EDUCATION
2021 Master of Arts: Art + Process, MTU Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork City, Ireland
2006-2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2002-2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts Yr 1 & 2, Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada
MEMBERSHIPS & ARTS COLLECTIVES
2024 Artspace, Peterborough, Canada
2022-2024 Visual Arts Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2022-2024 Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
2020-2024 UK Crit Group, International Participation, Lincoln, UK
2022-2024 Sample Studios, Cork City, Ireland
2022-2023 The Guesthouse Project, Cork City, Ireland
2021-2023 Re:Group, International Participation
2009-2014 Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, Canada
RESIDENCIES & ARTIST TALKS
2024 KH Messen, Ålvik, Norway
2022, 2023 Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
2023 Inhouse 2: Expanding Island, Cape Clear, Ireland
2022-2023 Inhouse 2: The Gueshouse Project, Cork City, Ireland
2022 Re: Group: Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
2022 Cill Rialaig, Ballinskelligs, Ireland
2020, 2022 Cow House Studios, Rathnure, Ireland
2021 MTU Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork City, Ireland
2021 Road Books, Inniscarra, Ireland
2020 Working Artist Studios, Ballydehob, Ireland
2020 Cow House Studios, Rathnure, Ireland
2009 Ease on Down the Road: Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS
2023 Speaking to Absence, Uillinn: West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
2022 Groundswell Again, Uillinn: West Cork Art Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
2022 Thaw, solo, Gallery Asna, Clonakilty, Ireland
2021 Groundswell, Road Books, Inniscarra, Ireland
2020 In Situ, Working Artist Studios, Ballydehob, Ireland
2019 Drift/Land, Earl Selkirk Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Impressions, The Black Cat, Toronto, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Hypha: Experimental Trans-Disciplinary Improvisational Sessions (series), Sherkin Island & Skibbereen, Ireland
2022 Departure/Juncture, Fragments in Constellation, O’Driscoll Building, Skibbereen, Ireland
2022 GOSHOW, Ground0 Residency, The Guesthouse Project, Cork City, Ireland
2021 Plus/Minus, MTU Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork City, Ireland
2021 On the Bare Branches..., O'Driscoll Building, Skibbereen Arts Festival, Skibbereen, Ireland
2021 Standstill, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
2021 Re-vision Festival Belfast, Online, Re-Vision Festival Belfast, Ireland
2020 Der Erste Mai, group, Wisshusplatz, Richterswil, Zürich, Switzerland
2015 Impressions (reinstalled), Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, Canada
2015 Be Here Now, Ryerson Artspace, Toronto, Canada
2005-2014 The Sweetest Little Thing, The Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, Canada
2011 Moments Intercepted, Labspace Studio, Toronto, Canada
2010 No Reservations, Hang Man Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008 Xplosabiliteaz, Art Mûr, Montréal, QC, Canada
2007 Résistance, Galerie Diagonale, Montréal, QC, Canad
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Drawing Connections, Fitzgerald Park Pavilion, Cork City, Ireland
2020 The Sixth Show, The Blue House Gallery, Schull, Ireland
2015 Hard Twist 10 – Memory, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada
ACADEMIC & TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2024 Printmaking Workshop Facilitator, Kunsthset Kabuso, Øystese, Norway
2023 Panelist, Post-Graduate Research Symposium, MTU College of Art & Design, Cork City, Ireland
2023 Socially-Engaged Art Facilitator, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
2022 Visiting Lecturer, MTU Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork City, Ireland
2022 Art Instructor, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland
2017 Art Workshop Facilitator, ARTiculations, Toronto, Canada
2010-2011, 2016-2015 Workshop Facilitator, East Alternative & Central Technical School, Toronto, Canada
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2023-2024 Freelance Copy Editor and Visual Content Creator, remote
2015-2024 Business Owner & Operator, Ashforth Press, Toronto, Canada & Skibbereen, Ireland
2023 Programme & Training Coordinator, Benchspace Cork, Cork City, Ireland
2022 Production Assistant, Bury Our Hearts At The Bend Of The River, Aoife Desmond, Co Cork, Ireland
2017-2021 Co-Founder + Co-Chair Board Member, Art Not Shame, Guelph, Canada
2011-2019 Head Scenic Artist, Nabet 700 Unifor, Toronto, Canada
2017, 2019 Scenic Artist, Tennessee Tavern & Black Bellows Brewery, Collingwood, Canada
2016, 2017 Scenic Artist, Hollywood Reporter, Print Issue, Los Angeles, USA
2016, 2017 Album Merchandise Artwork, Love & Lust (Jadea Kelly), Natural Conclusion (Rose Cousins)
2009 Cover Illustration, Rutting Season. Buffalo Runs Press: Montréal, Canada
BURSARIES + AWARDS
2024 Arts Abroad Residencies Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Canada
2022, 2023 Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Shortlisted for the RDS Visual Art Awards, Dublin, Ireland
2021 MA:AP Sole Scholarship, MTU Crawford College of Art + Design, Cork City, Ireland
2003 Mary McKean Scholarship for Fine Arts, Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada
2002 Ted Pulford Award, Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada
PRESS
2020 MacMonagle, Niall. (2020.05.10). What Lies Beneath: Lock By Jamie Ashforth. Irish Ind.
