Education
2006         M.A. Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, England, UK
1998-2000  B.F.A., British Columbia Open University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1995-1998  A.O.C.A.D. (Honours Associates Degree), Ontario College of Art and Design,
               Drawing & Painting, Toronto, ON, Canada
1996-1997  Off-Campus Independant Study, Florence, Italy
1993-1995  Capilano College, Art History and Visual Arts, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Solo Exhibitions
2009  Antoinette, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK
2009  Metal Head, Look Out Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2009  The Human Right, Havana Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008  Portraits: West Africa, Queen's Lounge, Mercy Ships, Monrovia, Liberia
2007  Malo Madzi Phiri, Mandala House, Blantyre, Malawi
2007  Metal Head, The Butchershop Gallery (Little Mountain Studios), Vancouver, Canada
2007  The Night my Sister was in Labour I Ate Pastries, Cotelère Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2006  Warta, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2006  River Warta, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2004  Water, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010  The Pursuit of Happiness, The Center of European Meetings, Elblag, Poland
2010  War and the Body, Blackall Studios, London, UK
2010  The Pursuit of Happiness, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2009  Small Scale, Little Mountain Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009  Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2009  Ambrosia, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2009  Going Postal, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
2009  Pick N Mix, Leytonstone Ex-Woolworths Space, London, UK
2009  Canadian Portrait, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2008  Temptation, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2008  The National Open Art Competition, Chichester Festival Theatre, Curated by Professor Maurice Cockrill RA, Richard Cork, and Gavin Turk, (catalogue), Chichester, UK
2008  The Little Art Show, Hangman Gallery & Mercedes-Benz, Toronto, Canada
2008  Whodunit?, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
2008  Paint Landscape Photo, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2007  The Little Art Show, BMW Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2007  La Moustache, Hope Lounge, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2007  La Moustache, Boa Taverne Moderne, Montreal, Canada
2007  Whodunit? Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
2007  Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2007  Group Show, The Old Sweet Shop Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2007  The Great Klondike Puzzle Rush, Dawson City Arts Society, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
2007  Bloc Studio Artists Show, Bloc Space, Sheffield, UK
2007  Open Up, Bloc Studios, Sheffield, UK
2007  Happy Birthday, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
2007  Random, Homestead Gallery, London, UK
2007  Mail Art, Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, Sackville, NB, Canada
2006  Whodunit?, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
2006  MA Show 2006, Chelsea College of Art and Design, (catalogue), London, UK
2006  Square Foot, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2006  Real Proper Show, Triangle Space, Chelsea College, London, UK
2006  The Banquet, Triangle Space, Chelsea College, London, UK
2005  Eastside Culture Crawl, 1000 Parker Street Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005  Square Foot NYC, Project Spaceman, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2005  Whodunit?, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
2005  In-Portrait, Butchershop Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005  The Picnic Project, Swoon Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2005  Form and Function, Ayden Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005  Group Show, Studio 88 Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2004  Holiday Show, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2004  Euphorbia, Semiahmoo House, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2004  Gallery Artists Show, Fosbrooke Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2004  Square Foot, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, AB, Canada
2003  Supernumerary, Fanny Larouche Artspace, Toronto, ON, Canada
2003  Home & Style, A.W.O.L. Studios, Toronto, ON, Canada
2003  Viewer Discretion Advised, 10th Avenue Studios, Calgary, AB, Canada
2003  Square Foot, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2003  Christmas Show, Fosbrooke Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2003  Up, Untitled Art Society, Calgary, AB, Canada
2002  Stride Beastiary, The Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2002  The Art of Art Giving, Image 54 Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2000  Hope, ManiFest Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2000  Legacy, ManiFest Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
1998  Harmony Arts Festival, Dundarave Centre Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1998  Annual Exhibition, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
1998  A Single Evening Event, The Village by the Grange, Toronto, ON, Canada
1998  Performance Piece: Untitled Piece for Percussion Ensemble & 1-4 Artists, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
1998  First Annual Figure Drawing & Painting Exhibition, OCAD, Toronto, ON, Canada
1997  Re/membering, Ontario College of Art and Design Atrium, Toronto, ON, Canada
1997  Arte Firenze, Vaughan Estate, (catalogue), Toronto, ON, Canada
1997  Box, Ontario College of Art and Design Atrium, Toronto, ON, Canada
1997  Allora...Buh Buh Buh, Bending Spoons Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
1997  In Partenza, OCAD Studios, Florence, Italy
1996  Minestrone, OCAD Studios, Florence, Italy
1996  Annual Exhibition, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada
1990  Shared Visions, Shared Concerns, Hong Kong Bank of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1990  Artists in the Schools, Vancouver Arts Council, (catalogue), Vancouver, BC, Canada
1989-1990  For Earth’s Sake, (touring exhibition) Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver Aquarium, Western Canada Wilderness Committee, “In Our Hands” Environment Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1988  Group Exhibition, Cartwright Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1988  Theatre for an Unperformed Opera, Vancouver Art Gallery, BC, Canada

Fundraising Exhibitions
2010  Rotary Art Auction, Red and White Club, Calgary, BC, Canada
2009  Rotary Art Auction, Red and White Club, Calgary, BC, Canada
2008  Art for Life, Rocky Mountaineer Station, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008  Rotary Art Auction, Red and White Club, Calgary, BC, Canada
2007  Rotary Art Auction, Red and White Club, Calgary, BC, Canada
2006  Rotary Art Auction, Red and White Club, Calgary, BC, Canada
2005  World Aids Day, Pacific Palisades Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005  Art for Life, Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005  Out of the Rain, Roundhouse Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005  Silent Auction Preview (Art for Life), Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005  Rotary Art Auction, Red and White Club, Calgary, AB, Canada
2004  Rotary Art Auction, Red & White Club, Calgary, AB, Canada
2003  Foxy Fundraiser, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2003  Amnesty International Arts Jam, Pumphouse Theatre, Calgary, AB, Canada
2003  Rotary Art Auction, Red & White Club, Calgary, AB, Canada
2002  Rotary Art Auction, Euro-Canadian Cultural Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
2001  Rotary Art Auction, Euro-Canadian Cultural Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada

Grants/Awards
2003  Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant, Canada
1998  Mrs. W. O. Forsyth Scholarship, Toronto, ON, Canada
1998  David L. Stevenson Scholarship, Toronto, ON, Canada
1996  Joseph W. Bain Scholarship, Toronto, ON, Canada
1990  Vancouver District Scholarship, Visual Arts, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Reviews and Publications
"Psych" (Television Show), GEP Productions Inc., Art used in film, 2010
" War and the Body Exhibition", Catalogue, Blackall Studios, London, UK, June 8, 2010
"The Pursuit of Happiness", Catalogue, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan, Poland, April 2010
Watts, Peter, “Pick 'N' Mix art: Woolworths Returns as Pop-Up Gallery”, Time Out, June 25, 2009
Love, Emma, “Observations: Plenty of Treats in Store as Empty Woolworths gets an Arts Make-Over” The Independent, June 26, 2009
“ Paulette Edwards”, BBC Radio: South Yorkshire, November 8, 2008
“Open Art”, The Audience, Autumn/Winter 2008, pg. 14-15
“The National Open Art Competition 2008”, Catalogue, Chichester Open, October 2008
“The Marmite Prize 2008”, Catalogue, 2008
"Michal Tkachenko", PaintBlog, March 13, 2008, World Wide Web: http://www.paintblog.ca/2008/03/13/michal-tkachenko/
"Mafa 2006", Catalogue, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK, Sept. 2006
Griffin, Kevin, “Culture Crawl”, The Vancouver Sun, November 12, 2005, pg. F1
Balzar, David, “Eye Candy: Square Foot”, Eye Weekly, August 11, 2005, pg. 41“Best of a Good Bargain”, R.M. Vaughan, National Post, August 13, 2005, Toronto section, pg. 10
Balzar, David, “Eye Candy”, Eye Magazine, August 26, 2004, pg. 39 (Square Foot)
Osborne, Catherine, “Painting Jamboree”, National Post, December 2003, T.O. p.9 (Supernumerary)
Goddard, Peter, “230 Square Feet of Artwork at A.W.O.L. Gallery”, Exhibit Review, Toronto Star, August 23, 2003, p. H10 (Square Foot)
Nurwisah, Ron, “Best Bet: Square Foot”, Eye Magazine, August 2003, vol.12, issue47, p.58
Katz, Milena, “Human Colour”, Parkhurst Exchange, April 2002
Interview with Jane Urquhart for “The Underpainter”, Art acquired, CBC Television, 1996
“Shared Visions, Shared Concerns”, Catalogue, Atrium Gallery, Hong Kong Bank of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Oct.-Nov. 1990
“Crooked Hearts” (MGM film), Michael Bortman (director), Art acquired for, 1991

Collections
Beit Cure International Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, Artists’ Book Collection, London, UK
Ernst & Young, London, UK
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada
Carey Theological College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Scad Holdings Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Winkchop Productions Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada

Affiliations
A.W.O.L. Gallery and Studios, Toronto, Canada
Bow Arts Trust, London, UK
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Member of CARFAC, Canada
Member of Visual Arts Ontario, Canada
Member of A-N, UK