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


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018    Salish Sea: J35 less 1, City Hall Atrium Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2014    Mother Tongue: North Vancouver, City Hall Atrium Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2011    Olympics, The Flood, and Other Things to Think About, 3D Gallery, Port Moody Arts Centre, BC


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022    Rise. Recover. Repeat., Sunshine Coast Arts Council, Sechelt, BC
2021     Pathways to Modernity, Il Museo Gallery, Italian Cultural Centre Vancouver, BC
2020    Greyzone, BMO Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019    Understory, Darts Hill Park, Surrey, BC
2018    Connecting Threads, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2018    Textile Narratives, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2018    Shift, Crescent Beach Pop Up Gallery, Surrey, 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    
2014    Cart Blanche, DNA Artspace, London, ON
 2014   Bellwether 2014: Connect, Bellevue Sculpture Biennial, Bellevue, WA, USA
2013    Ruminations of Order, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2012    Emergent: Patrick Cruz, A.S. Dhillon, Debbie Westergaard Tuepah, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2011    Emily Carr University Award Winners Exhibition, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011    Degree Exhibition, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2010    Black Holes and Other Transformations, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
 2010    Arts 2010, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2009    Body as Bodice, Stray Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009    Inside, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009    Interwoven, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008    Knock on Woods, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008    Art That Barks, Plank Gallery, Vancouver, BC


PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT | COLLABORATIVE | PUBLIC ART
2021    The Summons, with poet Renee Sarojini Saklikar, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
11-'21  The Network, community engagement, with Carlyn Yandle:
                 Family Fuse, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver | Creative City Summit, City of Surrey | Cityscape, North Vancouver
2020    Conduit, Hunt Creek Bridge Railing Design, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC
2019    Blackie Spit, Public Art Banners, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC
2018    Bearing Witness, with Roxanne Charles, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2017    Sagas, Narratives, and Selfies, with Roxanne Charles, White Rock Pop Up Gallery, White Rock, BC


SELECTED HONOURS
2019    Surrey Art Gallery’s Canadian Museum Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Education (Indigenous contemporary art education)
                
Contributing work: Bearing Witness, with Roxanne Charles
2016    CASV Emerging Artist Prize, Nominee, Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
2011    John C. Kerr Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence & Outstanding Work, Emily Carr University
2011    BMO 1st Art Invitational Student Art Competition, Sculpture, Nominee
2011    International Sculpture Center, Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, Nominee
2010    Arts Council of Surrey, Arts 2010 Competition, Sculpture, 3rd Place
2010    International Sculpture Center, Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, Nominee


CURATORIAL & OTHER EXPERIENCE    
2021    Artist Representative, Strategic Planning, Surrey Art Gallery
2020    Juror, Cityscape Community ArtSpace, North Vancouver
2018    Curator, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, The Undocumented, AgentC Projects with Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2018    Curator, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Island Studio Residency, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
2016    Curator, Presence: Sonny Assu, Brandon Gabriel, Corey Moraes, AgentC Projects, Surrey, BC
2015    Curator, The Lenticular Show, AgentC Gallery, Surrey, BC
2015    Curator, Gross Density Parcel, AgentC Gallery, Surrey, BC
2015    Curator, Consume Her Demand, AgentC Gallery, Surrey, BC
2015    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
2009    Assistant, Maraya, Vancouver, BC    
2008    Curator, The Art of Food, Concourse Gallery, Abraham J. Rogatnick Media Gallery, Vancouver, BC
83’-11’    Marketing and Communications - financial services, retail, hi-tech, and not-for-profit sectors    


COMMITTEES & COLLECTIVES
2015 - now      AgentC Projects, Curatorial Collective, Founding Member
2015 - 2018    CAM, Contemporary Art Matters, Arts Collective
2012 - 2016    VP/Trustee, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Alumni Association Board


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


RESIDENCIES
2022     Baer Arts Centre Residency, Hosfos, Iceland
​2016    Coppermoss Cottage and Retreat, Tuwanek, BC


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