EDUCATION
PhD (ABD) Communication and Culture, Toronto Metropolitan University
2019 – 2025
Dissertation Title: “Autoart and the Living Matri(archives): Making Material Connections.” Supervisory Committee: Dr. Monique Tschofen, Dr. Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof, Dr. Kimberly Wahl, and Dr. May Friedman.
MA Fashion, Toronto Metropolitan University
2017 – 2019
Major Research Project: “Gender, Fashion and Representation in Nineteenth Century British Art.” Supervisory Committee: Dr. Kimberly Wahl, Dr. Alison Matthews David
B.A. Hon, Art and Art History Specialist, University of Toronto
2012 – 2017
Diploma in Art and Art History, Sheridan College
2012 – 2017
Advanced Diploma in Advertising, Sheridan College
2004 – 2007
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2022 – 2024 Sessional Lecturer, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
2024 The Arts Impact Project (TAIP): Understanding the Arts’ Civic Impact in the Data-Driven Economy Retreat, SSHRC Partnership Grant, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, August 12 – 13, 2024.
2018 – 2023 Research Assistant, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
2017 – 2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
2015 Outreach Assistant, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Mississauga, Ontario
2012 – 2017 Library Peer Mentor, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
COLLECTIONS
2022 Acquisition of Namesake for the Art Bank’s 50th anniversary purchase program: $3000.00, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa
AWARDS
2022/2023 Dr. Liss Jeffrey Graduate Award: $18,000, Toronto Metropolitan
University
2021/2022 TA/GA Award, Centre for Excellence in learning and Teaching, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020/2021 Ryerson Graduate Development Award: $4,000, Ryerson University
2019/2020 Ryerson Graduate Development Award: $5,700.00, Ryerson
University
2018 Book Prize for Research Methods, Ryerson University
2018 Dr. Annie Smith Graduate Award: $3,500.00, Sheridan College
2012–17 University of Toronto Dean’s List Scholar
2016 Dr. Annie Smith Travel Award: $8000.00 for a Research Trip to London,
Barcelona and Amsterdam, Sheridan College
2015 The Alumni Award: $700.00 for Excellence in Studio Practice,
Sheridan College
2015 The Canadian Art Award: Recognition of Volunteer Activities,
Sheridan College
2014 Faculty Design Award: Excellence in Design II, Sheridan College
2014 Gallery 44 Award: Excellence in Photography II, Sheridan College
2013 Faculty Design Award: Excellence in Design I, Sheridan College
SCHOLARSHIPS
2021/2022 Edward S. Rogers Sr. Graduate Student Fellowship: $20,000, Toronto
Metropolitan University
2020/2021 Ryerson Graduate Fellowship: $16,000, Ryerson University
2018/2019 Ryerson Graduate Fellowship: $5000.00, Ryerson University
2017/2018 Ontario Graduate Scholarship: $15,000.00, Ryerson University
2014 Dr. Annie Smith Travel Scholarship: $3000.00 for undertaking an Art
History course in Italy, University of Toronto
2014 Woodsworth College Summer Abroad Scholarship: $3000.00 for
undertaking an Art History course in Italy, University of Toronto
EXTERNAL ARTS FUNDING
2024 Winter Magic 2024 – Projection Mapping Mentorship, a collaborative project between the City of Mississauga and AVA Animation & Visual Arts Inc. $1,500.00
2023/2024 BIPOC Artist Residency: $4000.00, Textile Museum of Canada,
Toronto
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023–2024 BIPOC Artist in Residence, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
TRAVEL GRANTS
2023 Ryerson University Student Travel Fund $400 for exhibition of An Ode to
the Feminist Killjoy at the Book Launch for Sara Ahmed’s The Feminist
Killjoy Handbook, The People’s Forum, New York City, U.S.A.
2023 Ryerson University Student Travel Fund $400 for exhibition of Namesake at the Âjagemô, Ottawa
2019 Ryerson Graduate Student Travel Fund of $500.00 for Presentation
at The Costume Society
2018 Ryerson Graduate Student Travel Fund of $500.00 for Conference
Presentation, British Association for Victorian Studies
2018 Yeates School of Graduate Studies Master of Arts–Fashion Travel
Grant of $300.00 for Conference Presentation, British Association
for Victorian Studies
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Group Exhibition (Title forthcoming), Artspace Gallery, Toronto, February
28 – Mar 22, 2025.
2024 Homecoming, Projection Mapping Project, The City of Mississauga 50th
Anniversary, Mississauga, November 23 – 26, 2024.
2024 In Good Company, Artist in Residence Showcase, Textile Museum of Canada,
Toronto, June 19 – June 29, 2024.
2023 Our Home on Native Land, Art Gallery of Mississauga Third Annual Juried
Art Exhibition, Mississauga, Ontario, November 21, 2023 – January 14, 2024.
2023 Namesake, Exhibition of Canada Council Art Bank’s 50th anniversary New
Acquisitions, the Âjagemô, Ottawa, June 2023 – May 2024.
2022 Namesake, St. Catharines Annual Juried Art Exhibition, St. Catharines,
Ontario, September 16 – March 17, 2023.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Yellow Art Piece, Toronto Metropolitan University Special Collections
and Archives, Toronto, Ontario, March 20 – April 11, 2024.
2023 An Ode to the Feminist Killjoy, Book Launch for Sara Ahmed’s The
Feminist Killjoy Handbook, The People’s Forum, New York City, U.S.A.
REFEREED ARTICLES
“The Keepsake by Kate Elizabeth Bunce: A Pre-Raphaelite Allegory Cloaked in Hand-Crafted Arts and Crafts Symbols,” Submitted to Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies.
“The Yellow Art Piece,” Volupté Interdisciplinary Journal of Decadence Studies, U.K. 6.2 (Autumn 2023): 152-57. DOI. 10.25602/GOLD.v.v6i2.1752.g1870.
“What Actually Happened,” BUFF Magazine: Art and Art History, 2016 Edition, University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College
“Hope,” BUFF Magazine: Art and Art History, 2016 Edition, University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College, 2015 Edition
“Curves,” BUFF Magazine: Art and Art History, 2016 Edition, University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College, 2015 Edition
“e-Carpet,” BUFF Magazine: Art and Art History, 2016 Edition, University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College, 2014 Edition
CURATORIAL WRITING
2023 Exhibition Essay for Shelagh Joy Stewart: Forever Lately, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario. August 5 – September 30, 2023. https://www.artgalleryofnorthumberland.ca/exhibition/shelagh-joy-stewart-forever-lately/
2023 Introductory Text for Exhibition, Rezia Wahid’s (MBE), Dancing in the Womb, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, U.K. January 10, 2023 – May 13, 2023. https://www.csc.uca.ac.uk/programme/10/1/2023/rezia-wahid-dancing-in-the-womb
2023 “The Period Piece,” Digital Publication, Period Matters, March 3, 2023. https://periodmattersbook.com/postcard/a-period-piece/
JOURNALISM
2024 Media Interview
Reardin, Renée. “Why Boho Chic is back – and how different it is this time.” The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2024. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-why-boho-chic-is-back-and-how-its-different-this-time/
CONFERENCE PAPERS READ
2024 “The Keepsake: A Symbol of Victorian Women’s Art and Craft,” 16th Annual Victorian Studies Network at York, York University, Toronto
2024 “The Yellow Art Piece: A Work of Research Creation and Material Decadence,” Launching Yellow Nineties 2.0: A Symposium & Celebration, Toronto Metropolitan University’s Centre for Digital Humanities
2023 “Intersections: Feminist Practice in the Field of Decolonization,” Fashion Detour: What Does Fashion Look Like When You Include Others? An international dialogue with Middlesex University London, UK
2022 “Namesake: A Journey Through Identity and Memory,” De-/Anti-/Post-colonial Feminisms in Fine Art and Textile Crafts Seminars, Middlesex University, UK
2021 “Hats and Accessories Worn with Women’s Tailored Clothes in Late 19th Century Canada: A Content Analysis of the 1896 Issue of the Delineator Magazine and the Eaton’s Catalogue,” Virtual Conference Women’s Tailored Clothes across Britain, Ireland, Europe and the Americas, 1750-1920
2019 “The Keepsake by Kate Elizabeth Bunce: A Pre-Raphaelite Allegory Cloaked in Hand-Crafted Arts and Crafts Symbols,” The Costume Society Conference, Birmingham, UK
2018 “Liberty of London Art Patterns: Primers on Victorian Aesthetics,” British Association for Victorian Studies Conference, Exeter, UK
INVITED PUBLIC TALKS
2024 Paper Presentation, “Decadence of Creation: Taking a Page from Victorian Little Magazine,” Victorian Association of Ontario Evening Lecture Series, Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto
2024 Artist Talk and Presentation, “Living Matri(archives): Making Material Connections at the Department of Visual Arts at Brock University in St. Catharines as part of Walker Cultural Leader Series
2016 Public Presentation, “My Design Pilgrimage” Research Findings on Art and Design Practices from Funded Trip through Dr. Annie Smith Travel Award, Sheridan College
WORKSHOPS
2025 “Sustaining Futures: Constructing Meaning Through Textiles,” MA Costume, Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, London, UK
2024 Rag Rug Weaving Workshop, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2023 Sustainable Teach-in: Drawing on Denim, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2023 Workshop and presentation, “Research Creation in the Field of Feminist Art Practice,” in ESTC36H3F: Knowledge, Ethics and Environmental Decision-Making, University of Toronto
COURSES TAUGHT
Fall 2024/25 Contract Lecturer, FS 8000: Graduate Seminar, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
Fall 2024/25 Contract Lecturer, FSN 203: History of Design, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
Fall 2024/25 Contract Lecturer, FFS 110: Art and Historical Change, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
2023–2024 Contract Lecturer, FSN 503: Critical Issues in Design, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
2023–2024 Contract Lecturer, FSN 203: History of Design, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
2023–2024 Contract Lecturer, FFS 110: Art and Historical Change, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
2022–2023 Contract Lecturer, FFS 102: Dress, the Body & Identity, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
2022–2023 Contract Lecturer, FFS 110: Art and Historical Change, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
COURSES GAed
2022–2023 FSN 503: Critical Issues in Design taught by Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2021–2022 CC8960 / CMCT6500: Advanced Communication Technology taught by Dr. Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof, ComCult, Toronto Metropolitan University
2021–2022 FSN 224: Refashioning History taught by Dr. Laura Morlock, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2021–2022 FFS 110: Art and Historical Change taught by Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2021–2022 FFS 102: Dress, the Body, and Identity taught by Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020–2021 FFS 110: Art and Historical Change taught by Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020–2021 FFS 102: Dress, the Body, and Identity taught by Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020–2021 FSN 504: Suffragettes to CEOs taught by Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2019–20 FSN 223: Fashion Concepts and Theory taught by Dr. Ben Barry, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2019–20 FSN 711 / FS 8203: Curation and Exhibition taught by Grahame Lynch, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2018–19 FSN 223: Fashion Concepts and Theory taught by Dr. Ben Barry, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2018–19 FSN 232: History of Art II taught by Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2017–18 FSN 232: History of Art II taught by Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Toronto Metropolitan University
2012–17 Library Peer Mentor, Sheridan College
GUEST LECTURES
2024 “Pop Culture & Contemporary Art,” in SOC 202: Popular Culture, Department of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
2023 “Design Changes Everything,” in FSN 709: Professional Aspects of Fashion, Toronto Metropolitan University
2023 “Histories in Textile,” MA in Fashion Curation and Cultural Programming, London College of Fashion, UK
2023 “Research-Creation as Decolonization,” At Home with C19th Dress & Textiles Reframed
2022 “Patterns of Design,” in FSN 503: Critical Issues in Design, Toronto Metropolitan University
2022 “Material Connexion and Research Creation using Sustainable Materials,” in Design Research II, Sheridan College
2022 “Kate Elizabeth Bunce and Women’s Engagement with Arts & Crafts,” William Morris Society of Canada
2021 “Material Connexion, Conferences & How to Navigate Grad School,” in Design Research II, Sheridan College
2021 “The Delineator: A Closer Look at a Nineteenth-Century Canadian
Woman’s Favourite Magazine,” At Home with C19th Dress & Textiles Reframed
2021 “Kate Elizabeth Bunce’s the Keepsake,” De Morgan Foundation, UK
2021 “Ménie Muriel Dowie: A New Woman Writer of the Fin de Siècle,”in FSN 504: Suffragettes to CEOs, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020 “A Gendered Reading of the Arts and Crafts Movement,” in FFS 110: Art and Historical Change, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020 “How to Apply to Grad School & Navigate Conferences,” in Design Research II, Sheridan College
2019 “Gender, Fashion and Representation in Nineteenth-Century British Art” in FSN 302: History of Costume I, Toronto Metropolitan University
2018 “What’s Art History Got to Do with It?” in FSN232: History of Art II, Toronto Metropolitan University
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT / RESEARCH
2023 Research Assistant to Dr. Kimberly Wahl on new course development for: FSN 555: The History of Fashion Images, Toronto Metropolitan University
2022 Redevelopment of Course Content for FFS 110: Art and Historical Change, The Creative School, Toronto
2018–2021 Research Assistant to Dr. Kimberly Wahl, FCAD, Ryerson University
2018–19 Research Assistant, FCD 240: History of Art and Design, FCAD Dean’s Office, Toronto Metropolitan University
CURATORIAL WORK
2015 Curatorial Assistant, Intern for Dr. Christine Shaw, Curator, Nuit Blanche
Toronto
2015 Outreach Assistant, Blackwood Gallery
2011–15 Docent, Art Gallery of Mississauga
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2022–2023 TMU University Teaching Awards Selection Committee, Centre for
Excellence in Learning and Teaching
2018–2019 Student Representative, YSGS Graduate Student Advisory Board, Ryerson University
2017–2018 Student Representative, MA Fashion Graduate Program Council, Ryerson
University
2015–2017 Student Representative, Art and Art History Program Advisory
Committee, University of Toronto
2015–2017 Student Representative, Blackwood Gallery’s Advisory Board, University
of Toronto
2015–2016 Student Representative, Faculty of Art and Design Dean’s Student
Advisory Council, Sheridan College
PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY SERVICE
2023–2024 Community Board Member, Rodman Art Institute of Niagara Program Advisory Committee
2021–2023 Board Member, William Morris Society of Canada
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
2020–2022 The Women History Network
2020–2022 The Society of Jewellery Historians
2018–2022 The British Association for Victorian Studies
2020 The De Morgan Foundation
LANGUAGES
English: spoken, read, and written
Turkish: spoken and read
Farsi: spoken, read, and written