EDUCATION

  • siksika nation high school — high school diploma, 2004–2010

  • vancouver institute of media arts — diploma with honours, acting for film & television, 2012–2013

  • simon fraser university — bfa, theatre performance, 2015–2020

  • columbia university, school of the arts — mfa, visual arts, 2024–2026

SELECTED CREATIVE WORKS

  • crazy eights, 2012 — lead, havana theatre, directed by bruce dawson

  • grease trails, 2013 — principal role, independent film, wild canada

  • arctic air, 2013 — guest star, tv series, cbc

  • jamestown, 2017 — principal role, drama tv series, carnival films

  • topophilia, 2018 — lead, fei and milton wong experimental theater, directed by steven hill

  • savage production society, 2020 — summer music series

  • aboriginal peoples television network, 2020 — querencia web series

  • full circle: first nations performance, 2021-2022 — talking stick festival

  • arts umbrella, 2021 — children of eden

  • ruby slippers theatre, 2021 — dissection of a mixed heritage woman

  • savage production society 2021 — you used to call me marie workshop

  • 2 rivers remix virtual feast, 2021-2022 — streaming fundraiser for nlaka’pamux/lytton fire

    evacuees, moveable feast

  • savage production society, 2021 —resist. revive. replenish.

  • podcast: aiysiniiksin: keeping the tradition alive (season 1, 2021) — creator, host

  • documentary: a way forward, 2022 — creator

  • the salmon cycle 2023 — 1st assistant camera

  • misdemeanor dream, 2024 — actor/ensemble, spiderwoman theater, abron arts center, on tour february 2024

  • feasts of ghosts, 2024 — actor/ensemble, safe harbors nyc, govenors island, ny

  • us, 2025 — actor/ensemble, spiderwoman theater, directed by muriel miguel, hb studio, ny

  • how it used to be, 2025 — two channel, short experimental

  • love stories… or not?, 2026 — actor/ensemble, spiderwoman theater, directed by muriel miguel, hb studio, ny

  • twelve components, 2026 — two-channel video installation

EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES

  • new york theatre workshop residency, adelphi university, 2024

  • student artist-in-residence, barnard college movement lab, 2024–25

  • columbia university mfa first year exhibition, wallach art gallery, spring 2025

  • columbia university mfa summer show, the blanc art gallery, summer 2025

  • intaglios of breath and light: an indigenous present (short film program), institute of contemporary art, boston (2025-2026), blue sky documentary film festival (2026), e-flux screening room (2026), curated by Sky Hopinka

  • growth postures, tutu gallery, curated by amy yuanchen qian, 2026

  • for a museum of errantry with édouard glissant, a collaboration with adama delphine fawundu, center for art, research and alliances (cara), 2026

  • mfa thesis exhibition, wallach art gallery, lenfest center for the arts, columbia university, curated by amal issa, 2026

AWARDS & HONORS

  • school for the contemporary arts indigenous student award, sfu, 2019

  • canadian roots exchange – youth empowerment stream fund, 2020

  • bc arts council early career development grant, 2020

  • bernie legge cultural award nominee, 2021

  • city of vancouver’s communities and artists shifting culture grant, 2022

  • first peoples’ cultural council indigenous arts scholarship & mentorship, 2023

  • columbia university visual arts program scholarship, 2024-25

  • dean carol becker scholarship, 2024-25

  • indspire’s building brighter futures – linda joyce ganly scholarship (2024), the individual giving bursary (2025)

  • barnard college, movement lab, student artist in residence, 2024-2025

  • thunderbird american indian dancers scholarship, 2024

  • hayman visual arts gift award, 2025-2026

  • birnbaum scholarship, 2026

  • kevin tarrant scholarship, 2025

  • helen and adrian platt prize award, 2026

  • jean magnano bollinger scholarship, 2026