EDUCATION  

  • Doctoral Studies, University of Ottawa (History), 2006–2012
  • Master of Arts, Carleton University (Canadian Studies), 1997
  • Master of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 1991
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 1985

PUBLICATIONS 

  • Bringing Art to the People: A Biography of Norah McCullough (MA Thesis, Carleton University, 1996).
  • “Nova Scotia Collects: Lyrical Abstraction”, Exhibition Essay. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1994 (Curator).

ART-RELATED WORK HISTORY 

  • Publicist. Dalhousie University Art Gallery.
  • Assistant Registrar, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1991–1993.
  • Registrar, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, 1990–1991.
  • Project Manager, Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture. Coordinated province-wide consultations on need for a provincial arts council, 1987.

LECTURER / INSTRUCTOR 

  • Re-reading Nature, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 1992
  • Reading Landscape, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 1991
  • Workshops in Painting, Watercolour, Illustration, NSCAD, 1987–1994.

PERFORMANCE

  • Art Waitresses for Peace and Fair Taxation (or Canada Sells Out), NSCAD-Dalhousie University, 1991. 
  • Wanda, Jimmy, and the Backup Boys, Eye Level Gallery, Flamingo Club, 1987. 
  • Rowing Your Boat, IWD Celebration, Halifax, 1986. Wanda Hallgager, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, 1986. 
  • The First 45 Minutes of the Wanda Hallgager Hour, Halifax, 1986. 
  • Fake Sleep

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • Agnes L'Abbe..., Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax                 1991
  • What I Remember About Here, Anna Leonowens Gallery   1989
  • Death and Paradise, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax                      1987                
  • Cruel Pen, Partisan Gallery, Toronto                                         1986 
  • Landscape, Anna Leonowens Gallery                                      1985                
  • Dawna Gallagher, Pages, Toronto                                            1980

Illustrator

Burnt Toast: A food zine 2001-2007 / Image, Sandy Hill Community Newspaper 1998-99 /   Canadian Housing and Renewal Magazine, Ottawa 1998 / Herizons, Winnipeg 1993 /   Women's Educational Journal, York University, Toronto 1990 / Union Art Service, Toronto 1990 / University of Athabasca, Alberta 1990 / Pandora Publication, Halifax 1989 / Women's Educational Press, Toronto 1989  / Public Legal Education of  1989 / Room of One's Own, Vancouver 1989 / Communication and Electrical Workers of Canada, Toronto 1998 / Union Art Service, Toronto 1989 / N.S. Nurses Union Newsletter, Halifax 1988 /  Fireweed, Toronto 1988 /  Every Woman's Almanac, Women's Educational Press, Toronto 1988  / For Men, United Church of Canada, Toronto 1988  / New Maritimes, Halifax 1988 /     Feminist Action, Toronto 1987  / Women and Housing, Halifax 1987  / Lears, New York 1987 / Women and Environments, Toronto 1987  / Women and Sport, Ottawa 1986 / United Nations Peace Pavillion, Expo ’86, Vancouver / Healthsharing, Toronto 1980-87 / This Magazine, Toronto 1986  / Heresies, New York 1985  / Red Herring Bookstore, Halifax 1979-85 / The Canadian Forum, Toronto 1984 / Megatoons: Cartoonists Against Nuclear War, Eden Press, Montreal 1983 / National Film Board of Canada 1989

ART BANK PURCHASES AND ARCHIVE DONATIONS

  • Canada Council Art Bank, 1986, 1989, 1990
  • Nova Scotia Art Bank, 1978
  • University of Ottawa Archives, 2022