EDUCATION
2014-2015 MAS Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship, École Cantonale d’arts de Lausanne (ÉCAL), CH
2013-2014 Master Contextual Design, Candidate, Design Academy Eindhoven, NL
2003-2007 Bachelor of Design, Material Art & Design, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto, CAN
AWARDS + GRANTS
2015 LAMP, voted First Place Emerging Category for Eclipse lamp by jury
2013, 2012 Craft Ontario Scholarship
2012 Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
Craft Project - Creation and Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Lily Yung Memorial Award, Ontario Craft Council
2011 Access and Career Development Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2010 Best of Category: Sculpture, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
The Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada Scholarship, Ontario Crafts Council
Visual Arts: Emerging Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Honourable Mention for Love Spoons, Ontario Craft09, Ontario Crafts Council
2009 Travel Grant to attend Cheongju International Craft Biennale in South Korea, Ontario Crafts Council
Tommia Vaughan-Jones Award for Excellence in Metal Arts, Ontario Crafts Council
Individual Craft Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2008-2013 Exhibition Assistance Grants, Ontario Arts Council
2007 New gallery emerging artist award
2006 Imperial Smelting & Refining Co. of Canada Metal Prize
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 Vacheron Constantin, Switzerland, Eclipse lamp, designer
Christofle, France, Point de Paris, silver-plate cutlery, designer
Restaurant de l'Hotel de Ville Crissier, Benoit Violier, Switzerland, Menagerie ceramic ware concept
2014-2015 De Sede, Switzerland, Long Time, lounge chair concept and designer with Lorena Sauras
2013 Co-Director, More than Gold, Studio Huddle, Toronto
Bluebird, Toronto, Canada, Floating Forest, window installation, artist
2012 Guest Speaker, Design Exchange, Toronto
Artist Talk, Pecha Kucha, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Advisory Committee, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto
Teaching Assistant, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto
2011 Participant, Lost Wax Casting Workshop with Peter Bauhuis, Munich, DE
2010-2011 Jewellery Designer, Nathan Hennick Company, Toronto
2007-2010 Artist-In-Residence, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2007-2010 Studio Assistant, Erin Tracy Designs, Toronto
2009 Guest lecturer, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Pillow Pictures, MADE cooler installation, Toronto, CAN
2011 Black Sun, L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa, CAN
2010 Strangely Familiar, KWT Contemporary, Toronto, CAN
2008 Empty Chairs, Studio Works, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CAN
EXHIBITIONS
2016 TBD, Maison et Objet, Paris, FR (upcoming)
2015 Dialogues in Design & Craftsmanship, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (upcoming)
Time According to ECAL & Swiss Craftsmen, Swiss VIP Pavilion, Milan Expo, IT
Time According to ECAL & Swiss Craftsmen, Museo Bagatti Valescchi, Salone del Mobile di Milano, IT
2014 Unravel & Sophisticate, Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, USA (invite)
2013 Pushing Boundaries - Chasing Challenges, Beijing Tsinghua University and Beijing World Art Museum, CN (invite)
Spoon | Fed, The Centre for Craft, Creativity & Design, Hendersonville, USA (curated by Marilyn Zapf, invite)
Dialogue, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal/Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CA (juried, group, traveling)
Family Album, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CA (group, invite)
2012 Sculptural Objects, Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Navy Pier, with L.A. Pai Gallery, USA
2012-2010 One of a Kind Show, Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, CA
2012-2009 Radiant Dark, MADE, Toronto, CA (juried, group)
2012-2009 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, CA (juried)
2011 Directions & Intersections in Canadian Design, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, CA (invite)
7th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, SKR (juried)
Toronto International Art Fair with KWT Contemporary, Toronto, CA
Mobile Canada: Bringing Contemporary Jewellery to You! Seattle, USA (invite)
2011-2009 Ontario Crafts Council Award Winners, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, CA (juried)
Selected Works, KWT Contemporary, Toronto, CA (group, invite)
The 9th Helen Keller International Award, Glasgow Caledonian University, SCT (juried)
Best of 2010, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Award Winners, FCP Gallery, Toronto, CA (juried)
2010-2012 Silver Triennial 2010, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst, DE (juried, travelling exhibition)
German Goldsmiths’ House, Hanau, DE
Fair Ambiente, Frankfurt, DE
Museum Kunstgewerbesammlung Huelsmann, Bielefeld, DE
Zilvermuseum Sterckshof, Antwerp, BE
KreisMuseum Zons, Dormagen, DE
Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Chemnitz, DE
Inhorgenta, Munich, DE
2010 Canadian Jewellery: The 23rd Annual Exhibition, Lafreniѐre & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, CA (invite, group)
Hantise, Art-Mûr Gallery, Montreal, CA (invite, group)
Eros from Chaos, Lafreniѐre & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, CA (invite, group)
Schmuck 2010 62nd Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich, DE (juried, group)
2009 Ontario Craft ’09, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, CA (juried, group)
Nuit Blanche, Things Fall Apart by Kathy Bischoping, Laluque Atelier Gallery, Toronto, CA (invite, group)
Unity and Diversity, Canadian Pavilion at Cheongju International Craft Biennale, SKR (juried, group)
The 2nd Commitment Ring Exhibition: Freedom, Lafreniѐre & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, CA (invite, group)
Decorative Resurgence, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA (juried, group)
Come Up To My Room, collaboration, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, CA (juried, group)
Gone Hunting, collaboration, Studio Works, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CA
2008 Disparate Unity, Studio Works, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, CA (group)
The Pendant Show, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, USA (invite, group)
Object Toronto with Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, CA (invite, group)
Toronto International Art Fair with Prime Gallery, Toronto, CA
Update, Artist-in-Residence Biennial Exhibition, York Quay Gallery & Ontario Craft Council, Toronto, CA (group)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015 New Necklaces, Thames and Hudson, London, UK
Carnick, Anna. Bridging the Gap, L’ArcoBaleno online magazine, April 27, 2015
Designboom, online magazine
Carnick, Anna & Carpenter Wava. Three Trends at the Forefront of Milan’s Design Week, Artsy, online magazine
2013 New Earrings: 500+ Designs from Around the World, Thames and Hudson, London, UK
2012 Vogue Magazine, Germany, March 2012
2011 Lavigne, Lucie, L’art de briller, Design, La Presse, Montreal. February 6, 2011
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Silver Triennial, exhibition catalogue, Hanau, DE
Atkinson, Nathalie. Retail Therapy, What I Wear, The National Post. July 9, 2010
New Rings, Thames and Hudson, London, UK
2010 Schmuck 2010, exhibition catalogue, 62nd Internationale Handwerksmesse Munich, DE
Studio Magazine, Fall/Winter, “Ontario Craft at the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale”, CA
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Unity & Diversity exhibition catalogue, SKR
500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Lark Books, USA
2009 Decorative Resurgence, exhibition catalogue, Glassboro, NJ, USA
2007 500 Wedding Rings, Lark Books, USA
Ornamentvm, Canadian Society of the Decorative Arts, Spring, Toronto, CA