recent & upcoming

Our whole, unruly selves. Group Show. Curated by Lauren Dickens. San José Museum of Art.  San José, California. November 19, 2021-June 26, 2022

Undeliverable.  Group show.  Curated by Carmen Papalia.  Organized by Sean Lee and Leila Timmons.  Tangled Art + Disability and Robert McLaughlin Gallery.  Toronto and Oshawa.  Fall/Winter 2021.

Living Description.  Workshop series and project.  Curated by Nicole Kelly Westman. 221A, Vancouver, BC. January-July 2021.

The Artworld Needs to Welcome Us With Open Arms,” article for BlackFlash Magazine, Summer 2021.

Open Conversations.  Panel discussion with Ramya Amuthan, Emily Cook, & Kat Germain.  Online event hosted by the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.  December 12, 2020.

Three windows. Exhibition presented by articule and Ada X.  Part of the Htmlles Festival, Slow Tech Edition. Montreal, QC.  November 2020

In conversation:  Sean Lee & Aislinn Thomas.  Online talk presented by articule and Ada X.  Part of Three windows and the Htmlles Festival, Slow Tech Edition. Montreal, QC.  November 2020.

In Touch. Online group exhibition presented by the University of Glasgow College of Art. Curated by Dr Azadeh Emadi in partnership with Deafblind Scotland.  Part of 2020 Being Human, the UK’s National Festival of the Humanities.  November 12-22, 2020.

Alt-text Time. Online workshop with Bojana Coklyat, Shannon Finnegan and Ramya Amuthan for  Public Displays of Affection (PDA) hosted by Critical Distance Centre for Curators. Coordinated and led by Emily Cook, Sean Lee, and Daniella Sanader, in partnership with Creative Users Projects. 2pm Eastern October 18, 2020.

Case Study:  A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention. Online panel with Shannon Finnegan and Ramya Amuthan for  Public Displays of Affection (PDA) hosted by Critical Distance Centre for Curators. Coordinated and led by Emily Cook, Sean Lee, and Daniella Sanader, in partnership with Creative Users Projects. 2pm Eastern October 4, 2020.

A convex minutely puckered surface could be called a vertical sea […]  with alternative audio description by Anna Bowen, and beautiful, generous text by Daniella Sanader about ekphrasis, creative approaches to access, and experimental audio description.  C Magazine Artist project, Issue 147, GATHER. October 2020.

QUIET PARADE.  Project for Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery and BAAFF.  Halifax, Nova Scotia. Curated by Laura Ritchie.  Spring 2022.

Mentor, Mitchell Art Gallery Artist Exchange Program.   Summer 2020.

Accessing the Arts: Research Session Artist-Facilitator, Creative Users Projects & Bodies in Translation. Spring 2020

Digital Collaboration in Isolation.  Panel discussion with Ananda Gabo and Skawennati, moderated by Megan MacLaurin.  Presented by InterAccess. May 9th, 2020.

Disability, Creativity, and Care in the Time of Covid-19.  Akimblog, March 2020.

A piece of cloth, held taut. Commissioned for The Myth of Consensus at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Curated by Crystal Mowry.  Kitchener, Ontario. Winter/Spring 2020.

Artist talk.  Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.  March 12, 2020 7pm.

A distinct aggregation in “How Museums are Making Artwork Accessible to Blind People Online,” by Emily Watlington.  Art in America (online and print editions).  February 2020.

“The Culture of Crip Aesthetics.”  Panel discussion for ACCESS IS LOVE and LOVE IS COMPLICATED.  With Sean Lee, Andy Slater, Wy Joung Kou and Aislinn Thomas.  Moderated by Emily Cook.  Critical Distance Centre for Curators, Toronto, ON.  November 9th, 2019 2pm.

“Experimental Audio Description.”  Workshop with Kat Germain and Aislinn Thomas for ACCESS IS LOVE and LOVE IS COMPLICATED, curated by Emily Cook and Sean Lee.  Critical Distance Centre for Curators, Toronto, ON.  November 16th, 2019 2pm.

PHOTOPHAGIA screening.  Curated by Dave Dyment for DO BLUE BUTTERFLIES EAT PARTS OF THE SKY?  Presented by Ontario Culture Days and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Saturday September 28, 2019.

MOUNTAINS USED TO BE UGLY screening for London Ontario Media Arts Association’s Broad Topics series at an event co-hosted by LOMAA and The Museum for Future Fossils.  Friday June 7, 2019, London, Ontario.

Artist talk for the Inter Arts Matrix X-Camera speakers series.  July 20, 2019 12pm at Fresh Ground, 256 King Street East, Kitchener, Ontario.

TALK BACK, Flux Factory, Queens NY.  Group exhibition curated by moira williams and Lexy Ho-Tai.  May 9-June 2, 2019.

Fast & Slow Walkers of Dixie Outlet Mall.  for re: placement, can we find a way?  Curated by Anu Radha Verma. May 18, 2019, Mississauga, Ontario.

Living Agreements, The Banff International Curatorial Institute symposium, Banff, Alberta, August 2019.