Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2026 Master of Fine Arts. Goldsmiths University of London
2024 Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Visual Art. Queen’s University
2024 Certificate of Media Studies. Queen’s University
HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2023 Distinction Award — Winner. Gallery 4% Portrait Art Contest, San Francisco, CA
2023 Merit Prize Award — Winner. TERAVARNA Art Gallery International Juried Competition, Los Angeles, CA
2023 5th Place, Women Artists Exhibition (Traditional). Fusion Art, Santa Fe, NM
2023 Talent Prize Award — Winner. TERAVARNA Art Gallery International Juried Competition (Figurative), Los Angeles, CA
2023 Best Feel-Good Story Illustration (Business) — Finalist. Canadian Online Publishing Awards, Toronto, ON
2018 Award of Excellence — Winner. University of Lethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts, Lethbridge, AB
2016 1st Place, Colour Poster (Int.) — Winner. Royal Canadian Legion, Lethbridge, AB
GRANTS
2023 Artist Grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Montréal, QC
2020 Alexander Rutherford Scholarship, Alexander Rutherford Foundation. Edmonton, AB
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2024 Without These Walls Graduate Exhibition. Ontario Hall, Kingston, ON
2024 Without These Walls Auction. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
2024 Close to Home. Kingston School of Art Window Gallery, Kingston, ON
2024 Side by Side. Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2023 re: member. Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, ON
2023 Faces & Features Portrait Contest. Gallery 4%, San Francisco, CA
2023 The Side Effects of Red Brick Walls (performance assistant). Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2023 Face 2 Face. Gananoque Arts Network, Gananoque, ON
2023 Salon de Refusés. Tri-Art Gallery, Kingston, ON
2023 8th OPEN International Juried Art Competition. TERAVARNA Online Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 6th Annual Women Online Juried Art Exhibition. Fusion Art, Santa Fe, NM
2023 quién se come a quién. Union Gallery Feature Wall, Kingston, ON
2023 Tenderness. Annual Juried Exhibition, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, ON
2023 (B)etter (F)utures (A)head. Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2023 Cézanne’s Closet. Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2022 Into the Rabbit Hole. Queen’s University. Kingston, ON
2020 Art’s Alive and Well in Our Homes. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2019 Art’s Alive. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2018 Art’s Alive. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
2016 Youth Remembrance Exhibit. Royal Canadian Legion, Lethbridge, AB
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Cover, Love and Sex ZIne. MUSE Magazine, Kingston, ON
2024 Cover Feature, Addition Magazine Issue 4. Divide Magazine, London, UK
2023 Artist Feature, September Issue. Suboart Magazine, Lisbon, PORT
2023 MUSE Cookbook. MUSE Magazine, Kingston, ON
2023 The Beso Series, Love on the Brain. MUSE Magazine, Kingston, ON
2023 The Fairy Lady and Me, Issue XX. MUSE Magazine, Kingston, ON
2023 fish seventeen, Annual Publication 2023. Ultraviolet Magazine, Kingston, ON
ARTIST TALKS
2023 Valerie Camila — Artist on B+W film, thesunbeamng.com, Toronto, ON
2023 Queen’s University OLAS x Valerie Camila, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2023 In Conversation with Valerie Camila and Sarah Jihae Kaye, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
FEATURED ARTICLES
2023 Congratulations to Two Award-Winning Fine Art Students, Queen’s University Department of Art History Newsletter, Kingston, ON
POSITIONS HELD/EXPERIENCE
2023— Co-chair of Exhibition Planning Committee, Without These Walls, Kingston, ON
2023— Member of Programming Committee, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2023— Creative Director, Collective Reflections Magazine, Kingston, ON
2023— Head Illustrator, MUSE Magazine, Kingston, ON
2022— Designer & Décor Assistant, Lethbridge Event Rentals, Lethbridge, AB
2022— Gallery Receptionist, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2021-24 Illustrator, MUSE Magazine, Kingston, ON
2021-24 Gallery Ambassador, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2021-22 Creative Design Intern, Project Red, Kingston, ON