| Education |
| 2002-2005 | MFA, (Painting) Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 1996 | Laboratorio per Affresco Vainella, Prato, Italy (Fresco Painting School) |
| 1988-1992 | AOCAD, Ontario College of Art and Design, General Studies Program, Toronto, (Year 4 Florence) |
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| Selected Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2006 | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada (forthcoming) |
| Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Canada (forthcoming) |
| 2003 | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 2002 | Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Canada (Curated by Gordon Hatt) |
| 2001 | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 2000 | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| 1999 | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2006 | Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan |
| Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan (forthcoming) |
| 2005 | Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Michigan |
| | You Don’t Wanna Miss That Shit, Gladstone Hotel (Curated by Katharine Mulherin) |
| | Summer Pack II, Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, Michigan |
| | Eastside / Westside, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| | MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan (3 person) |
| | Members Invitational. Detroit Artists Market, Detroit Michigan |
| | Good In Bed: Sex, Eroticism and Pornography. James Baird Gallery, St John’s NFLD |
| 2004 | Whodunit, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada |
| | Go Figure, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, Michigan (3 person) |
| | That Obscure Object of Desire, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Canada |
| | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada (3 person) |
| 2003 | Woman, James Baird Gallery, St John’s NFLD, Canada |
| | Casey House Hospice (Auction), Toronto, Canada (Catalogue) |
| | New Faces, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham Michigan, USA |
| 2002 | MFA XChange Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| | Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Canada |
| | Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, Canada |
| | Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada |
| | milk bedroom gallery 5.0, Toronto, Canada |
| | Casey House Hospice (Auction), Toronto, Canada (Catalogue) |
| | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| | Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Canada |
| | Toronto International Art Fair |
| 2001 | Triangle Studios, Toronto, Canada |
| | Casey House Hospice (Auction) Toronto, Canada (Catalogue) |
| | Body as Metaphor, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan (Curated by Peter Williams) |
| | Toronto International Art fair |
| | Cambridge Galleries, Juried Exhibition, Cambridge, Canada |
| 2000 | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| | Casey House Hospice (Auction), Toronto, Canada (Catalogue) |
| | Toronto International Art Fair |
| 1998 | Royal Over-seas League Juried Show, London, UK (Catalogue) |
| | Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Kingston, Canada |
| 1997 | Royal Over-seas League Juried Show, London, UK (Catalogue) |
| 1996 | Royal Over-seas League Juried Show, London, UK (Catalogue) |
| 1995 | Cambridge Galleries, Juried Exhibition, Cambridge, Canada |
| | Invitational, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Canada |
| | Art Gallery of Windsor, Southwestern Ontario Biennale |
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| Academic Positions |
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| 2002 (Fall) | Instructor, Basic Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2003 (Winter) | Instructor, Basic Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2003 (Fall) | Instructor, Basic Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2004 (Winter) | Instructor, Basic Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2004 (Fall) | Instructor, Drawing 1 and Drawing 11, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2005 (Winter) | Instructor, Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Life Drawing, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. |
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| Awards |
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| 2004/ 2005 | Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2003/2004 | Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2002/ 2003 | Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2003 | James F. Duffy Travel Award, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
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| Guest Lectures |
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| 2005 | Groves High School, Birmingham, Michigan |
| 2001 | Wayne State University, Department of Art, and Art History, Detroit Michigan |
| | University of Toronto, Department of Visual Studies, Toronto, Canada |
| 2000 | Bishop Strachan School for Girls, Toronto, Canada |
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| Bibliography |
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| 2006 | Katz, Elizabeth A. “Wax Works” dailytribune.com |
| 2005 | Sousanis, Nick. The Detroiter.com |
| 2004 | “ I Like Your Figure” Real Detroit Weekly |
| 2003 | Cohen, Keri Guten “New Faces Showcase range of Expressions” Detroit Free Press |
| | Goddard, Peter.” Mona Shahid’s New Works” The Toronto Star |
| | Sousanis, Nick, The Detroiter.com |
| 2002 | Bouchard, Gilbert A. “Figures, Eyes Part of Art’s Mystique.” The Edmonton Journal |
| | Poesis: A Journal of the Arts and Communications, Volume Four, 2002 |
| 2001 | Cohen, Keri Guten. “In Artists’ Hands, Human Body Takes Shape.” Detroit Free Press |
| | Colby, Joy Hakanson. “Body as Metaphor.” The Detroit News |
| | DiDonna, Liz. “Body Matters.” MetroTimes Detroit |
| | Provenzano, Frank. “The Body Eclectic.” Detroit Free Press |
| 2000 | Palmer, Karen. “Chic Queen St. Restaurant Jobs Artists’ Meal Tickets.” The Toronto Star |
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| Related Activities |
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| 2004/ 2005 | Member, Exhibition Selection Committee, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2004 | Invited Juror, Scholarship Committee, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto |
| 2004- | Member, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2001 | Finalist, New Canadian Painting Competition (Catalogue) |
