EDUCATION
2023 Master of Fine Art, Print Media, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
2015 Bachelor of Fine Art, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, NS
2014 National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland Semester of Study (Exchange Student)
EXHIBITIONS AND PORTFOLIO EXCHANGES
2027 Untitled (solo exhibition), Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, BC
2027 sweet water, tender soil (collaborative exhibition with Abby Nowakowski), Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Tett Centre, Kingston, ON
2025 Worms in Dirt (solo exhibition), Tiniest Gallery, Kingston, ON
2024 Landing: Eco-Art Exhibition (invitational exhibition), Agnes Etherington Art Centre and No. 9 Gardens, Kingston and Lyndhurst, ON
2024 Silly, Soft, Strange (solo exhibition), Proudest Pony, Picton, ON
2024 Playful Encounters (annual juried exhibition), Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Tett Centre, Kingston, ON
2024 All the Small Things (juried group exhibition), Northern Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2024 Coalesce (artists in residence exhibition), Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Tett Centre, Kingston, ON
February 2024 See Daddy, I Told You This Was Heaven (solo exhibition), Hoopla Press & Gallery, Kingston, ON
October 2023 A Nightmare on Roncesvalles 2 (juried group exhibition), Northern Contemporary, Toronto, ON
August 2023 Lizardman (final MFA exhibition), Concordia MFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
May 2023 Art After Dark (public art event), Kingston, ON
2022 Honesty, Glory, and Possibility: Queer Experiences of Gender (juried exhibition), Union Gallery, Queens University, Kingston, ON
Winter 2021 Phony Bologna, Downtown Storefront Public Art Project, City of Kingston, ON
2020 Into the Woods (group exhibition), Something Else, Kingston, ON
2019 Inhospitable (portfolio exchange and exhibition) Concordia MFA Gallery, Montreal, QC and Dead On! Collective Gallery, Kingston, ON
2019 Art Among The Ruins (annual juried art fair) Perry’s Saw Mill, Newburgh, ON
2019 Maureen IV (annual graduate exhibition) Ives Laroche Gallery, Montreal, QC
2019 Dirt (portfolio exchange) Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2019 Sightlignes (annual Concordia Print Media group exhibition) Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir, Montreal, QC
2019 Texchange (members portfolio exchange and exhibition) Southern Graphics Council International Annual Conference, Dallas, TX
2018 Pre-Shrunk (annual juried exhibition) Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NS
2017 Yellow Balloons (annual open studio tour) The Deanery Project, Lower Ship Harbour, NS
2017 Environmental Jazz (solo exhibition) Halifax Music Co-op, Halifax, NS
2016 Big Prints! (juried exhibition) The Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, NS
2016 To Gather (solo exhibition) MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning, Dartmouth, NS
2016 The Breakfast Club (invitational exhibition) Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NS
2016 Arts Ecology: NSCAD Community Studio Residency (group exhibition) Port Loggia Gallery, Halifax, NS
2015 Echo/Location (artist in residence exhibition) MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning, Dartmouth, NS
2015 Bon Echo Provincial Park Art Exhibition (annual juried exhibition) Bon Echo Provincial Park, Cloyne, ON
2015 NSCAD Graduation Exhibition (juried exhibition) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2015 NSCAD and Concordia Haiku Exchange (portfolio exchange and exhibition) B-Side Gallery, Halifax, NS
2015 By Hand (textile and print exchange and exhibition) B-Side Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Young Offenders’ Grand Opening (group exhibition) Young Offenders Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Grotesque: A Family Portrait (juried exhibition) Swoon Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Under Compulsion (international invitational exhibition) Steambox Gallery, Dublin, IR
2013 Napanee Gallery Grand Opening (invitational exhibition) Napanee Downtown Gallery, Napanee, ON
2013 Hot Prints (group exhibition and sale) Hosted by NSCAD Print Club, Halifax, NS
2013 March of Prints (group exhibition and sale) Seeds Gallery, Halifax, NS
2013 Intra NSCAD (portfolio exchange and exhibition) Port Loggia Gallery, Halifax, NS
2012 Nocturne: Art at Night (annual festival) Halifax, NS
2012 In the Art of the City (annual group exhibition) Kingston, ON
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
August 2025 - May 2026 Print Media and Photography Technician, School of Fine Arts, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL
Winter 2025 Part-Time Professor, ARTS 1009 Experimental Media: 2D & 3D Design, St Lawrence College, Brockville, ON
Fall 2024 Part-Time Professor, ARTS 2011 Experimental Media: Textiles, St Lawrence College, Brockville, ON
Winter 2023 Instructor, Draw 200, Division of Painting and Drawing, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
August 2022 Workshop Facilitator, Nous Sommes L’Ete, Departement de danse de l’UQAM, Montreal, QC
Winter 2022 Instructor, Draw 200, Division of Painting and Drawing, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Fall 2021 Teaching Assistant to Tatiana Koroleva, ARTX 380, Division of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Winter 2021 Teaching Assistant to Jenny Lin, Book Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Fall 2020 Teaching Assistant to Stephanie de Couto Costa, Introduction to Intaglio, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Spring/Fall 2020 Cemetery Operations, Riverview & Riverside Cemeteries, Napanee, ON
Fall 2019- Fall 2020 Community Programming Clerk, Town of Greater Napanee, ON
Summer/Fall 2019 Acting President, Master of Fine Art Studio Art Student Association, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Summer/Fall 2019 Festival Coordinator, Big Creek Skill Sharing Festival, The Town of Greater Napanee Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, ON
Summer 2019 Arts and Culture Intern, Town of Greater Napanee, Napanee, ON
Winter 2019 Teaching Assistant to Stephanie Russ, Introduction to Lithography, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2019 Co-Curator, Inhospitable Portfolio Exchange and Exhibition, Multiple Locations Across Canada
2019 Organizer, Dirt Introduction to Lithography Portfolio Exchange, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2018- 2020 MFA Representative, Fine Arts Health and Safety Committee, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2018-2019 Vice-President & Assistant Program Coordinator, Master of Fine Art Studio Art Student Association, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
March 2019 Installation Supervisor, Sightlines Annual Exhibition, Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir, Montreal, QC
March 2019 Workshop Assistant, Print Matting, Concordia Print Media, Montreal, QC
Spring 2018 Studio Assistant to Ericka Walker, Mural Project: Be Industrious, That You May Live, Canning, NS
2017-2018 Instructor, After School Art Program, Cole Harbour High School, Cole Harbour, NS
April 2018 Workshop Instructor, Leather Bookbinding From Found Objects, Life School House, Dartmouth, NS
April 2018 Participant, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2015-2018 Instructor for MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning, Dartmouth, NS
October 2017 Workshop Instructor, Intro to Bookbinding, The Deanery Project, Lower Ship Harbour, NS
2017 Participant, Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Atlanta, GA
June 2017 Artist talks, Portfolio Preparation with High Skills Major Students at Napanee District Secondary School, Napanee, ON
July 2016 Artist talks at Clayton Park Junior High, Halifax, NS
April 2016 Participant at Southern Graphics Council International, Portland, OR
2016 Instructor for NSCAD Extended Studies, Halifax, NS
November 2015 Installation Assistant, King’s Maritime Night, The Wardroom, Halifax, NS
2015 Participant at Southern Graphics Council International, Knoxville, TN
2015 Installation Assistant, By Hand, NSCAD Print and Textile Exchange, B-Side Gallery, Halifax, NS
2015 Installation Assistant, NSCAD Print Club Exhibition, The Nook, Halifax, NS
2014 Tour Guide and Student Ambassador, NSCAD, Halifax, NS
2013 Printer for NSCAD Hot Prints Sale, Halifax, NS
2012 Instructor/Coordinator of Art and Craft, Sydenham Lake Canoe Club Summer Camp, Sydenham, ON
2011 Artist/Printer for the Steamroller! Event, Nocturne: Art at Night, Halifax, NS
COLLECTIONS
St Michael’s Print Shop
NSCAD University
Concordia University
University of Alberta
Kennesaw State University
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Maureen, Contributing Artist, Collaboration between Maureen and OK Press, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2021 Winter Issue, Interview of Dead On Collective by Jan Allen, The Skeleton Park Press, Kingston, ON
2020 The Erotica Issue, Featured Artist Interview by Adriana Green, VISIO Magazine
2020 “Moping Evergreens” - a conversation with Kelsey Dawn Pearson, an Interview by Chris Hemer, The New Twenties Magazine
2016 Making the Leap, an Interview by Marilyn Smulders, NSCAD University Press, Halifax, NS
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2027 Visiting Artist, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, BC
2025 Visiting Artist, St Michaels Print Shop, St John’s, NL
2024 Coalesce, Collaborative Residency, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON
2023 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development, Kingston, ON
2021 Kingston Arts Council Resiliency Grant, Kingston, ON
2019 Concordia University Fine Arts Travel Award, Montreal, QC
2019 Concordia University Conference and Exposition Award, Montreal, QC
2019 Concordia GSA Conference Funding, Montreal, QC
2019 Richard Lacroix Paper Grant
2018 Faculty of Fine Arts Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2017 Sparkbox Studio Artist Residency, Picton, ON
2015-2016 NSCAD Community Studio Residency Scholarship MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning, Dartmouth, NS
2012 Beacon Securities Scholarship NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
AFFILIATIONS
2023 Kingston Public Market Jury Member
Summer 2019-2022 Town of Greater Napanee Arts and Culture Advisory Committee
Summer 2020-present Member, GRIP Artists Advocacy Group, Kingston, ON
Fall 2019-Fall 2021 Member, Dead On Collective, Kingston, ON
Summer/Fall 2019 Acting President, MFASASA, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2018-2019 Vice-President, MFASASA, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2015-present Founding Member, Seafolk Collective, Halifax, NS
2015-present Member, Southern Graphics Council International