directors
SELECTED PRESS
The Montreal Gazette “Doing Business on a Wing and a Prayer” 2010
Guerilla Magazine “Painters Pay Canadian Homage” 2009
The Humm “An Exploration of the Human Form” 2008
The Ottawa Citizen “Flights of Fancy” 2008
The Ottawa Citizen “Going Out” (photo only) 2008
A-Channel Ottawa interview at Cube Gallery for “Great Big Smalls II” 2006
The Ottawa Citizen “At the Galleries” (photo only) 2006
The Vankleek Hill Review “Heritage Thru Art at Silent Auction” 2006
The Hudson Gazette “Heritage thru Artworks auction in Vankleek Hill” 2006
The Glengarry News “Heritage through Artworks” 2006
CTV “H20” mini-series, art rented as prop 2004
CBC-Radio soundbites for Central Ottawa Artists Tour 2004
The Ottawa Citizen “Masked” 2003
The Ottawa Citizen “Jennifer Gibbs: A Fascination with Existence” 2003
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Created paintings to accompany “The Optimists” play by Morwyn Brebner 2008
National Arts Centre, Ottawa: live painting, 2005
Corel Endowment for the Arts, Ottawa: juror 2005
Carlen Gallery, Ottawa: employee 2004 - 2005
Ottawa Art Gallery Art Rental: juror, public relations officer, coordinating committee 2004 - 2005
Carlen Gallery, Ottawa: live painting 2004
Westin Hotel, Ottawa: guest speaker at a National Artsmarts conference 2004
Sir Wilfred Laurier Secondary School, Orleans: artist-in-residence 2004
Artsmarts, Ottawa: grant recipient 2003
Central Ottawa Artists Tour: juror, public relations officer, coordinating committee 2002 - 2004
Ottawa School of Art: teaching assistant 2002 - 2004
Created paintings to accompany a poetry reading by Terry Ann Carter 2002
Loomis & Toles, Ottawa: live painting 2000
Juniper Studio, Vankleek Hill: Art Instructor 1999
Gallery 101, Ottawa: member of the Board of Directors 1997
2010 - present
2010 - present