Awards & Residencies
Locked World Commission, Birds of Paradise, writer & filmmaker, Glasgow, 2021-23.
Digital Originals Grant, writer & filmmaker, Canada Council for the Arts, 2020.
Viewfinder Commission, DAO, co-curator & filmmaker, Brighton, 2016-17.
LGBT History Month Scotland Cultural Commission, filmmaker & mentor, 2013.
LitVid Contest: Canadian Review of Literature in Performance, 1st Prize, 2012.
Trongate 103 Arts Centre, artist in residence, Glasgow, 2009.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, ShOUT! artist in residence, Glasgow, 2009.
Banff Centre Mexico Exchange, artist in residence, Banff/Mérida, 2002-03.
Ontario Arts Council / WARC, Exhibition Assistance grant, Toronto, 2002.
Community One Foundation, Exhibition Assistance grant, Toronto, 2002.
Guest Lectures & Panels
Temporalities of Access (Language of Holes/Art of Captioning), Wysling Arts, online, Oxford, 2022.
Scottish Book Trust, Making a Zine, online, Edinburgh, 2020.
John Hansard Gallery, Social Currency of Voice, w/ Bea Webster, online, U. of Southampton, 2020.
Media & Culture (Prof. Maria Velez Serna), Disabled & Deaf Audiences, University of Stirling, 2019.
This Way Up, Deaf & Disabled Film, w/ Caglar Kimyoncu & Matthew Hellett, Liverpool, 2018.
Exceptional & Extraordinary: Unruly Bodies, w/ Mark Smith / Deaf Men Dancing, Edinburgh, 2016.
Influency (Prof. Margaret Christakos), Poetic & Multimedia Translation, University of Toronto, 2011.
Short Films (direction, writing)
“Writing from the Groin” (2023, 1:08:19).
“Water,logged” (2020, 8:07).
“Equivalence” (2020, 39:14).
“I’m Not Your Inspiration 4: Liz” (2015, 14:48).
“I’m Not Your Inspiration 3: Maki” (2014, 9:47).
“I’m Not Your Inspiration 2: Alison” (2014, 9:07).
“I’m Not Your Inspiration 1: Nathan” (2013, 7:35).
“Weapons of Minor Destruction” (2012, 4:04).
“Able” (2011, 6:00).
“Here: LGBT Migrants to Edinburgh” (2009, 27:00).
“After Going Out: Oil Spill Remix” (2009, 2:12).
“Slippery” (2007, 1:55).
Short Films (co-direction)
“Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma” (w/ Ania Urbanowska; poet DL Williams, 2017, 5:04).
“Long Lost Lover” (w/ Ania Urbanowska; poet Bea Webster, 2017, 4:10).
“Sword Swallower” (w/ Ania Urbanowska; poet Markie Burnhope, 2017, 1:30).
“A Conversation With Tanja Erhart” (w/ Lisa Mattocks, 2017, 14:23).
“A Conversation… Nadia Nadarajah” (w/ Lisa Mattocks, 2017, 13:19).
“A Conversation… Robert Softley Gale” (w/ Lisa Mattocks, 2017, 15:38).
“A Conversation… Bobby Baker” (w/ Lisa Mattocks, 2017, 20:35).
“A Conversation… James the vacuum cleaner” (w/ Lisa Mattocks, 2017, 15:33).
“El Villano / The Villain” (w/ Zorras, 2011, 10:25).
Gallery Screenings
Bristol Museum & Art Galleries: Concealed, “Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma”, Sept. 2023-Apr. 2024.
ONCE: VIII Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo (CentroCentro), “Able”, Madrid, Nov. 2022.
Macrobert Arts Centre: QTDD Project, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1”, Stirling, Feb. 2013.
Tate Modern: Tweet-Me-Up (Tracey Moberly), “After Going Out” & “Able”, London, Aug. 2012.
Midlands Art Centre: A Spot of b)other/SHOUT Festival, “Here”, Birmingham, Nov. 2011.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art: A Spot of b)other/ShOUT!, “Here”, Nov. 2009-Feb. 2010.
Festival Screenings
Toronto Bi+ Arts Festival, “Water,logged” / “Making a Zine”, online, Sept. 2021.
Kinesthesia Festival, “Water,logged”, Middlesex University, online, July 2021.
Film Bunch: Deaf Experience, “Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma”, online, Aug. 2020.
Queerying Disability and Access, “Long Lost Lover”, Toronto, Feb. 2020.
Queer City Cinema, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1” / “Able”, Regina, Sept. 2019.
Deaffest, “Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma”, Wolverhampton, May 2019.
SQIFF, “Long Lost Lover”‘ / “Bilingual Poet’s Dilemma”, Glasgow, Dec. 2018.
Entr’2 Marches, “Long Lost Lover”, Cannes, May 2018.
BFI Flare, “Long Lost Lover”, London, Mar. 2018.
Tilde Film Festival, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 3”, Melbourne, Oct. 2017.
TransLations, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1”, Seattle, May 2017.
Malmo Queer Film Festival, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, 2, 3, 4”, Apr. 2017.
SICK! Festival, “A Conversation With…” (five films), Brighton, Mar. 2017.
xart splitta, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 4”, Berlin, Nov. 2016.
Ciclo Rosa, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 & 2”, Bogotá, May 2016.
Glitch, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 3”, Glasgow, Mar. 2015.
OUTsider Festival, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 & 2”, Austin, Feb. 2015.
Together Disability Film Fest, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1”, London, Dec. 2014.
Wotever Film Festival, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, 2, 3”, London, Aug. 2014.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1, 2, 3”, Berlin, July 2014.
Pussy Whipped Festival, “Able”, Edinburgh, June 2014.
Leeds Queer Film Festival, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 & 3”, June 2014.
Transtastic, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1 & 3”, London, May 2014.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1”, Berlin, June 2013.
Fringe! Film Fest, “I’m Not Your Inspiration 1”, London, Apr. 2013.
Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival, “Slippery”, Nov. 2012.
MIX Copenhagen, “Trigger”, Oct. 2012.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, “El Villano/The Villain”, Berlin, Aug. 2012.
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, “Slippery”, Nov. 2011.
SHOUT Festival, “Slippery”, Birmingham, Nov. 2011.
Hot August Fringe, “El Villano/The Villain”, London, Aug. 2011.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, “Slippery”, Berlin, July 2011.
Entzaubert Queer DIY, “Here”, Berlin, July 2010.
Canzine, “Slippery”, Toronto, Oct. 2008.
Online Film Features
Shades of Noir, “Long Lost Lover”, London, Aug. 2020.
Feral Feminisms: “Able”, Toronto, Sept. 2016.
Film Programmes
Birds of Paradise, “A Wake”, film & performance, online/Glasgow, 2020.
Oska Bright, “Choose…”, film & panel, w/ Matthew Hellett, GSFF, 2019.
Disabled and Deaf LGBTQIA+ Pride, film & panel, Glasgow, 2018.
BFI Flare, “Fighters of Demons, Makers of Cakes…”, film & panel, London, 2018.
Edinburgh Filmhouse/Film Hub, “Who’s Your Dandy?”, film & performance, 2017.
Nine Arches: Stairs and Whispers: Deaf & Disabled Poets…, online/Rugby, 2017.
SICK! Festival/Viewfinder, “Unapologetic…“, w/ Lisa Mattocks, Manchester, 2016-17.
Filmhouse, “Who’s Your Dandy?”, film & performance, Edinburgh, 2014.
Exhibitions (Lead Artist)
Midlands Arts Centre, “A Spot of b)other”, photos & film, Birmingham, Nov. 2011.
Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, “A Spot of b)other”, photos & film, Nov. 2009-Feb. 2010.
Exhibitions (Solo)
Pteros Gallery/Contact Photography Festival, “Play”, photos, Toronto, May 2002.
insomnia, “Human/Nature”, photos, Toronto, Oct. 2000.
Café Bernate, “Banyan”, photos, Toronto, Sept. 1999.
Exhibitions (Group)
Schwules Museum, “Queering the Crip…”, curator: Kenny Fries, zine, Berlin, Sept. 2022.
Schwules Museum, “Trans*Homo”, curator: Justin Time, photos, Berlin, Nov. 2012.
Tate Modern, “Tweet-Me-Up”, curator: Tracey Moberly, video, London, Aug. 2012.
MayWorks, “Poetry Is…”, w/ KM Augustine & Anna Camilleri, installation, Toronto, 2005.
Gallery X, “Womxn on Womxn Sex!”, photos, Toronto, Aug. 2003.
Gallery 1313/Contact, “Boundaries”, w/ Spirit Synott, photos, Toronto, May 2002.
Exhibition Curation
Patriothall Gallery, SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires, Edinburgh, Sept. 2014.
The Space, SEEP: Fluidity in Body & Landscape, Edinburgh, Feb.2014.
Impresario Gallery, Cobourg Poetry & Literary Arts Festival, Nov. 2012.
Arts Reviews
Sight & Sound, Greatest Films of All Time, reviewer, London, 2022.
Disability Arts Online, film/art reviewer, Brighton, 2016-20.
Education
Toronto School of Art, Advanced Photography & Independent Study, 1999-2001.