Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions
| 2011 | ‘Oils – Straight Up’, Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto |
| 2008 | ‘Summer Smoke and Paint’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
| 2006 | ‘Black Dog’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
| 2004 | ‘Cinderella’, Ina Puchala & Fred Franzen, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
| 2002 | ‘New Work’, Ina Puchala & Michael Anderson, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
| 2001 | ‘New Work’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
| 2000 | ‘Renaissance Women 2000’, Ina Puchala & Carolyn White, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
| 1998 | ‘The Trumpet’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
| 1996 | ‘Grey’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
| 1996 | ‘Going into the Hole’, Rebecca Gallery, Toronto |
Selected Group Exhibitions
Collections
| 2019 | ‘The Magic of Krakow’, The Mission Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; Stara Zagora Art Gallery, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; Raphael Mihaylov hall, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria |
| 2018 | ‘About Krakow. Post Scriptum’, Galeria Labirynt No. 2, Krakow, Poland |
| 2018 | ‘I Live Here’, Arts Etobicoke, Toronto |
| 2013 | ‘Divergent Perspectives’, Arts Etobicoke, Toronto |
| 2013 | ‘Out of Bounds’, Etobicoke Civic Centre, Toronto |
| 2012 | ‘Small Works Exhibition’, Arts Etobicoke, Toronto |
| 2010 | ‘Where They Are Now’, OCADU Alumni Exhibition, Art Square Gallery, Toronto |
| 2010 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto |
| 2010 | ‘Art Bazaar’, B Art Gallery, Toronto |
| 2009 | ‘Seeing with Closed Eyes: Five Abstract Artists’, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga |
| 2009 | 36th Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton |
| 2006 | ‘Voices’, Art Gallery of Woodstock, Woodstock |
| 2005 | VAM Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto |
| 2004 | VAM Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto |
| 2001 | ‘A Love Story’: Members Exhibition & Sale, Mercer Union, Toronto |
| 2000 | Perspectives ’00, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga |
| 2000 | Annual Juried Show, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton |
| 1999 | ‘Territory’, Gallery 1313, Toronto |
| 1999 | Perspectives ’99, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga |
| 1998 | Perspectives ’98, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga |
| 1997 | Perspectives ’97, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga |
| 1997 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto |
| 1996 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto |
| 1995 | Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto |
| 1993 | ‘Foraging’, Gallery 76, Toronto |
| 1992 | ’The Spaces Between’, Women’s Collective, OCA, Toronto |
| Pratt & Whitney Canada |
| Egon Zehnder |
| Government of Ontario Archives |
| IPSOS Reid Group |
| Response Innovations |
| The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario |
Awards & Achievements
| 2018 | Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career, Visual Artists Creation Projects Grant |
| 2006 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant |
| 2006 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant |
| 2004 | VAM Annual Juried show, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 1st prize |
| 1999 | Canada Council ‘C’ Grant |
| 1995 | W.O. Forsyth Scholarship for Painting, OCA |
| 1995 | Devona Paquette Memorial Scholarship for Painting, OCA |
| 1994 | David L. Stevenson Award for Drawing & Painting, OCA |
| 1993 | George A. Reid Award For Drawing & Painting, OCA |
Media
| 2009 | The Mississauga News, ‘Addition by Abstraction’ by Debbie Bruce |
| 2005 | The Mississauga News, ‘Visual Arts and AGM Host Juried Exhibition’ by Sandy Miller |
| 2004 | The Globe & Mail, ‘Dolls With a Message’, by Gary Michael Dault |
Community Artist-Teacher
| 2016-17 | Assistant, Gshkoziwin Apprenticeship Project The Milkweed Collective in partnership with Barrie Native Friendship Centre |
| 2014-15 | Director, The Kreativ U-Turn Apprenticeship Project A Cultural Hotspot West Project produced by the Milkweed Collective in Partnership with the City of Toronto |
| 2012-14 | Artist-Teacher, Roots and Branches Artists-in-Residence Program, Art Gallery of Mississauga |
| 2012-13 | Project Lead, Creativity Rocks, an ArtsStarts 21YCC, Youth Creativity Challenge, North Kipling JMS (gr. 7-8) and the Milkweed Collective |
| 2007-15 | Assistant Director, Artist-Teacher, Exploring Creativity in Depth©, the Milkweed Collective |
Education
| 2008-09 | Level II Artist-Educator Certificate, Learning Through the Arts, Royal Conservatory, Toronto |
| 1992-95 | A.O.C.A., 4 yr. Diploma, Honors, Drawing & Painting, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto |