EDUCATION
2019 Masters of Fine Art with Distinction, Glasgow School of Art, UK
2011 Honours Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Visual Studies and Philosophy, University of Toronto, CA
SOLO + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS + SPECIAL PROJECTS
2021 (Forthcoming) Hidden Doors Festival, Edinburgh, UK
2019 Now & Next, Lux/BBC Scotland film commission, Glasgow, UK
2018 Shared Pocket, Idea Exchange, Cambridge, CA
2017 She Makes Two from One and One, 8-11, Toronto, CA
2016 Fichu, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, CA
The Unexpected, G Gallery, Toronto, CA
2015 Animals, (w/ Josh Thorpe), Howard Park Institute, Toronto, CA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Futures 2020, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2019 this womb of things to be, and tomb of things that were, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, UK
Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show, Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2018 16 Nicholson Fundraising Auction Exhibition, Glasgow, UK
No Safe Haven Exhibition and Auction, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow, UK
Last Futures, Tramway, Glasgow,
Interim Show, Reid Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2016 Group Show, Unlovable Gallery, Toronto, CA
The Unexpected, Illustrations, Swimmers Group Publishers, CA
2015 Not From Now (w/ XXXX Collective), 2Sick, Haifa, IL
My Work has No Meaning Unless it is Used, G Gallery, Toronto, CA
2014 Dialogue, Roundtable Residency, Toronto
Bazaar Bazaar (w/ XXXX Collective), First Thursdays, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA
Field Trip Project (w/ XXXX Collective), Idea Exchange, Cambridge, CA
2013 Mouthpiece (w/ XXXX Collective), Onagawa Color and Light festival, JP
Rug (w/ XXXX Collective), Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, CA
2012 Instance (w/ XXXX Collective), Gallery Stratford, Stratford, CA
Ground Cover (w/ XXXX Collective), Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, CA
Field Trip (w/ XXXX Collective), (Canada – Japan joint traveling project)
Threshold (w/ XXXX Collective), University of Toronto Art Centre, CA
Art & Struggle, OCAD Graduate Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011 Gifts By Artists, Art Metropole, Toronto, CA
Case History(w/ XXXX Collective), Red Head Gallery, Toronto, CA
Then and There, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, CA
Both/And The Real vs. The Unreal, UTAC, Toronto, CA
AWARDS
2019 Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Scholarship, UK
Glasgow School of Art Sustainability Degree Show Prize Finalist, UK
Glasgow School of Art Sustainability in Action Fund, UK
2017 Scotland’s Saltire Scholarship, Glasgow School of Art, UK
Visual Arts Creation Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council, CA
Project Support Prize, Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts, CA
2016 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, CA
2013 Sparkbox Winter Residency Award, Prince Edward County, CA
2011 1st Place, Chancellor’s Student Art Award, University of Toronto, CA
University of Toronto Student Engagement in the Arts Award, CA
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2017 They Make Two: Talk and Tour, 8eleven Gallery, Toronto, CA
2016 Fichu: Artist Talk, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, CA
Materials and Methods: Sewing as a Practice Workshop, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, CA
2012 Running with Concepts, Conference Presentation, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Mississauga
RESIDENCIES
2019 MFA Mini-Residency, Innovation School, GSA Highlands and Islands, Altyre Estate, Forres, UK
2014 Dialogue, Roundtable Residency, Toronto, CA
2013 Sparkbox Winter Residency, Prince Edward County, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 “Galleries: The Glasgow School of Art MFA degree show.” The Herald, May 25, 2019. Web + Print.
“Art reviews: GSA Degree Shows.” Susan Mansfield. The Scotsman, June 6, 2019
“Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show 2019.” David Pollock. The List, June 7, 2019
2018 Schofield, Tiffany. “Embedded Here, in Cracks and Niches: Shannon Garden-Smith & Emily Smit- Dicks at 8eleven.” Peripheral Review (review) March 2018. Print.
“Last Futures: Behind the Scenes.” BBC Documentation Interview. BBC. March 2018. Web.
2011 Walker, Ellyn. “XXXX.” Magenta Magazine (review) vol. 2 No. 4 (2011). Web.