EDUCATION

Master in Fine Arts- Intermedia Program 2016

Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

BA -Honor Specialization in Visual Arts, Major in Psychology 2011
Western University, London, Ontario

--Certificate of Practical Italian

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions

2020 The Novels of Elsgüer (Episode 5) [collaboration with Laura Acosta], Montréal arts interculturels (MAI),

Montréal, QC.

2018 Reverberations of a Topological Daydream, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

2016 Stereo Linear Balance, Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay as part of the International Digital Art

Biennial (BIAN), Montreal, QC.

2016 Translational Spaces, Agence TOPO, Montreal, QC.

Group Exhibitions

2021 The Novels of Elsgüer (Episode 4) [collaboration with Laura Acosta], OPTICA- un centre d'art

contemporain, Montréal, QC (forthcoming January 2021).

2020 Artecámara, [collaboration with Milton Riaño] ARTBO | Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá.

2020 Passages Convergents (Touring Group Exhibition), Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal-

supported by the Conseil des Arts de Montréal Tournée Support Program.

2018 The Novels of Elsewhere [Collaboration with Laura Acosta], Articule, The HTMlles Feminist Festival of Media Arts + Digital Culture, Montréal, QC.

2018 Passages Convergents, Salle de diffusion de Parc-Extension, Montréal, QC.

2018 Passages Convergents, Le Conseil des arts de Montréal, Montréal, QC.

2018 The Novel of Elsewhere (Ep.3) [collaboration with Laura Acosta], Centro Cultural Rogelio Salmona,

The International Image Festival, Manizales, Colombia.

2018 The Novel of Elsewhere (Ep.3) [online exhibition in collaboration with Laura Acosta], The

Wrong- A New Digital Biennial: Homeostasis Lab Pavilion.

2017 La Obra en el Espacio (The Work in Space), Aproximaciones a la Museografía Actual,

Laboratório de Arte Alameda, Mexico City.

2017 Projected Narratives of Being and Belonging (collaborative video installation), International

Symposium on Electronic Art - ISEA + 16th International Images Festival, Universidad de

Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.

2017 Projected Narratives of Being & Belonging, Galeria de Arte e Pesquisa, Vitória, Brazil.

2017 Translational Spaces, Imagining Identities, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON.

2016 Translational Spaces (publication exhibition), Webster Library, Concordia U., Montreal.

2016 DSSOTS, Chromatic Festival- MTL x TO, Hangar 16, Montreal, QC.

2016 DSSOTS (online exhibition), The Wrong- A New Digital Biennial: Homeostasis Lab

Pavilion http://www.homeostasislab.com/

2014 |__\__| Line Show: Jennifer Lupien and Santiago Tavera, MFA Gallery, Montreal, QC.

2014 Imagining Structural Stasis, Portes Ouvertes, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

2013 Ultramoderne, Art Mûr, Montréal, QC.
2012 Jardín de las Delicias, Solange Guez + Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2012 Not For Sale: Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario.

2012 Partners: A Collaboration (touring exhibition), The John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2012 Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON.
2012 Japanese Paper Place Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2011 Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON.
2011 Digital Alterities, InterAccess, Toronto, ON.

2011 Fresh Paint, New Construction, Art Mûr, Montréal QC.
2011 Still Worked*, The ArtLab, University of Western Ontario, London ON.
2010 Is it too late? –Doug, The Arts Project Gallery, London ON.

Screenings & Outdoor Projects

2017 Virtual Narratives of Dislocation (Live Broadcast VR Session), Bath Spa University, UK.

2017 Virtual Narratives (outdoor live projections) in Collaboration with Pelada, The Ottawa

International Animation Festival, The Innovation Centre, Ottawa, ON.

2016 Translational Spaces (publication exhibition), Webster Library, Concordia U., Montreal.

2016 Pixilated Architectured of/in the Body & Nature (in/outdoor installation),

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (US).

2016 DSSOTS & Novels of Elsewhere (screening), Small Packages: Microsignification in Media

and Communications Studies MA Student Symposium, Concordia University, Montreal,QC

2015 DSSOTS (screening) Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, ON.

2015 DSSOTS (screening), at Maison Sociale, POP Montreal, Montreal, QC.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Pedagogical & Collaborative Workshop Organizer 2014-Present

2020 Encounter in the Virtual Gardens, La Maison des Amériques, Montreal, Canada.

2019 Virtual Cyborgs, Dramaturgy Course, Department of Theatre, Concordia University,Montréal

2019 Tran-sites Interculturels, École Lévis-Sauvé & Centre d’Histoire de Montréal, Canada.

2019 Virtual Hyper-Naturalisms, International Image Festival of Manizales, Colombia.

2018 Arquitecturas Queer y el Cuerpo Virtual, Mutante.Lab, Liebre Lunar, Bogotá, Colombia.

2017 Virtual Narratives of Dislocation- Elastic Spaces 3rd Symposium, Bath Spa University, UK.

2017 Digital Collectivities- Hemi GSI Convergence 2017, York University, Toronto, ON.

2017 Projected Narrative of Being and Belonging- International Symposium on Electronic Art

and the International Image Festival, Manizales, Colombia.

2015 New Media Collectivities- Hemi GSI Convergence 2015, University of Texas in Austin, US.

2015 Space in Translation- Intermedia & Performative Studio Class, Concordia University.

2014 Translating Projections - SKOOL- Marking Space: A Drawing Research Lab,

Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal.

Research Mentor Summer 2016

Online Research Co-op Program, The Foundation for Student Science and Technology, QC/ON

Part-Time Instructor Fall 2014

IMCA 220- Introduction to Digital Media

Department of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Teacher Assistant Fall 2012-Fall 2015

Department of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

FFAR256A: Hip-Hop Culture seminar: Past, Present, Future
IMCA499: Multimedia Interdisciplinary Graduating class
IMCA230: Intermediate Video Art
IMCA210: Introduction to Video Art

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2019-2021 Visiting Scholar - Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, QC.

2015-Present Project Manager- Elastic Spaces Art Lab, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

2015-2016 Workshop Assistant- GradProSkills Program, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

2013-2015 Research Assistant- Department of Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2015 Installation Assistant (Alexander Pilis)- Architecture Parallax Exhibition at Galerie Joyce Yahouda

2015 Committee Examiner- Emerging Researches MAH Symposium,Hexagram, Montreal

2014 Project Coordinator-SKOOL: Marking Space a Research Drawing Lab,

Centre des arts actuels Skols, Montréal, QC.

2010 Gallery Intern-Susan Hobbs Gallery (Toronto)& Parker Branch Project (London, ON)

RESIDENCIES

2020 VIR- Viafarini-in-Residence, Milan, IT (forthcoming July-August 2021).

2016 Vermont Studio Center, Visual Artist Residency- Johnson, VT

Supported by the Merit-based Artist/Writer & Hexagram Internationalization Grant.

2014 Centre des arts actuels Skol, SKOOL’s Summer Group Residency, Montreal, Canada. Supported by Concordia Stand-Out Grad. Research Award & Small Grants Program.

CONFERENCES & TALKS

2020 Artist talk (with Laura Acosta), Department of Theatre, Concordia University.

2019 Artist talk (with Laura Acosta), International Image Festival of Manizales, Colombia.

2019 Artist talk (with Laura Acosta), PULSE Salon, Concordia University, Montréal.

2019 Artist talk at AgenceTOPO for Inter@numeriques, Montréal, QC.

2018 Artist talk at Mutante.Lab, Liebre Lunar, Bogota, Colombia.

2018 Artist talk at Forest City Gallery, London, ON.

2017 Presenter at the Elastic Spaces' 3rd International Symposium, Bath Spa University, UK

2017 Workshop organizer at Hemi GSI Convergence: Unsettling the

Americas” Radical Hospitalities and Intimate Geographies, York University, Toronto, ON.

2017 Workshop organizer & presenter at International Symposium on

Electronic Art and International Images Festival, Manizales, Colombia.

2017 Conference presenter at Besides the Screen: Unfolding Images – VR,

Volumetric Filmmaking and Spatial Control, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil.

2017 Conference presenter at Intersection | Cross-section conference: Imagining Identities,

Ryerson University and York University, Toronto, ON.

2016 Conference presenter at the Entertainment and Technology Summit, during the

Canada-China International Film Festival, Montreal, QC.

2016 Artist talk at Agence TOPO, Montreal.

2016 Conference presenter at Elastic 3D Space: 2nd International Research Colloquium on

Stereoscopic, Virtual & Embodied Practices, Concordia university.

2016 Artist talk at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA.

2015 Workshop organizer at Hemi GSI Convergence- Collectivities in TransMigration:

Animating Bodies Across Borders Conference, The University of Texas in Austin, USA.

2015 Conference presenter at Elastic S3D Space: Embodied Virtual Space Observable

Through the Use of Stereoscopic Techniques, Concordia University.

PUBLICATIONS

Translational Spaces: Virtual Narratives Of Being & Belonging (2017), in Journal of Virtual Creativity, ISEA2017 Special Edition, Intellect Books, U.K.
Mackrous, P. (2017). Translational Spaces [Exhibition Text] in Inhabiting the Uncertainty of the Showcase: 69-73. [E-Book]

Tavera, S. Translational Spaces: Master thesis publication (2016).
Digital Architectural Environments: Experiencing the Translation Between the Physical and Virtual (2016) in AC2 (Architecture | Concordia’s second publication): 80-83.
Pillis, A. Digital Architectural Environments: Experiencing the Translation Between the Physical and Virtual (2015) in Architecture Rendez vous Art – Episode 2: 165-172.
A Book of Lines: Residency catalogue (2014) in Marking Space: A Drawing Research Lab, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montreal.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

2020-2021 Concept to Realization Grant (with Laura Acosta), The Canada Council for the Arts.

2020 Digital Originals Grant (with Milton Riaño), The Canada Council for the Arts.

2019-2020 Vivacité Grant (with Laura Acosta), Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

2019 Research and Creation Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts.

2019 Concept to Realization Grant (with Laura Acosta), The Canada Council for the Arts.

2019 Travel Grant (Arts Abroad), The Canada Council for the Arts.

2018 Concept to Realization Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts.

2018 Travel Grant (Arts Abroad), The Canada Council for the Arts.

2017 Travel Grant (Arts Abroad), The Canada Council for the Arts.

2017 Travel Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

2017 Beca de Circulación Nacional e Internacional para Artistas y Demás Agentes de las Artes Visuales (Travel Grant for National and International Artists) from the Ministry of Culture of Colombia.

2017 IS|CS Travel Bursary (Intersection | Cross-sections)

2015-2016 Hexagram Student Internationalization Grant.

2015 Finalist for the Equitable Bank’s Emerging Digital Artist Award.

2014-2015 Hexagram Student Research Grant.

2015 Co-Production Hexagram Assistance Grant (with Leila Sujir).

2014-2015 Campaign for the New Millennium Student Contribution Scholarship.

2014-2015 Faculty of Fine Arts Fellowship, Concordia University.

2014 Concordia Stand-Out Graduate Research Award (Marking Space residency).

2014 Concordia University Small Grants Program (Marking Space residency).

2013-2014 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship awarded by the Social

Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

2012-2013 Graduate Studio Arts Advisory Committee Award from Concordia U.

2010-2011 Faculty of Arts and Humanities Alumni Award, UWO, London ON.

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