Who am I
I’ve been putting things together and taking things apart since I was a kid. Everyone in my family was a maker of some sort. We were constantly renovating our homes, our furniture, our tools.
After my undergrad in Fine Art Sculpture and Painting, I went on to work in galleries, artist studios, and woodshops. I brought my art and building experience to my Master of Architecture degree. Upon graduating I worked in design/build shops, including my own, renovating homes, building new ones, and fabricating large scale art projects.
My process tends towards deconstruction. The process itself reflected in the product.
EDUCATION
M.ARCH
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver, BC
2005-2010
BFA Sculpture and Painting
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS
NYC, NY; 1998-2002
BFA; Honors: Sculpture and Painting
Intro to Welding BCIT Burnaby, BC 2015
AP Painting and Sculpture Skidmore Collage Saratoga Springs, NY 1997
EMPLOYMENT
MICHAEL GREEN ARCHITECTURE
Woodshop manager and furniture designer
2023-2024
MARK GEORGE STUDIOS
artist/designer
2013-PRESENT
AUGUST STUDIOS
owner/curator
2019- PRESENT
HINTERLAND DESIGN
furniture maker
2021-2023
MCLEOD BOVELL MODERN HOUSES
project manager
2019-2020
RON HART ARCHITECTURE modular housing designer 2019
ANTHILL STUDIO lead millwork designer 2018-2019
SPLYCE DESIGN home designer 2018
HAECCITY STUDIO ARCHITECTURE project manager 2017-2018
BOELLING SMITH DESIGN builder, designer 2005, 2010-13
PASCALE.MARK co-owner/designer clothing brand 2008-20010
PATKAU ARCHITECTS model maker 2006
EIDSE DEVELOPEMENT feasibility consultant 2006
MICHEAL HURWITZ FINE FURNITURE woodworker 2004
WOODWORKS DESIGN GROUP Cabinet Maker 2002-2004
VITO ACCONCI STUDIOS model maker NYC 2001
EXHIBITIONS
Group Shows:
2025 SEW SEW GOOD 2 Kasko Gallery, Vancouver
2024 SEW SEW GOOD August Studios, Vancouver
2023 LIFE=ABSURD THIS Gallery, Vancouver
2023 BLOCK PARTY August Studios, Vancouver
2023 LUCK, COINCIDENCE, CHANCE The Art Shop, Vancouver
2022 $250 OR LESS August Studios, Vancouver
2022 $100 OR LESS August Studios, Vancouver
2020 UNTITLED GROUP SHOW, Studio Fundamentals, Vancouver
2002 LIVING ROOM, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Fest NYC, NY
2002 UNTITLED GROUP SHOW Cooper Union, NYC, NY
2001 UNTITLED GROUP SHOW Visual Arts Gallery NYC, NY
1998 GEORGE / CHAN Converse Free Library, Lyme, NH
CURRATION
2025 UNTITLED Roja Dadashzadeh
2025 ANALOG Jane Grocott, Paige Quinn, Connor Johnson
2024 INHERETING THE SILENCE Masha Weisberg
2023 BLOCK PARTY 13 artist group show
2022 $250 OR LESS 25 artist group show
2022 SEEING THINGS Sarah Gee Miller
2022 MOTHER WANTED RED VIOLET TREE PHONES Ben Skinner
2022 TONE ON TONE Alyssa Lewis
2022 THE MORNING AFTER Kyla Gilbert & Mollie Burke
2022 $100 OR LESS 25 artist group show
2022 UNTITLED Cloitilda Orozco
2022 TYLER TOEWS
2022 FEBRUARY IN AUGUST 25 artist group show
2002 LIVING ROOM 10 artist group show, D.U.M.B.O., NYC
AWARDS
GRAND PRIZE & PLANNER’S PRIZE
URBANARIUM’S MISSING MIDDLE COMPETITION
while at Haeccity Studio Architecture
2018
UBC INTRO SCHOLARSHIP
Portfolio based scholarship
2004
MEDIA
SCOUT MAGAZINE
9 NEW AND UNEXECPTED PLACES TO SEE ART
June 2022
WEST COAST CURRATED
5 NEW(ISH) VANCOUVER GALLERIES YOU SHOULD VISIT
August 2022
ZING MAGAZINE
“LIVING ROOM” - REVIEW
2002