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Education

2018   MFA, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

2013   BFA, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada

2011   BA (English & Film Studies), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

2008   Diploma of Fine Arts, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada

Solo & Two Person Exhibitions

2022 Club Assembly, ARTsPLACE Gallery, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada (w. David Peters) 

2022 Façades, Slideroom Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2022 Stuffy World, Ministry of Casual Living Window Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2022 In a Book, Arc•hive Artist Run Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada

2021 Short Stories, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC, Canada

2019 Mass, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC, Canada

2019 Mood Swings, Flux Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (w. David Peters) 

2018 Laughing on the Inside, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC, Canada

2018 Frog in the Desert at Twilight, Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2018 Six legs in a Hammock, Ministry of Casual Living Window Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada (w. David Peters)

2018 Myyy Friendddd, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

2017 Thrill House, Ministry of Casual Living Window Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2015 Globelore, Dundarave Print Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2014 The Brightness, Dundarave Print Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (w. Barb Snyder) 

2013 Things on Things, The Tiny Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (w. Danielle Roberts) 

2013 Reruns, Living Room Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (w. Danielle Roberts)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 The First Seven, Arc•hive Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2021 MINUTE_MAPP TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan (virtual)

2020 Curiosity Cabinet, Slideroom Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2020 Summer Show, Victoria Arts Council, Victoria, BC, Canada

2019 Founder, Crummy Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2019 R&D Faculty Exhibition, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada

2018 Laugh Laugh Cry, VA/BF, Vancouver, BC, Canada (w. MOPE Collective) 

2018 Actual Losers, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada (w. MOPE Collective) 

2018 In Toto, MFA 2018 group thesis exhibition, 821 Fort Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

2017 Vortex to Eden, Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria, BC, Canada (w. MOPE Collective)

2017 Integrate Arts Festival, as a featured artist, Victoria, BC, Canada 

2017 Black Holes, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

2017 Vacate, private venue, Victoria, BC, Canada

2016 Concurrent Spaces, Skylight Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (w. MOPE Collective)

2016 Art Waste: Strange Magic, Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2016 Tails of the City, Dundarave Print Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2016 Colour, Dundarave Print Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2015 Blow Over, Roc Y Studio, Burnaby, BC, Canada

2015 Soft Serve Press, VA/BF, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada 

2015 Art Waste: In Dreams, Astro Turf, Vancouver, BC, Canada 

2014 Summer Show, Dundarave Print Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2014 Figure Show, Dundarave Print Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2014 Over/Under/Over/Under, Red Gate, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2014 Bench Warmers (performance), Concourse at Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, Canada 

2014 Quite Magical: Sculpture Show, The Tiny Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2013 Print Show, The Tiny Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2013 Under The Bed, The Tiny Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (w. MOPE Collective)

2013 Boobies and Wieners, Hot Art Wet City, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2013 The Show, Graduate Exhibition, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2013 Vastness, ie Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2009 The Fine Art of Schmoozy, Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Public Art

2020-21 Logging Housing Industry, Commute, City of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada 

Grants & Awards

2022 BC Arts Council, Professional Development 

Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization

2019 BC Arts Council, Early Career Development Grant

2017-2018 BC Arts Council Scholarship

Audrey St. Denys & M.E. Johnson Scholarship

Jessie Allan Forsyth Scholarship

Donald Wagg Graduate Scholarship

UVic Graduate Award, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

2016-2017 UVic Graduate Award, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

2012-2013 Emily Carr Tuition Scholarship, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2008 Editor’s Choice - Poetry, Confluence Magazine, MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Residencies

2022 Future Forests, The Empire of Dirt, Creston, BC, Canada

2022 PRINT, Victoria Society of Printmakers, Victoria, BC, Canada

2021 Summer Residency Program, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC, Canada

2019 Enter Text, Arteles Creative Centre, Haukijärvi, Finland

2019 Summer Artist-in-Residence, Mitchell Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada

2018 Unruly Infolding: Reconsidering Naturecultures, Murmur Land Studios, Gaspé, QC, Canada

Curatorial Projects

2016-2017 Casino: Pop-Up Student Exhibition Series, director/curator, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

2015 Roc Y Gallery, co-director/co-curator, Burnaby, Canada (w. MOPE Collective)

2013-2014 The Tiny Gallery, co-director/co-curator, Vancouver, Canada (w. MOPE Collective)

Artist Talks

2022 ARTsPLACE Gallery, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada

2022 Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2022 Arc•hive Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada

2021 University of Victoria, Arts Education, Victoria, BC

2019 Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC

2019 Mitchell Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2019 Victoria Film Festival, Victoria, BC

2018 Xchanges Gallery, Victoria, BC

2018 University of Victoria, Art 151: An Introduction to Contemporary Visual Art, Victoria, BC

Selected Graphic Design

2022 Club Assembly, ARTsPlace, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada

2020-2022 UNTIL Magazine, Victoria Arts Council, Victoria, BC

2019 Reservoir, Empty Gallery, publication series, Victoria, BC, Canada

2018 Laugh Laugh Cry, #3 Gallery, exhibition catalogue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2018 In Toto, MFA thesis exhibition catalogue, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

2017 For Everyone a Fountain, Robert Youds, promotional materials, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC, Canada

2017 Deconstructing Comfort, exhibition promotional materials, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC, Canada

2017 One Way or Another, Megan Dickie, exhibition catalogue, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC, Canada

2013-2015 Adbusters magazine, Art Director, issues #111-#122, Vancouver BC, Canada

Professional Roles

2020–2022 Faculty Instructor, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, Canada

2019-2022 Outreach Coordinator, Victoria Arts Council, Victoria, Canada

2022 Presenter, Summer of Theory 4: IP, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

2013–present Freelance Graphic Designer

2021 Presenter, Summer of Theory 3: Who is this?, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

2021 Artist Assistant, Tara Nicholson, Over/Burden, Nelson, Canada

2020 Presenter, Summer of Theory Symposium 2: Stupidity, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

2019 Instructional Technician, Sculpture, Camosun College, Visual Art, Victoria, Canada

2019 Guest Lecturer, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

2018 Artist Assistant, Megan Dickie, Victoria, Canada

2016–2018 Teaching Assistant, University of Victoria, Visual Arts Department, Victoria, Canada

2017 Sessional Instructor, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

2016 Gallery Administrator, Art Works Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2013–2015 Art Director, Adbusters magazine, Vancouver, Canada

2015 Instructor, Intro to Drypoint Intaglio, Dundarave Printmaking Workshop & Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2014 Performance photographer, 600 Campbell, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Bibliography

2022 Print Gallery #7: Leah McInnis, “You have the moon, I have the internet,” Limited edition artist pamphlet.

2022 Exhibit V (Efron Quirez), In a Book, Arc•hive Gallery, video interview, January 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQjRJcYR50o&ab_channel=ExhibitVic

2019     Mattews, Shauna. “A response to Leah McInnis and David Peters’ Mood Swings,” Flux Writing, Ace Art Inc. https://www.aceart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Shauna-Matthews-Response-Leah-McInnis-and-David-Peters.pdf

2018    Exhibt V (Efron Quirez), “Vortex to Eden by MOPE Collective at the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective,” video interview, January 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYP6rNpjSeA

2017    Luke, Gina. “Painting without profit,” The Martlett, print and online, http://www.martlet.ca/painting-without-profit/

2017    Exhibt V (Efron Quirez), “Connor Charlesworth, Marina DiMaio, Leah McInnis at the Audian gallery Uvic,” video interview, September 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYgEDLGJiHo

2014 Bachmann, Brit: “Over Under Over Under,” Van Document, online publication, http://vandocument.com/2014/08/over-under-over-under/