EDUCATION
2018 | MFA, Documentary Media at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
2015 | BA (Hons.), First Class Degree, Media & Cultural Studies with Spanish at Kingston University, London, UK
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & HONOURS
2020 | Selected Artist, Modzi Arts Residency, Lusaka, Zambia
2019 | Selected Artist, CineFam Micro Cinema Challenge, Toronto, Canada
2019 | Best Documentary, 'Teta, Opi & Me', Mobile Motion Film Festival, Zurich
2019 | Audience Choice Award, 'Teta, Opi & Me', Mobile Motion Film Festival, Zurich
SELECTED EMPLOYMENT & VOLUNTEER
PRESENT | Education Assistant, Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
ONGOING | Website Designer, For Artists, Creatives and Expressers (www.cincejohnston.com)
ONGOING | Volunteer, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Canada
ONGOING | Contributing Writer, Point of View Magazine (read here), Toronto, Canada
2020 | Jury Member, Mobile Motion Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
2019 | Social Media Coordinator & Website Developer, imagineNATIVE, Toronto, Canada
2019 | Coordinator, Media Archives, Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG), Toronto, Canada
2018 | Digital Cinematographer & Sound Recordist, Menaptwi (Smoked), short film by Tash Naveaua , Toronto, Canada
2016 | Community Manager, The Online Project, Amman, Jordan
EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING | Group Exhibition: Regarding Roots, with Cince Johnston & Sara Naimpour, Charles Street Video, Toronto, Canada
2018 | Solo Exhibition: Internal Exposure, Image Factory, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
2017 | Group Exhibition: 150, Contact Festival at Ryerson Image Arts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2015 | Performance & Installation: Internal Exposure, Media Convergence (Conference and Exhibition), Kingston University, UK
FILMS
2019 | Tender Moist, Director & Editor, 2.5 minutes
2018 | Teta, Opi & Me, Director & Editor, 25 minutes
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2020 | Teta, Opi & Me, Modzi Arts Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia
2019 | Teta, Opi & Me, Boston Palestine Film Festival, Boston, Massachusetts
2019 | Teta, Opi & Me, Mobile Motion Film Festival (MoMo), Zurich, Switzerland
2018 | Teta, Opi & Me, FICMA (Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos), New Mexico, Mexico
2018 | Teta, Opi & Me, RIDM (Montreal International Documentary Festival), Montreal, Canada
2018 | Teta, Opi & Me, Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine
2017 | Cyclical, Nuit Vibrant, Ryerson University School of Image Arts, Toronto, Canada
2017 | Learning: A Taxi Driver’s Advice, A mobile cinema project at Ryerson Image Arts Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2017 | Learning: A Taxi Driver’s Advice, Here In The 6ix at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2017-2018 | Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2016-2017 | Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2015 | Media & Cultural Studies Award in Academic Excellence, Kingston University