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- Kozo processing and washi papermaking in Ino, Japan
- Material animations & titles design for upcoming feature documentary film by Sybilla Patrizia, with Nik Arthur
- Art direction for upcoming experimental short film by Nik Arthur
- Visual identity for rearc institute, with Michelle Kuan
B Select Clients
A24, Arc'teryx, Daniela Andrade, GANNI, Hinako Omori, Inter/Access, Laura Misch, rearc institute, Resavoir, Tyler McGillivary
C Collaborators
Nik Arthur, Elena Kirby & Masumi Rodriguez, Michelle Kuan, Rebecca Wilkinson
2018, Royal Danish Academy, Visual Communication
2024, KAZÉ/風, My Monkey Gallery, Nancy, France, curated by Morgan Fortems, in collaboration with Michelle Kuan and Hinako Omori
2022, Where Grape Leaves Grow, Book Launch & Reading, Polyester Studios (100% SILK Shop + Gallery), Toronto, ON, with Anna Daliza and Michelle Kuan
2022, here-there listening room, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CA, with Michelle Kuan and Michelle Lu
2023, Rhode Island School of Design, Typography Elective
2021, Variable Axes & Superglyph, Collisions Workshop, studio basic
2021, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Visual Communication, Offshore Studio
2020, OCAD University, Graphic Design Workshop
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The Malee Scholarship (Sharp Type)
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The Pangram Paper (Pangram Pangram) 1
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2022, Ontario Arts Council, Artist-Presenter Collab. Projects
2021, Toronto Arts Council, Creative Communities Grant
2021, Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Now
2021, The Malee Scholarship, Women of Typographic Excellence, Sharp Type
2020, OCAD University Medal in Graphic Design
2020, Nora E. Vaughan Award
2019, RGD Awards, Typography, Honourable Mention
2019, ADCC Student Competition, Graphic Design, Silver Winner
2018, Mariah’s Fund Scholarship
2018, Joubin-Selig Bursary
2016, Jan van Kampen Scholarship
Last Updated 26.08.13
Tunnel Mound Comeback
2025
- Art & Installation
- Papermaking
- Exhibition Design
- Booklet Design
- Poster Design
Tunnel Mound Comeback showcases work that stems from “invasive” plant species. Each artist addresses a form of relationship towards the plant material they work with. We place quotation marks on the word “invasive” as a way for us to leave room to think about how this word informs our relationship to these plants, and the ways we use this word outside of a plant context.
Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez, and Emi Takahashi create work surrounding the plant known as dog-strangling vine (DSV). In conversation with the show, artist Bhavika Sharma takes on the plumb bar using a weedy/migrant plant known as phragmites.
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DSV’s rhizomatic growth allows it to spread and return each year, forming a dense underground network through a kind of cloning. This pattern of propagation felt like a recursive, nested language, the starting point for an imagined DSV plant script. This exploration resulted in two paper works (75x110 cm) made from DSV pulp and unblended fibers.
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Exhibited at the plumb gallery in Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada, July 25 - August 17, 2025
Artists: Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez, Emi Takahashi, Bhavika Sharma
Curated by: Emerald 邹佑
Text by: Chloe Gordon Chow
Documentation by: Em Moor, Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez, Emi Takahashi