EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
[2013] M.F.A. Documentary Media (with Distinction), Ryerson (X) University, CAN
[2009] Cert. Fundraising & Volunteer Management, Humber College, Toronto, CAN
[2008] B.A. (Hon) History, Digital Arts Communications Specialization, University of Waterloo, CAN
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
[2021] Master Storytellers Award, Narrative Journalism Foundation Netherlands, NL (No Man is an Island)
[2020] Docking Station Artist’s Residency – Amsterdam, NL
[2019] Waterfront Toronto - Port Lands Flood Protection Project 5 Year Artist Commission - Awarded Artist
[2019] Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer - Winner
[2018] Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer - Winner
[2017] Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant
[2017] PDN Emerging, selected photographer (Fall 2017)
[2017] Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer - Winner
[2016] Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer - Winner
[2015] Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer - Winner
[2014] Foto Visura Photography Spotlight Grant (HM)
[2012] Ontario Graduate Fellowship – 2012/2013
[2012] Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer - Winner
[2011] Ryerson (X) Graduate Award for continued study of MFA Documentary Media
[2010] MAGNUM PHOTOS Scholarship given by Scotiabank Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
[2023] Greenwork, Vid Ingelevics & Ryan Walker - Public Installation, Toronto Port Lands, Toronto, CAN
[2022] How to Build a River, Vid Ingelevics & Ryan Walker - Public Installation, Toronto Port Lands, Toronto, CAN
[2021] Rediscovering Fisherman’s Island, Vid Ingelevics & Ryan Walker - Public Installation, Toronto Port Lands, Toronto, CAN
[2021] A Mobile Landscape, Vid Ingelevics & Ryan Walker - Public Installation, Toronto Port Lands, Toronto, CAN
[2020] Framework, Vid Ingelevics & Ryan Walker - Public Installation, Toronto Port Lands, Toronto, CAN
[2020] Voices in the Wilderness, Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, RUSSIA
[2020] Voices in the Wilderness, Public Installation, Amsterdam-West, Amsterdam, NL
[2019] Voices in the Wilderness, Space Place, Nizhny Tagil, RUSSIA
[2019] Voices in the Wilderness, Cortona on the Move Festival, Cortona, ITALY
[2019] Voices in the Wilderness, Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto, CAN
[2018] Voices in the Wilderness, Ryerson (X) Image Centre, Toronto, CAN
[2017] Just Beyond the Trail: Finding the Florida Everglades, The Playground, Vancouver, CAN
[2013] Cousin, We Have Grown Up, Toronto Image Works, Toronto, CAN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
[2019] Helsinki Photo Festival, (Voices In the Wilderness) Helsinki, FINLAND
[2019] OnTheMove - Toronto —> Cortona, (Voices In The Wilderness), Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Toronto, CAN
[2018] SNAP for ACT, Live Auction, Toronto, CAN
[2017] Flash Forward/Flash Back at Nuit Blanche, (Voices in the Wilderness) Ryerson (X) Image Centre, Toronto, CAN
[2015] Ísland, film screening, Lunenburg Doc Fest, Lunenburg, NS CAN
[2015] Gary Taxali: The Art of Whimsy, film screening at Canadian Art's Reel Artists Film Festival, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, CAN
[2015] Deep Woods, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CAN (January - June 2015)
[2014] Romanticism Now, O'born Contemporary, Toronto CAN (juried)
[2014] Photo Visura Spotlight Exhibition, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
[2013] Timeraiser Montreal, Montreal, CAN
[2012] Ísland, film screening at Nordic Nights Film Series, Ryerson (X) University, Toronto, CAN
[2012] Magenta Flash Forward Exhibition, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, CAN
[2012] Iceland: 24 Hours of Daylight, 310 Gallery, Ryerson (X) University, Toronto, CAN
[2012] Awaiting Autonomy, (e)merge Art Fair, Washington, DC, USA
[2012] The Present, Oz Studios, Toronto, CAN (juried)
[2010] Magnum Workshop Exhibition, Toronto, CAN (juried)
PUBLICATIONS
[2023] Changing the channel, Toronto Port Lands Feature, Monocle Magazine, January 2024
[2023] The City Remakes Itself: How Toronto’s Most Anticipated Developments are Taking Shape, cover & feature Story, Azure Magazine, August 2023
[2022] Recalibrating Infrastructure and Ecologies, Canadian Architect, October 2022
[2020] Far Away, Up Close - Multimedia Magazine, November 2020. (No Man is an Island)
[2020] Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival - Multimedia Microsite, September 2020 (130 Commissioners Street)
[2020] Toronto Star, Photo Feature, May 17, 2020. (Images of Port Lands transformation show Toronto as a work in progress)
[2020] 24 More Hours Around the World - Covid-19, EnRoute Magazine (online), May 2020.
[2020] 24 Hours Around the World - Covid-19, EnRoute Magazine (online), April 2020.
[2020] Ryerson (X) Magazine ‘The Photography Issue’ – Featured Artist, Summer 2020
[2019] IMA faculty-alumni duo take the lead on five-year project for Waterfront Toronto, Ryerson (X) The Creative School News, October, 2019.
[2019] Maisonneuve Magazine, Summer 19’ Edition (Voices in the Wilderness)
[2019] Der Spiegel Online Feature (Voices in the Wilderness)
[2019] On Boooooom, Spotlight Feature, (Voices in the Wilderness)
[2019] Don’t Take Pictures, POTD, (Voices in the Wilderness)
[2019] Fubiz Online Feature (Voices in the Wilderness)
[2018] Magenta Flash Forward, 2018 Book
[2018] Back to school special: How the iconic Hilroy notebook gets made, Report on Business Magazine (print & online), September 2018
[2018] Just Beyond the Trail: Finding the Florida Everglades (Feature), EnRoute Magazine, September 2017
[2017] PDN'S Emerging Photographer Magazine, Fall 2017 Edition - Voices in the Wilderness
[2017] Magenta Flash Forward, 2017 Book
[2016] By The Glow of the Jukebox: The Americans List II, Red Hook Editions (artist write up)
[2016] Magenta Flash Forward, 2016 Book
[2015] Canada’s coolest canoe paddle, Report on Business Magazine (print & online), June 2015
[2015] Feature Shoot Magazine - Voices in the Wilderness (online)
[2015] Magenta Flash Forward, 2015 Book
[2014] Magenta Flash Forward Tenth Book Set
[2014] doc! Photo Magazine (Poland), Issue 20 (Cousin, We Have Grown Up)
[2012] Function Magazine, Vol. 14 (selected artist portfolio)
[2012] Magenta Flash Forward Book
[2012] The Present – Exhibition Catalogue
[2012] Function Magazine, Vol. 13 (selected artist portfolio)
[2010] Magnum Photos Toronto Book, 2010
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & ARTIST TALKS
[2024] Our Changing Port Lands - Documenting Toronto's Journey to Climate Resiliency, Artist Talk & discussion w/ Vid Ingelvics & Soren Brothers, Curator of Climate Change, The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, CAN
[2023] Jury Member for Burtynsky Grant, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, CAN
[2023] How to Build a River public slideshow and artist Q&A, Culture Days TO, Port Lands, Toronto, CAN
[2023] Greenwork public artist talk and tour, Port Lands, Toronto, CAN
[2022] Transforming the Portlands: The Role of Art in City-Building panel discussion, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Congress 2022, Halifax, CAN (virtual)
[2022] How to Build a River (and document it), artist talk and panel discussion w/ Vid Ingelevics & Chloë Catán, CONTACT Gallery, Toronto, CAN
[2021] Nature’s Image in the City: Documenting Ecological Change in the Urban Landscape, artist talk and panel discussion w/ Vid Ingelevics, Robert Burley & Michèle Pearson Clarke, Toronto, CAN
[2021] No Man is an Island artist talk, We Are Public, NL
[2020] No Man is an Island artist presentation and talk, MA Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, NL
[2017] Flash Forward/Flash Back at Nuit Blanche, Ryerson (X) Image Centre, Toronto, CAN
[2013] Graduate Assistant – The History of Journalism – Ryerson (X) University, CAN
[2012] Graduate Assistant (Vid Ingelevics) – The Idea of Photography & The Question of Beauty – Ryerson (X) University, CAN
[2012] Artist Talk, The Idea of Photography, Ryerson (X) University, CAN
[2012] Artist Talk, Documentary Photography, Ryerson (X), University, CAN
[2012] Assistant for Photojournalist Larry Towell, Contact Photo Festival, CAN
[2011] Assistant for Photojournalist Eli Reed, Contact Photo Festival, CAN
[2010] MAGNUM PHOTOS Workshop with photojournalist Constantine Manos, CAN
[2009] Documentary Photography Studies, Continuing Education at Ryerson (X) University, CAN
CLIENTS & PUBLICATIONS
enRoute Magazine, Monocle, Der Spiegel (Germany), D Repubblica Magazine (Italy), Azure, Canadian Architecture, The Globe and Mail, Report on Business Magazine, Vie des Arts, U of T Magazine, Rotman School of Management, Ryerson (X) Magazine, University of Waterloo, Strategy Magazine, St Joseph's Communications, TV Ontario, GO RVing Canada, Women's College Hospital Foundation, Lakeridge Health Foundation, The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation, Wondereur, PDN Emerging Magazine