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EDUCATION 
2011     Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver (honours)
1983     British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver (honours)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014      Mother Tongue, City Hall Atrium Gallery, N. Vancouver, BC
2011      Olympics, The Flood, and Other Things to Think About, 3D Gallery, Port Moody Arts Centre, BC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
​2017      Sagas, Narratives, and Selfies, White Rock Popup, White Rock, BC
2016      CASV 2016 Emerging Artist Prize, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016      
To Make Measurable What Is Not So... The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC
2015      Views From The Southbank III: Information, Objects, Mappings, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
                  Family Fuse, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                  inFlux, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC

2014      Cart Blanche, collaboration with Gabriella Solti, DNA Artspace, London, ON
                  Bellwether 2014: Connect, Bellevue Sculpture Biennial, Bellevue WA
2013      Ruminations of Order, Cityscape Gallery, N. Vancouver, BC
2012      Emergent, Debbie Tuepah, A.S. Dhillon, Patrick Cruz, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2011      Emily Carr University Award Winners Exhibition, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC D
                  Degree Exhibition, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010      Black Holes and Other Transformations, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                  Arts 2010, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2009      Body as Bodice, Stray Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                  In-side, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                  Interwoven, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008      Knock on Woods, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                  Art That Barks, Plank Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                  Radius, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006      Shift, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC

SELECTED HONOURS
​2016      Shortlist, CASV 2016 Emerging Artist Prize
2014      Shortlist, City of Surrey New City Hall: Internal Sites
                  Shortlist, City of Surrey New City Hall: Committee Rooms Glazing Treatment
2013      Shortlist, City of Surrey Works Yard Artist-in-Residence + Public Art Project, Surrey, BC
2011      John C. Kerr Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Work in the Graduation Exhibition 
                  BMO 1st Art Invitational Student Art Competition, Sculpture, Nominee
                  International Sculpture Center, 2011 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, Nominee
2010      Arts Council of Surrey, Arts 2010 Competition, Sculpture, 3rd Place
                  International Sculpture Center, 2010 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, Nominee

CURATORIAL & OTHER EXPERIENCE    
2018    Curator, The Undocumented, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, AgentC Projects, with Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2016    Curator, Presence: Sonny Assu, Brandon Gabriel, Corey Moraes, AgentC Projects, Newton Popup Gallery, Surrey, BC

2015    Curator, The Lenticular Show, AgentC Gallery, Surrey, BC
                Curator, Gross Density Parcel, AgentC Gallery, Surrey, BC
                Curator, Consume Her Demand, AgentC Gallery, Surrey, BC
                Artist Representative, Strategic Planning, Surrey Art Gallery, 2015
                Juror, Arts 2015, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2014    Juror, Science World Exhibition, TRIUMF Particle Physics Lab, Emily Carr University, and Science World
2011    Juror, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC
2010    Curator, Black Holes & Other Transformations, Concourse Gallery,  Emily Carr University, Berlin University of the Arts,
                TRIUMPH Particle Physics Lab, Vancouver
2009    Curator, In-side, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
                Administration, Maraya, Vancouver, BC    
2008    Curator, The Art of Food, Concourse Gallery, Abraham J. Rognatnick Media Gallery, Vancouver, BC
83’-11’  Marketing and communications - financial services, retail, hi-tech, and not-for-profit sectors

COMMITTEES & COLLECTIVES
 AgentC Projects, Curatorial Collective, Founding Member, 2015-current
 CAM, Contemporary Art Matters, 2015-current
 VP/Trustee, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Alumni Association Board, 2012-2016

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Laura Schneider, “To Make Measurable What is Not So”, exhibition catalogue, Abbotsford, BC, 2016, ISBN 978-1-988311-02-9
 Jordan Strom, “Views from the Southbank III: Information, Objects, Mappings”, curatorial essay
 Michael Mui, “Surrey Decorates Newton with Public Art” 24 Hours Vancouver, BC, June 17, 2015
 Tom Zillich, “New Art Gallery Brings Life to Street”, Surrey Now, Surrey, BC, July 30, 2015
 Leanne Prain, “Strange Material: Storytelling through Textiles”, Vancouver Canada, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014 (222)
 Jordan Strom, “Dangling Modifiers”, “Emergent” exhibition catalogue, Surrey, BC, 2012 ISSN918-1302, ISBN978-1-926573-16-8
 “Under the Radar: Debbie Tuepah”, Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, Spring/Summer Edition, 2013 (56)
 Paul McGrath, “Bright Lights: CityScape Gallery’s Ruminations of Order”, North Shore News, March 24, 2013
 Uddari, “Emergent Exhibition”, Uddari Weblog, June 19, 2012
 Kevin Griffin, “Art’s New Generation: A riot of creativity at Vancouver’s Emily Carr University”, Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2011
 Mia Johnson, “Black Holes and Other Transformations”, Preview: The Gallery Guide, November, 2010
 “Exhibit Showcases Diverse Art”, Surrey Now Newspaper, 2010
 “You Art What You Eat”, Globe and Mail, Jan 7, 2008
 "Food Without Borders", Vancouver, Sun, Jan, 2008
  "The Art of Food", City TV, Breakfast Television, 2008
  "The Art of Food", Preview: The Gallery Guide, 2008



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