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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
2024 Fibonacci Footprint, Bellevue College Gallery Space, Bellevue, US
2023 The Place, Baer Arts Centre, Hofos, Iceland
2023 In Vivo, Darts Hill Park, Surrey, BC
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
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
2024 Fibonacci Footprint, Bellevue College Gallery Space, Bellevue, US
2023 The Place, Baer Arts Centre, Hofos, Iceland
2023 In Vivo, Darts Hill Park, Surrey, BC
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