Education
2019 Master of Fine Arts - School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, USA.
2013 Bachelor in Fine Arts - Emily Carr University of Arts and Design. Vancouver, Canada.
2011 Textile Art Diploma - Capilano University. North Vancouver, Canada.
2006 Film Studies - Universidad de Artes y Ciencias Sociales (ARCIS). Santiago, Chile.
Selected Performances + Exhibitions
2025 We’re Not All Here. Chicago Justice Gallery at The University of Illinois. Chicago, USA.
2025 We Are Ten Thousand Hands That Plant Seeds. The Robert Mclaughlin Gallery. Oshawa, Canada.
2024 Woven Memory: Vancouver. VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada.
2024 Woven Memory: Neltume. Centro Cultural Museo y Memoria. Neltume, Chile.
2023 Woven Memory: Londres 38. Londres 38, Espacio de Memorias. Santiago Centro, Chile.
2023 Diaspora Dialogues: Archiving the Familiar. SUR Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2023 Woven Memory: Chicago. Uri-Eichen Gallery. Chicago. USA
2023 Comun Unidad. Textile Museum of Canada. Toronto, Canada.
2023 Feedback Loop. MKG127. Toronto, Canada.
2023 Hilos Conductores. SUR Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2022 Woven Memory: La Providencia. Sitio de Memoria La Providencia. Antofagasta, Chile.
2022 Woven Memory: La Veleidosa. Pique minero “La Veleidosa”. Tocopilla, Chile.
2022 These Walls Hold Our Wounds. Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada.
2021 Zona de Sacrificio. Hearth Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2021 AURAL ALTERITIES. Online Exhibition
2021 Resisting Through Sound. Experimental Sound Studio. Chicago, USA.
2019 Boundless Encounters. Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Arts. Hangzhou, China.
2019 MFA Shows. School of the Arts Institute of Chicago. Chicago, USA.
2019 Gather. Comfort Station. Chicago, USA.
2019 Ser Sur. Chuquimarca. Chicago, USA.
2018 TONE. FIELD Contemporary. Vancouver, Canada
2018 Tie It Off & Count Again. Hamilton Audio Visual Node. Hamilton, Canada
2018 Phulkari. The Duderstadt Video Studio University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, USA
2018 SSSSHHHH. School of the Arts Institute of Chicago. Chicago, USA
2018 Genero at FUSE. Vancouver Art Gallery. Vancouver, Canada
2017 Sounds at Sunset. Western Front. Vancouver, Canada
2017 In Response: Artspeak Gallery. Vancouver, Canada
2017 Period Pieces. Project Pangee. Montreal, Canada.
2015 Moving Out Series. RECESS. Portland, USA
2013 ECU Award Winners Exhibition. Winsor Gallery. Vancouver, Canada
2013 Straight Lines + Disrupting Currents. Haida Gwaii Museum. Skidegate, Canada.
Projects
2022 Woven Memory: a series of site-specific works commemorating the lives of the Disappeared Detainees in Chile. Founder, Artist and Producer
Installations and exhibitions included in this series:
2025 Chicago Justice Gallery at The University of Illinois. Chicago, USA.
2024 VIVO Media Arts Center. Vancouver, Canada.
2024 Centro Cultural Museo y Memoria Neltume. Neltume, Chile.
2023 Londres 38, Espacio de Memorias. Santiago Centro, Chile.
2023 Uri Eichen Gallery. Chicago. USA.
2022 Sitio de Memoria la Providencia. Antofagasta, Chile.
2022 Mina la Veleidosa. Tocopilla, Chile.
2017 CURRENT: Feminist Electronic Art Symposium: an interdisciplinary multi-day music and electronic art symposium featuring free events, panels, exhibitions and workshops. Founder and Producer
Iteration of the symposium:
2024 CURRENT and VIVO Media Arts Center present: Woven Memory. Vancouver, Canada.
2023 CURRENT: Playfield. Various locations. Vancouver, Canada.
2022 CURRENT presents Union Immersed. Roundhouse Community Centre. Vancouver, Canada
2021 Aural Alteraties by jamilah malika abu-bakare in collaboration with CURRENT (online) 2019 CURRENT Mentorship Program. Western Front. Vancouver, Canada
2018 CURRENT Symposium: Dream Your Own Future. Various locations. Vancouver, Canada
2017 CURRENT Pacific Northwest Feminist Electronic Arts Symposium. VAL. Vancouver,
Selected Artists Talks, Panels and Workshops
2025 Sound Talk + Listening Session. The Robert Mclaughlin Gallery. Oshawa, Canada.
2024 Panel: Woven Memory: Vancouver. VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada.
2024 Tawashujat March Meeting. Sharjah Art Foundation. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2023 Conversatorio Inauguración de Woven Memory. Panel. Londres 38. Santiago Centro, Chile.
2023 Diaspora Dialogues: Archiving the Familiar. Artist Talk. SUR Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2023 First Friday Lecture, Center for Visual Arts. Visiting Lecturer. Kent State University. USA
2023 Arpillera Workshop with Belgica Castro. Instructor. Textile Museum of Canada
2023 Lanigrafía Workshop with Hector Maturana. Instructor. Textile Museum of Canada
2023 Praxis & Practice: Digital Weaving Conference. Presenter. Kent State University. USA
2022 Dictadura y Extractivismo. Panel. Sitio de Memoria la Providencia. Antofagasta, Chile.
2022 Community Ties. Surface Design Association Conference. Curator Talk. Online.
2021 Arpillera Workshop with Belgica Castro, Instructor. Comfort Station. Chicago, USA.
2020 Hidden Stories/Human Lives. Textile Society of America Biennial. Presenter. Online.
2019 CURRENT Mentorship Program. Instructor/Lecturer. Western Front. Vancouver, Canada
2018 Noon Hour Talks. Artist Talk. School of the Art Institute. Chicago, USA.
2017 The Future of DIY Events. Intersessions. Panel Moderator. Vancouver, Canada.
2017 Mobilizing Women Artists. CURRENT Symposium. Panel. Vancouver, Canada.
2016 Women in Music + Creative Technologies. Chapel Sound. Panel. Vancouver, Canada
Publication & Catalog Features
2025 Persistent Objects. jamilah malikah abu-bakare. Studio Craft Design in Canada Fall Issue.
2025 Soledad Fátima Muñoz by Andres L. Hernandez. BOMB Magazine. Spring Issue.
2024 Woven Memory: Vancouver. VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, Canada.
2024 Tawashujat March Meeting. Sharjah Art Foundation. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2023 Diaspora Dialogues: Archiving the Familiar Exhibition Catalog. SUR Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2023 Digital Weaving Lab Exhibition. Praxis Cleveland, Ohio, Canada.
2023 Hilos Conductores Exhibition Catalog. SUR Gallery. Toronto, Canada.
2023 Hilos Conductores Digital Publication. Agnes Art Center Queens University. Kingston, Canada.
2019 Boundless Encounters - Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art. Hangzhou, China
2018 WV - FMS Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, USA
2017 Tie Off & Count Again - Audio Visual Node. Hamilton, Canada
Documentary Features
2023 Analogue Revolution: How Feminist Media Changed the World. Directed By Marusya Bociurkiw
2023 From Chile To Canada: Media Herstories. Directed by Sarah Shamash and Sonia Medel
2023 Feminist's Activism in Digital Media Directed by Isabel Velasquez Cordoba
2016 Art Talking Woman, Episode 12. Directed by Sebnem Ozpeta
Awards, Scholarships and Grants
2025 Canada Council for the Arts- Explore and Create: Concept to Realization
2022 Canada Council for the Arts - Arts Abroad - Residencies
2022 Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance
2022 Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create: Concept to Realization - Composite
2021 Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create: Research Grant 2021 Toronto Arts Council - Individual - Media Artists Grant
2021 Textile Society of America - The Student New Professional Awards
2020 Canada Council for the Arts - Explore and Create: Research Grant
2019 Amplify BC - Music Industry Initiatives
2018 City of Vancouver - Civic Engagement Grant
2017 School of the Art Institute of Chicago - New Artist Society Full Merit Scholarship
2017 City of Vancouver - Community Arts Grant for
2013 Emily Carr University of Art + Design - President’s Media Award
2012 City of Vancouver - Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist
2011 Capilano University - Emiko Masuhara Carley Scholarship
2010 Capilano University - Textile Art Program Award