“What struck me most about Jeff and his work was the deep and genuine commitment to the visual practice, he’s completely invested in observing, exploring and making. He has a beautiful facility for drawing and composition and uses this to consider his environment in ways that are both moving and provoking.  His work fresh, beautiful and often fun, but it also extremely smart and thoughtful.”
Nina Leo, Artist & TOAE 2007 Juror



I was born and raised in one of the largest suburban landscapes in North America: Mississauga, Ontario. I suffer from sleep apnea and I am almost legally blind. In my spare time, I like to think of myself as an amatuer botanist and part-time projectionist.

My influences are flea markets, mobile commerce, mail, ethiopian food, cornbeef recess hustlin', Ray Johnson, Kobo Abe, Max Ernst, Martha Colburn, Le Dernier Cri, Caroliner Rainbow, everything low-fi, hand made music packaging/recordings, printed matter, eastern textiles, my plants, biosphere pursuits, pending synchronicity, my dog and the Philippines.

While I wait for the mangoes to ripen, I am working in my process journals and printing at my studio.

I live and work in Toronto, Canada.



AFFLIATIONS
Contemporary Textiles Studio Co-op Inc.
Exploding Motor Car
Beniffer Editions

CLIENTS
The Royal Ontario Museum
DHL Express International
The Globe and Mail
Much Music
BMG Music Canada
Function 13
Factory Theater
Mix Magazine
Maisonneuve Magazine
Dose Magazine
NOW MAgazine
Ukula Magazine
Pound Magazine
Inside Magazine
Arthur Magazine
Poison Control Book
and more.....

AWARDS
""Best Mixed Media (2D) Award" Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2007
"Sheridan Film/Animation" (Crystal Doorknob) Art Direction Award 2006
"Sheridan Film/Animation " (The Little Guide) Art Direction Award 2005
"CAPIC Unleashed" Illustration Award 2004
"Applied Arts Annual" Illustration Award 2003
"Applied Arts Annual" Illustration Award 2002

EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2008
"Kultura 2008" BELLEVUE PARK Kensington Market, Toronto
"ZINE DREAM 1" THE TRANZAC, Toronto
"Ode to Edo" SMASH GALLERY-JEROME JENNER , Toronto
"Windows & Mirrors" KEEP SIX GALLERY, Toronto
"National Cross Currents Festival 2008" FACTORY THEATER , Toronto
"EMN" EMC projections with Tropics
"Ma'amSir" PASSION, Toronto
"Buck 65- Projections" DANFORTH MUSIC HALL, Toronto
"Free Drawings" XPACE, Toronto
"BEST OF TOAE 2007" FCP GALLERY, Toronto

2007
"SHAMELESS PROMOTION" OPEN STUDIO GALLERY, Toronto
"Manifesto" WHIPPERSNAPPER GALLERY, Toronto
"DesignThinkers2007" SHMOOZ Presented by RDG , Toronto
"Canzine" GLADSTONE HOTEL, Toronto
"InterAccess" SPIN GALLERY, Toronto
"Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition" NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE, Toronto
"Venividi O" LENNOX GALLERY, Toronto
"Film Fort" THE ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA, Mississauga
"Film Fort #1" STUDIO NOT FOUND : 404, Toronto
"Wavelength/IMAGES Festival" SNEAKY DEES, Toronto
"Printed in Blood 2" THE ARTEL, Kingston
"Projectionist's Expo" ADRIFT, Toronto
"Printed in Blood" XPACE, Toronto
"Beniffer Editions ART METROPOLE, Toronto

2006
"Hello Dolly!" SPIN GALLERY, Toronto
"Toronto 1 Minute Film Festival" BLOOR CINEMA, Toronto
"Red Wall Project" ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA, Mississauga
"Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition" NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE, Toronto
"Lifestyles" YVES LAROCHE L'AUTRE GALERIE, Montreal
“Exploding Motor Car Film School” XPACE, Toronto

2005
"Josephine Foster European Tour" EUROPE
“Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibtion” NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE, Toronto  
“Square Foot Show” AWOL GALLERY, Toronto
“Women of the Century” SPIN GALLERY, Toronto

2004
"CAPIC Unleashed “ THE DISTILLERY, Toronto
"Young & Reckless Book Release ” APARTMENT Philadelphia