I believe achieving environmental harmony should be our greatest societal focus. Improving how we live with – and within – the systems we build, and the materials we use to build them.
For the past decade my focus has increasingly shifted to reuse and sustainability. I was overwhelmed by the amount of lasting waste created for the sake of art and temporary entertainment. I wondered if we changed the stories we told, about the materials we used, to make the objects we covet, we could create a paradigm shift. A revaluation of how we appreciate objects and materials, with an emphasis on impermanence and circularity, over permanence and longevity. Over my life immersed in skateboarding and punk music I learned to see the beauty in mistakes and scars. It’s something I carry with me in my practice.
I seek to challenge our conventions of consumption, disposal, and waste. To work with communities in ways that promote greater involvement and interaction, and strengthen the relationship between audience and object. Inviting contemplation of our perceptions of potential, perfection, and permanence, all to promote an alternative way to create everything that colours our personal landscapes. Deemphasize longevity. Shine light on the inherent value of all materials, products, and by-products. Commune with the world we’ve built – and the one we’re leaving behind. By implementing design processes that lessens the impact on the environment, the narrative of the material comes to life, and invites this type of contemplation.
Nothing exists without its imperfections. Nothing is made to last forever. By embracing these truths, we can change our perspective on the creation and appreciation of objects that colour our built world, and build towards an alternate future.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES (Selected)
2003 - 2024 Freelance Design. Art Director, Graphic Designer, Ideation (Canada, USA)
2022 - 2024 Project 107. Co-founder, Co-Curator (Toronto, Canada)
2018 - 2019 Indigo Books and Music. Senior Designer, Store Graphics (Toronto, Canada)
2015 - 2018 PI Creative Art. Product Developer, Lead Designer (Toronto, Canada)
2003 - 2015 WeKillYou. Creator, Artist (Canada, USA)
2010 - 2013 PULP Fashion Magazine. Creative Consultant, Graphic Design(Toronto, Canada)
EDUCATION
2021 - 2022 Natural Material Studio. Local Bio-Based Materials Certificate (Online, København, Denmark)
2017 - 2018 University of Toronto. Business Communications Certificate (Toronto, Canada)
2006 - 2007 Humber College. Graphic Design Certificate (Toronto, Canada)
2003 - 2005 Ontario College of Art and Design. Photography (Toronto, Canada)
AWARDS & HONORS
2023 Canada Council for the Arts. Arts Abroad, Travel Grant (Canada)
2018 Interior Design Show Toronto. Silver Award, Best Booth Design, PI Fine Art (Toronto, Canada)
2018 Boutique Design West. Product Design Winner, PI Fine Art (Los Angeles, USA)
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Notice: A change is proposed. ACOTO at Ontario Science Centre (Toronto, Canada)
2023 Notice: A change is proposed. Project 107 (Toronto, Canada)
2012 A Cry For Help In A World Gone Mad. CBNC (Los Angeles, USA)
2010 Rubbish. Million Fishes Gallery (San Francisco, USA)
2009 I Lose Track Of My Mind Sometimes. Gordon Daniel Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2008 Fast Times. The Marquee (Halifax, Canada)
2006 We Kill You! Sacramento State University Union Gallery (Sacramento, USA)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024 University Of Toronto Daniels. Urban Leftovers (Toronto, Canada)
2023 University Of Toronto Hart House. Harmonizing Environmentalism and Art (Toronto, Canada)
2023 Architectural Conservancy Ontario. Heritage and Housing Symposium (Toronto, Canada)
2022 Sunken Blimp. Embracing Waste (Online)
2016 OCAD University. Artist Talk (Toronto, Canada)
CURATION
2024 A Dream To Build On. Graydon Herriott + School Of Dreams, Project 107 (Toronto, Canada)
2024 10 Minutes. Idoine + Stephanie Davidson, Project 107 (Toronto, Canada)
2023 Displace. Cristian Ordóñez, Project 107 (Toronto, Canada)
2022 Beautiful Ending. Manny Trinh, Project 107 (Toronto, Canada)
2022 The Difference Between Fitting In And Belonging. Alyssa Alikpala, Project 107 (Toronto, Canada)
2022 Pit Pass. Arkan Zakharov, Project 107 (Toronto, Canada)
INSTALLATIONS
2020 In Flux. Hullmark + Universal Music Canada (Toronto, Canada)
2020 Town Square. Milky’s Coffee (Toronto, Canada)
2020 Nike Airmax 30th. Livestock (Toronto, Canada)
2019 Mural. Dialog (Toronto, Canada)
2019 Knot On My Planet. Holt Renfrew (Toronto, Canada)
2019 Naica. The Funhouse (Toronto, Canada)
2019 Massive. Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Canada)
SPECIAL PROJECTS + RESIDENCIES
2023 Montemero Art Residency. (Almeria, Spain)
2023 Coco En Forma. (Jiquilillo, Nicaragua)
2022 Coco En Forma. (Jiquilillo, Nicaragua)
PUBLICATIONS
2014 Disorder Vol.1. Colony Collapse Editions
2014 We Are Indie Toys. HarperCollins Publishers
2011 Toys: Limited Edition. Monsa Publishing
2011 A Face A Name. Well and Good
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2018 Blank Boy. Mokedo Gallery (Seattle, USA)
2017 All Day Breakfast. Northern Contemporary (Toronto, Canada)
2017 Blank Boy Canvas. Art Beatus Gallery (Vancouver, Canada)
2016 Blank Boy Canvas. SMHLA (Los Angeles, USA)
2016 StopGap. Brightworks HQ (Toronto, Canada)
2016 Blank Boy Canvas. CHSA (San Francisco, USA)
2016 Outside The Box. WantedDesign (Brooklyn, USA)
2016 Blank Boy Canvas. Lacuna2150 (Chicago, USA)
2015 Blank Boy. Toy Museum Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
2015 LVL UP. Nuvango Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2013 Possessed. Keystone Gallery (Los Angeles, USA)
2013 BLAMO 5. Toy Art Gallery (Los Angeles, USA)
2013 Trust Only Kin. Hermann & Audrey (Toronto, Canada)
2012 ScaryGirl. ToyTokyo Gallery (New York City, USA)
2011 A Face, A Name. The Baitshop Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2010 The Unicorn. Narwhal Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2010 Toxic Catalyst. Super 7 Gallery (San Francisco, USA)
2010 Flatwood Invasion. Comic Con Arizona (Phoenix, USA)
2010 Not Vinyl. Dragatomi (Sacramento, USA)
2009 3D Canvas. Terminal 22 Gallery (Oakland, USA)
2009 BLAMO. Million Fishes Gallery (San Francisco, USA)
2009 Chapter 3. 52 McCaul (Toronto, Canada)
2009 The Resin Collective. Red Hot Robot (Phoenix, USA)
2008 Multiple Personalities. Lift (Detroit , USA)
2008 Joyride. Studio Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2007 The Boardroom. Well and Good (Toronto, Canada)
2006 Sketch. Well and Good (Toronto, Canada)
ALBUMS (As Musician)
2024 Justin Pape - Holy Filament Film Score. LP, Solo
2023 Justin Pape - Notice Soundtrack. S, Solo
2023 Justin Pape - Displace Soundtrack. S, Solo
2022 Extempore - Memories. LP, Solo
2022 Extempore - Frequency. S, Solo
2021 The Never Never - Horizontal Vertical. LP, Bass
2021 Extempore - Reflection. LP, Solo
2011 The Never Never - Hereafter. EP, Bass
2011 These Friends Of Mine - Everything Changes. EP, Solo
ALBUMS (As Designer)
2024 Amigo The Devil - Murder At The Wiltern. LP, Art Direction, Design
2024 Amigo The Devil - Yours Until The War Is Over. LP, Art Direction, Design
2024 Bestial Mouths - Backbone. LP, Art Direction, Design
2023 Bestial Mouths - R.O.T.T(inmyskin). LP, Art Direction, Design
2023 Andrew Black - Crawl. LP, Design, Packaging
2022 Katacombs - You Will Not. LP, Art Direction, Design
2022 Extempore - Memories LP, Design, Packaging
2022 Bahía Mansa - Costa Cocumental. LP, Design, Packaging
2022 Andrew Black - Hypnopompia. LP, Design, Packaging
2022 The Never Never - Horizontal Vertical. LP, Design, Packaging
2022 Ricky Bamboo - Forest Theroy. EP, Design, Illustration
2022 Alle The Dreamer - Magic. S, Design, Illustration
2022 MZ Worthy - All The Music. S, Design, Illustration
2022 Zeds Dead - Ecstasy Of Soul. S, Design, Illustration
2021 Amigo The Devil - Born Against. LP, Art Direction, Design
2021 Ocean Animals Go On Land - Dreamality Vol.1. LP, Art Direction, Design
2021 Bestial Mouths - Thousandtears. LP, Art Direction, Design
2021 Extempore - Reflection. LP, Design, Packaging
2020 Amigo The Devil - Covers, Demos, Live, B-sides. LP, Art Direction, Design
2022 Bestial Mouths - Resurrectedinblack. LP, Art Direction, Design
2019 Bestial Mouths - Inshroudds. EP, Art Direction, Design
2018 Amigo The Devil - Everything Is Fine. LP, Art Direction, Design, Photography
2018 Sun K - Bleeding Hearts. LP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
2017 Call The Wolf - Little Golden. EP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
2015 Amigo The Devil - Vol.1. LP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
2015 Amigo The Devil - Decompositions. EP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
2014 Ume - Monuments. LP, Art Direction, Design
2013 Amigo The Devil - Diggers. EP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
2011 The Never Never - Hereafter. EP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
2011 The Never Never - Re:Re:Hey. EP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
2011 The Carps - Bo Jackson. S, Design, Illustration
2011 The Carps - New York Lights. S, Design, Illustration
2011 The Carps - Archetype Love. S, Design, Illustration
2010 Amigo The Devil - Mannimals. EP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
2008 The Carps - Waves And Shambles. LP, Art Direction, Design, Illustration
MUSIC VIDEOS
2018 Amigo The Devil - Cocaine And Abel. Director, Editor
2013 Circa Survive - Suitcase. Art Direction, Props
2012 The Cataracs - Roll The Dice. Art Direction, Props
2011 Psychic Babble - Five Fold Kiss. Art Direction, Props
Creator, Co-Curator
Designer, Artist
Creator, Designer
A non-profit space that fosters artist development pushing experimentation through the lens of storytelling and impermanence in a building awaiting demolition.
For over 2 decades I have worked for a vast array of clients across North America, creating digital + print work, objects, and merchandise collected around the world.
A label focused on experimental, environmentally based, very limited objects through sustainable material exploration and collaboration with musicians and artists.
Collective
Musician
A non-profit located on the arid coast of Almeria, Spain. Its site has inspired numerous projects that: defend the ocean, resolve environmental plastics, equilibrate agriculture and prevent desertification. It serves to function with the purpose of scientific research, design and reporting through the collaboration of respected experts.
I record music, scores, soundtracks, and field recordings for art exhibitions, films, and personal exploration. For the most part, Extempore is a mostly improvised analog process capturing sonic moments in time.
Creator, Co-Curator
A non-profit space that fosters artist development pushing experimentation through the lens of storytelling and impermanence in a building awaiting demolition.
Designer, Artist
For over 2 decades I have worked for a vast array of clients across North America, creating digital + print work, objects, and merchandise collected around the world.
Creator, Designer
A label focused on experimental, environmentally based, very limited objects through sustainable material exploration and collaboration with musicians and artists.
Collective
A non-profit located on the arid coast of Almeria, Spain. Its site has inspired numerous projects that: defend the ocean, resolve environmental plastics, equilibrate agriculture and prevent desertification. It serves to function with the purpose of scientific research, design and reporting through the collaboration of respected experts.
Musician
I record music, scores, soundtracks, and field recordings for art exhibitions, films, and personal exploration. For the most part, Extempore is a mostly improvised analog process capturing sonic moments in time.