R E S E A R C H ・ I N T E R E S T S
Body-Place-Longing-Memory
Body as a way of knowing: Site specific artistic and writing practice
Cultivating resonance through contemplative artistic practices
Modular Atmospheres: Spatial Rhythms and the Aesthetic of Atmospheres
スペース /Supesu the aesthetic principles of ‘Oku’ and 間/Ma
The absence of toys: Interior systems and spatial stimuli
The concept of pause in early childhood education space
Psychogeography*
Navigating urban space as an act of artistic expression; re-imagining and being re-imagined
Mapping: Walkscapes/Soundscapes as an aesthetic and storying practice
*Branch of psychological speculation or investigation which is concerned with the effects on the psyche of the geographical environment. (Oxford English Dictionary)
A R T I S T I C I N Q U I R Y and R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T S
Relational Aesthetics: ‘Space is not Empty’ (aesthetic principle Supesu) - Absence of Toys. (UBC Childcare Services, 2021 - Present)
Spatial Rhythms: Holistic approach to designing a living-learning (educational) space. (UBC Childcare Services, 2016 - Present)
Encounters with Places: Dwellings. Artistic Inquiry (Windsor Elementary, 2015) - funded by ArtStarts
Interactions: Negotiating Bodies and Materials. Artistic Inquiry (Brentwood Elementary, 2014) - funded by ArtStarts
Curriculum Room: Exploratory installation studio for early childhood educators. Artistic and Design Inquiry (Westcoast CCRRC, 2009 - 2012) - funded by Westcoast CCRRC
A R T I S T R E S I D E N C Y
YellowHouse Art Centre, Galiano Island (April 10th - 22nd, 2025)
West Point Grey Academy, Vancouver SD (2012 - Ongoing)
Windsor Elementary, Burnaby SD (2015)
Brentwood Elementary, Burnaby SD (2014/15)
E X H I B I T I O N S
Performative Geometry : Grids and Geometric Abstraction, CSA Space, #5-2414 Main St. Vancouver, BC (2021)
Walls are Not Walls, Massy Gallery, 229 E Georgia St. Vancouver, BC (2019)
Encounters with Places: Dwellings, ArtStarts Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2014/15)
P U B L I C A T I O N S / links embedded
Nowhere in Memoriam. (2024). SFU Educational Review
MA - Within. (2022). BookLeaf Publishing
Place. (2013). Canadian Children, Vol.38 No.2
P E D A G O G I C A L P R A C T I C E
As an educator, my primary focus is to critically engage and research on the spatial design of educational spaces, specifically on the functionality and conventions of educational spaces for young children. I examine both concrete and abstract aspects of generic interior-spatial design and co-designed atmospheres in this context: physical flow and circumstantial constraints or opportunities; positive and negative spaces, ambient emotional cues, linguistics of objects and interior elements: textures, colours, light and sound (acoustics, ‘noise’). What emerges from this approach is an holistic understanding of a living-learning environment and spatial atmospheres - characterized by the interdependence of a physical space, people, materials, psychological impact and overall (sensorial) experience.
L E C T U R E S and S E M I N A R S
Conferences:
Capilano University, ECEBC, Heart of the Matter, Preschool Promenade, Wonder of Learning Exhibit
Child Care Resorce and Refferal Centres:
Westcoast Family Centres, Options Community Services, YMCA, Archway Community Services, Prince George CCRR, Sea to Sky
School Districts and Child Care Centers:
Burnaby School District, West Point Grey Academy, UBC Child Care Services, YMCA, YWCA, Private Child Care Centres, Japanese Hall
Post Secondary Institutions:
UBC Department of Education, Capilano University, Vancouver Community College, MTI Community College, BCIT
S E M I N A R T O P I C S
On Curriculum: Relational and Contemplative Pedagogy
Mentorship in Education: Reflections on Student-Educators’ Contemplative Inquiries
The Meaning of Language in Pedagogical Practice
Designing Responsive Educational Spaces: Supesu and MA
Spatial Pathology: Objects, Sounds, and Pathways
The Absence of Toys: Place, Body and Sensory Experience
Artistic Inquiry in Education: From Individual to Collective Experience
