b. 2005, Toronto, Canada
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2023–2027 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
2026 Yale Norfolk School of Art, Norfolk, CT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Against Forgetting, Yale School of Art, Norfolk, CT
2025 Gentle Enough to Hold, Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Commissioned Installation, Manhattan School of Music, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
2024 Shattered & Reconciled, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
MSM Composers Concert, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
2022 What Might Have Been Lost, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
Pieces of Light, Mercury Espresso, Toronto, ON
Where I’m Going is Disappearing, Etobicoke School of the Arts, Toronto, ON
2021 Back to Life, Core Restaurant, Toronto, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Seeing Through, Yale Norfolk School of Art, Norfolk, CT
Open Studio, Yale Norfolk School of Art, Norfolk, CT
So Relevant I’m Disappearing, Gallery 1065, Toronto, ON
The End of the Year Show, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2025 at the end of the day, the day is over, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Support Group, (Adriana Farmiga Sculpture), 41 Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
The End of the Year Show, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
I really want this to be great, 195 Worth Street, New York, NY
6 Legs, 1 Mouth, No Ears, (Adriana Farmiga Sculpture), The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Chair Show, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2024 2 x 2 x 2, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
→, (Adriana Farmiga Sculpture), 41 Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
The End of the Year Show, The Cooper Union, New York, Ny
Material Hierarchy, Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Free Food 4 Thought, (Coco Fusco’s Foundation Studio), The Cooper Union, New York, NY
DesignTO Festival, The Gladstone House, Toronto, ON
2023 Reunion, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
Final, The Cooper Union Foundation Building, New York, NY
Modus Operandi, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
What We Hold, Contact Photography Festival, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
Etobicoke School of the Arts Graduate Exhibition, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
Show Off , Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
Future, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2022 In The City, Northern Gallery Contemporary, Toronto, ON
Show Off, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
Flash Forward Incubator Auction, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, ON
Artists of Toronto, Symbiocene Gallery, Toronto, ON
Because I Am A Girl, Etobicoke School of the Arts, Toronto, ON
Expressions of Identity, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, ON
My Pandemic Story, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON
2021 Carmichael Canadian Landscape: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum, Orillia, ON
Through the Window, Arts Etobicoke, Toronto, ON
Flash Forward Incubator, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Portraits of Resilience, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Functions of Art, US Gallery, Toronto, ON
Show Off, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
2020 Calculated Transparency, US Gallery, Toronto, ON
Common Object, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON
5 Design Challenges, Jane Roos Gallery, Toronto, ON
AWARDS & GRANTS
2026 Carin Tendler Lurkis Prize for Excellence in Painting, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale Norfolk School of Art, Norfolk, CT
Penguin Random House Scholars Program, Scholarship Award, Scholarship America
2024 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Artist Grant, Montréal, QC
Norman Sanders Students Fund, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2023 Innovator Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Carroll and Milton Petrie Grant, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Edward Lam Scholarship for Contemporary Arts, Etobicoke School of the Arts, Toronto, ON
Silver Key (Painting), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2022 Award Of Excellence, Show Off, Alberta University of the Arts
Gold Key (Painting), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Silver Key (Short Story), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2021 Gold Key (Short Story), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Silver Key (Painting) , Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2026 Seeing Through, Yale School of Art, Norfolk, CT
2025 at the end of the day, the day is over, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2024 Material Hierarchy, Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2023 Reunion, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022 Is This Our Time?, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
Expressions of Identity, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, ON
2021 Back to Life, Core Restaurant, Toronto, ON
PRESS
2023 How a Toronto high school student got $4.1 million in scholarship offers, Janet Hurley, The Toronto Star, Toronto, Canada https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/05/08/how-a-toronto-high-school-student-got-41-million-in-scholarship-offers.html
2023 Toronto teen says she's 'in shock' after getting $4.1 million in scholarship offers, Scott Lightfoot, CTV News, Toronto, Canada https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/this-is-crazy-toronto-teen-gets-4-1-million-in-scholarship-offers-1.6389767
2023 Teen Who Received $4M in Scholarship Offers Starts School, CTV Your Morning, Toronto, Canada https://www.ctv.ca/shows/ctv-your-morning/friday-december-22-2023-s8e89
2023 Jane Forrest is a talented artist from Etobicoke School of the Arts, Live at Noon, CP24, Toronto, Canada https://www.cp24.com/talk-shows/live-at-noon
2023 Toronto teen receives $4.1 million in scholarship offers from art schools, Lynn Chaya, National Post, Canada https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto-teen-receives-4-1-million-in-scholarship-offers-from-art-schools
2023 Teen gets 4.1 Million in scholarship offers, CTV News,Top Three Tonight with Merella Fernandez, Toronto, Canada https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2685701
2023 Toronto teen was freaking out after getting 4.1 million in scholarships, Marcus Mitropoulos, BlogTo, Toronto Canada https://www.blogto.com/arts/2023/05/toronto-teen-scored-41-million-scholarship-offers/
COLLECTIONS
Olga Korper Gallery
Etobicoke School of the Arts
Private Collections
TALKS & LECTURES
2026 Inauguration Poet, 14th Presidential Inauguration Ceremony, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2025 Artist Talk, Gentle Enough to Hold, Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2024 Artist Talk, Material Hierarchy, Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2023 Artist Talk 18, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2022 Art Talk 16, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
In The City Artist Talk, Northern Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2021 Art Talk 14, Featured Speaker, Toronto, ON
Host, Staying Creative During Quarantine, Artcon, Toronto, ON
PUBLICATIONS
2026 Cover Artwork, To Will a House, Augusta X. Thomson, CREA Press, New York, NY
2025 Gagné Contemporary, gentle enough to hold, Toronto, ON
2022 The Trinity Review, Issue 135.1, Toronto, ON
The Pandemic Post, Future, Brooklyn, NY
2022 The Trinity Review, Issue 134.2, Toronto, ON
That Gray Zine, Issue Nine, Austin, TX
Chroma Art Magazine, Issue February 2022, Berlin, Germany
Ultraviolet Magazine, Volume 26, Toronto, Canada
Footprints on Jupiter Magazine, Issue Two, California, United States
2021 Ultraviolet Magazine, Volume 25 (Cover), Toronto, Canada
Ambre Magazine Issue One, Niagara Falls, Canada
Young Voices Magazine (Cover), Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Canada
Ridgewood Zine Issue Five, Brooklyn, United States
Flash Forward Incubator Catalogue, Toronto, Canada
Serpentine Zine, Volume Two, Missouri, United States
From The Future Magazine, Issue Two, Paris, France
Art In Between, Artist Highlight, Boston, United States
Us Gallery Functions of Art Volume Two, Toronto, Canada
Our Generation Magazine Issue One, Louisiana, United States
Fourall Magazine Issue Eight, London, United Kingdom
Season Three Collective Zine, Issue Three, New York, United States
Honeyfire Literary Magazine, Issue Five, Manchester, United Kingdom
Aspects Of Magazine, Issue One, Sheffield, United Kingdom
BKK Unzine Issue Eleven, Bangkok, Thailand
Unlocked Project Artist Highlight, Montreal, Canada
Footprints on Jupiter Issue One, California, United States
Zenerations Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
2020 Young Revolution Magazine, Toronto, Canada
