'my right eye'
a view through the databank personal viewer
digital still photograph
sept 2003

I was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1975 and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from the age of 2. While attending The University of Winnipeg, I played lead guitar and vocals in an indie band called Hushfeed, releasing an EP, 'Without Blinking' in 1996.

My creative endeavors soon shifted to design, and in 1999, I graduated from the Bachelor of Environmental Design program at the University of Manitoba where I received the Dan Muir Memorial Award for top design achievement in my graduating class. In 2000, I helped initiate and organize a Master Studio to Sao Paulo, Brazil where I studied for three months. In 2002, I helped initiate MAINstudio at 402-460 Main Street in Winnipeg (recently moved to a larger, more permanent location); a satellite studio assemblage of eleven Master's of Architecture students completing their thesis projects. In October 2003, I received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Manitoba. In 2004, I was awarded the American Institute of Architects certificate for high academic achievement, the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) Honour Roll as well as the RAIC Gold Medal for the outstanding final design project/thesis in the Master of Architecture program for the databank project. The databank project recently received national recognition by winning a 2004 Canadian Architect magazine Digital Media Award as featured in the June, 2004 issue.

In late 2004, I was short-listed for the Canada Council for the Arts 'Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners' and was subsequently offered an internship from the firm of Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York City.

My current work involves the continued research into mediated reality technologies and other real-time computer applications for the purposes of advancing digital space-making.

I have been employed with Syverson Monteyne Architecture since 1999. There I have been involved in the design and development of several projects including the award-winning Climate Change Field Station at the Fort Whyte Centre (Prairie Design Awards 2002 Unbuilt Work) as well as numerous renovations and additions to residential and commercial buildings.