EDUCATION
2021 MA (candidate) in Art History and Curatorial Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
2018 BA, Honours Fine Art Studio Practice with Distinction, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
SOLO
2019 If conditionals are of two kinds, real and unreal, Rotunda Gallery. Kitchener, ON.
Study for an arena (after Blinky Palermo), Student Art Innovation Lab. Waterloo, ON. (curated by Denise St Marie and Timothy Walker)
2018 Personal Effects, DVSA Gallery. Dundas, Ontario. (curated by John Wilkinson)
SELECTED GROUP
2020 The Artist Project, UNTAPPED Section. Toronto, ON.
2019 LUMEN Festival. Kitchener-Waterloo ON. Site-specific installation at Waterloo Public Library. In partnership with Waterloo Public Library and Mary Allen Studio Tour.
Begin*, Dana Porter Library, University of Waterloo. Waterloo, ON.
SHOW.19, Cambridge Galleries. Cambridge, ON. (curated by Iga Janik)
What We Take, John B. Aird Gallery. Toronto, ON. University of Toronto Museum Studies Capstone Project. (curated by Aline Zara and Eleanor Howell)
After Karla Black, Lilliput Gallery. London, ON. (two-person exhibition in collaboration with Maxwell Hyett)
2018 Fresh Paint/New Construction, Art Mur. Montreal, QC. (curated by Rheal Olivier Lanthier and Francois St-Jacques)
The Next New Thing, Living Arts Centre. Mississauga, ON. (curated by Lee Petrie)
Displacement, Student Art Innovation Lab (S.A.I.L.). Waterloo, ON. (curated by Karen Lee and Tara Cooper)
Yours Truly, University of Waterloo Art Gallery. Waterloo, ON. (curated by Ivan Jurakic)
2017 Explorations, The Artery Gallery, University of Waterloo. Waterloo, ON.
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Toronto, ON. Juried.
Chiliad, The Artery Gallery, University of Waterloo. Waterloo, ON.
State of Becoming, The Button Factory. Waterloo, ON. (curated by Allie Brenner)
2016 Pattern Finding, Bridge Lecture Series, St. Jerome University. Waterloo, ON. (curated by Beatriz Galuban)
CURATORIAL & PUBLIC PROJECTS
2020 The Poet’s Almanac, Design at Riverside. Cambridge, ON. As part of the “Land Marks” Biennial Exhibition.
Variations neither useful nor injurious II, The Button Factory. Waterloo, ON. Community art project and online exhibition (pending).
2019 With Sound of Hands, DVSA Gallery. Dundas, ON.
AWARDS
2020 University of Western Ontario Graduate Research Scholarship, London, ON.
University of Western Ontario Dean's Entrance Scholarship for Arts and Humanities, London, ON.
2019 Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant.
Dundas Rotary Club – Contribution to Arts, Hamilton, ON.
Women’s Art Association of Hamilton, Scholarship Prize, Hamilton, ON.
2018 Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
Bank of Montreal First! Art Competition Nominee.
Virgil Burnett Memorial Award, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
2015-2018 Upper Year Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
2017, 2016 Nancy Lou Patterson Award for Works on Paper. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
2016 Auggie Corvino Memorial Award. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
2015 Excellence in Printmaking. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, ON.
RESIDENCIES & TALKS
2021 With sound of hands – talk for the Women’s Art Association of Hamilton, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON. Upcoming January 2021.
2019 What We Take – artists’ panel discussion. John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2018-2019 Mentored Independent Studies Program with mentor John Wilkinson, N.D.D., R.A.S (Dist.) Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, ON.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Mulvihill, Ashley. “The Collector’s Project wit Ashley Mulvihill of Ninth Editions.” The Collector’s Project (blog). May 16, 2020. www.theartistproject.com/en/collectors
Ponder, Terry. “Artists Among Us: Shining light on ‘The Odyssey’ part of Waterloo’s Lumen Festival.” The Record [Waterloo Region] 23 September 2019: C1. Print.
Janik, Iga. SHOW.19. Cambridge Galleries. 2019, pp. 6.
Lanthier, Rheal Olivier, and Francois St-Jaques. Fresh Paint/New Construction. Art Mur. 2018.
Yours Truly. University of Waterloo Art Gallery, 2018.
MacDonald, Laura. “Bridging math and art with pattern finding.” Imprint [University of Waterloo] 1 November 2016.
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
"As if words were gagging here." Cross Process, Issue 3, December 2019, pp. 37-40.
Curatorial essay for "With sound of hands." Cross Process, Issue 3, December 2019, pp. 40-42.
Dragomir, Ioana, Melika Hashemi, Maxwell Hyett, Zana Kozomora, and Christie Shen. With sound of hands. DVSA Gallery. May 2019.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020- Teaching Assistant, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.
2019- Instructor at Button Factory Arts. “Drawing from Literature” (adults) and “Intermediate Drawing” (youth). Waterloo, ON.
2018-2020 Digital and communications coordinator, ArtsPay. Waterloo, ON.
2018-2020 Youth programming and information services, Idea Exchange Library. Cambridge, ON.
2017-2019 Artist assistant to Soheila Esfahani.
2017-2018 Gallery and Installation Assistant, University of Waterloo Art Gallery. Waterloo, ON.
2017 Collections Assistant, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Waterloo, ON.
2016-2018 Circulation and Information Services, Waterloo Public Library. Waterloo, ON.