I am an interdisciplinary scholar, curator, and artist working out of Toronto, Canada.

I am currently a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Technoculture, Art, and Games Research Lab at Concordia University with a project focused on devising new theoretical frameworks and research-creation methods for exploring the relationship between videogames, art, history, and archives.

I also have worked as a sessional instructor at OCAD University, McMaster University, and York University, teaching various courses related to game studies, critical archival studies, communications, film and media studies, and art history. You can find more details on my Teaching page.

I have a PhD in Art History and Visual Culture from York University (Toronto), with a dissertation focused on how videogames were defined and exhibited as art throughout the 2000s and 2010s.

🎮 My Current Research

My current research fits loosely into three distinct categories. You can find more detail on my Publications page.

• Writing a monograph that explores the various ways that videogames engage with real-world archives and art historical artifacts through examples such as historical folk horror games and fictional recreations of Nam June Paik’s artwork.
• Producing a pedagogically-oriented digital archive of paratexts and corresponding publications related to the Canadian queer indie game Celeste (EXOK Games, 2018) and its director, writer, and co-porgrammer Maddy Thorson.
• Writing articles on how retro independent horror game development is comprised of novel communities of practice and tool fandoms through examples such as the Haunted PS1 Render Pipeline community and Lilith Walthers’ Bloodborne PSX Demake.

🎨 My Creative Practice

I am a formally trained printmaker and curator and have also taught myself a number of skills related to digital art and game development. I currently have expertise and/or am in the process of learning the following tools and programs. More info on my creative practice can be found on my Projects page.

• Digital drawing and collage in Photoshop and GIMP
• RenPy and Python
• Unity and C#
• Twine, Bitsy, and HTML
• RPG Maker and Javascript
• 3D animation in Blender
• 2D animation in DragonBones
• Pixel art in Aesprite
• ASCII art in Playscii
• Screen-printing and zine-making

🗂️ My Professional Background

Outside of my scholarly research and teaching work, I also have significant work experience in the following areas. You can find more detail by looking through my CV.

• Arts administration and curatorial programming with several Toronto commercial galleries and artist-run centres
• Editing for multiple academic arts/media journals
• Studio assistance for a professional visual artist, helping to prepare work for international exhibitions and writing grant applications
• Freelance graphic and web design, creating event posters, album covers, book layouts, websites, t-shirt designs, editorial illustrations, etc.
• Printmaking and print production in giclée and screenprinting studios