Education

2012Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction (Sculpture), Alberta College of Art + Design (now Alberta University of the Arts), Calgary, Alberta.

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2027–28Child's Play, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon (upcoming).
2025Neighbourly / Le voisinage, Centre d'art visuel de l'Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
2024–25Trailing (City of Calgary public art commission) in collaboration with Alia Shahab, Anchorage Museum, Alaska, USA.
2023Trailing (City of Calgary public art commission) in collaboration with Alia Shahab & Neighbourly, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2021Trailing (City of Calgary public art commission) in collaboration with Alia Shahab, cSPACE King Edward, Calgary, Alberta.
2017Neighbourly, Available Light Film Festival, YAC Community Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2016Bells & Airplanes, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2015Bells & Airplanes, Focus Gallery, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2012Fall For Me, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.

Public Art & Commissions

2021Tous ensemble, CSSC Mercier high school, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2019Trailing in collaboration with Alia Shahab, City of Calgary Public Art Program, Calgary, Alberta.
2019Through the Thought Process, mural in collaboration with Gorellaume, Northlight Innovation Hub, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2019Shared Effort, mural in collaboration with Gorellaume, Yukon University, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026Gueule de pétale, Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2026Trailing in collaboration with Alia Shahab, in Yukon Transmission, a curated digital exhibition presented through Atopia Space, MUTEK Festival, Montréal, Québec.
2026Winter Snakes / Serpents d'hiver in collaboration with Jean-Sébastien Gauthier, PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2026Gueule de pétale, Ness Creek Music Festival, Big River, Saskatchewan.
2026Gueule de pétale, Fête fransaskoise, Manhattan Ballroom, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2025Strange Thoughts in a Place of Meditation, Yukon Prize for Visual Arts Longlist, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2025Strange Thoughts in a Place of Meditation, Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2024Neighbourly / Le voisinage, Les alentours, Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2024Wild Shelter, Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2023Lotus, Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2023Frozen Entertainment, (s)hiver Arts Festival, Dawson City, Yukon.
2022Basket Case, Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2021Contained, Grease Fest, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2021Contained, Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2020Trailing (prototype for City of Calgary public art commission) in collaboration with Alia Shahab, Planetary, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
2019Everything is Broken, Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2019Going Somewhere./?, (s)hiver Arts Festival, Dawson City, Yukon.
2018Pile, Comportement humain / Human Behaviour, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2017Fenêtre / Window, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2016Landscrape, Whitehorse Nuit Blanche, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2016Rideau de fumée / Smoke Screen, La nocturne, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2016Misplaced & Pristine Building, Folk Fest, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2015Ghost Carwash in collaboration with Alia Shahab, Wreck City's Demo Tape, Calgary, Alberta.
2014Plastic Island in collaboration with Nightmultimedia, Figment, Governors Island, New York City, New York.
2014Tissue Tan Lines & Two by Four, Seasonal (dis)order, Edge Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2012Longing for Interference, Stage Festival, TNG's John Snow House, Calgary, Alberta.

Selected Performance

2026Buried with a Bell, Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2017Le plus clair de son temps / The Time Being (bilingual), Theatre in the Bush, Mackenzie King Estate, Gatineau, Québec, Canada 150.
2017Le plus clair de son temps (French), Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2015The Time Being (English), Theatre in the Bush, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Selected Snow Sculpture

2021–26Annual snow sculpture commission, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon (six works, with Joshua Lesage and Ken Anderson).
2018–26Snow Carving Showcase, Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous, Whitehorse, Yukon (2018, 2021–26; collaborators include Alia Shahab, Ken Anderson, Scott Price, Dave Martin and Tyson Isted).
2026Teapot Onsen in collaboration with Joshua Lesage, Glacier Nights Festival, Haines Junction, Yukon.
2022Bridge Through Time in collaboration with Adam Green and Ken Anderson, Tourism Yukon commission, Mount Sima, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2020Black Hole in collaboration with Alia Shahab & Eric Heitmann, International Snow Carving Showcase, Snowking's Winter Festival, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
2019Loaded in collaboration with Alia Shahab & Eric Heitmann, International Snow Carving Competition, SnowDay Festival, Thunder Bay, Ontario (Peer-Jury Prize).

Grants & Awards

2026Express Micro-grant, Yukon.
2025Longlisted, Yukon Prize for Visual Arts.
2024Yukon Advanced Artist Award, Level A.
2024Yukon Touring Artist Fund.
2021Yukon Advanced Artist Award, Level A.
2020Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Concept to Realization.
2019Yukon Touring Artist Fund.
2019Yukon Advanced Artist Award, Level B.
2019Peer-Jury Prize, International SnowDay Snow Carving Competition, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
2016Yukon Advanced Artist Award, Level B.
2015Yukon Cultural Quest Creation Fund.
2015Yukon Advanced Artist Award, Level B.

Residencies & Mentorships

2026Résidence confluence, Conseil culturel fransaskois, PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
2024Arctic Circle Retreat, Eagle Plains, Yukon.
2020–21Blacksmithing mentorship with Alyx Jones, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2020Lumel Glass Studios Residency, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2019–20Collider Residency, Calgary, Alberta.
2015Yukon Film Society Artist Residency, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Arts & Cultural Work Experience

2019–presentArt Preparator, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2017–presentSite Mentor and Workshop Facilitator, YuKonstruct, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2023Snow Carving Mentor, Yukon Literacy Coalition, Dawson City, Yukon.
2016–18Arts in Education Artist, Yukon Education, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2015–19Artistic process demonstrations, Arts in the Park, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Arts Service & Leadership

2020–presentDirector, Friends of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection (2020–23, 2025–present), including acquisition juries.
2018, 2022Juror, Yukon Advanced Artist Award.
2021Juror, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon.
2017Youth Art Instructor, Jeux de la francophonie canadienne, Moncton, New Brunswick.

Media Features

2026CARFAC Sask Newsletter. Confluences, about the Conseil culturel fransaskois residency with Jean-Sébastien Gauthier. Print. Volume 38, Number 3. May/June 2026.
2026Radio-Canada. Au cœur de Confluences : Byrun Boutin-Maloney et Michel Gignac. Tout compris. Radio. Jeudi 12 mars 2026.
2025Radio-Canada. Nos incontournables. Television/Web. 17 janvier 2025.
2024Langlois, Mireille. L'exposition Aux alentours au CCFM. Culture et Confiture. Radio. Samedi 26 octobre 2024, 9 h 36.
2024Semah, Jonathan. Les alentours yukonnais présentés à Winnipeg. La Liberté. Print/Web. Vol. 111, no. 30. 23 octobre 2024. Page 14.
2024Binin, Leslie et Jean Fontaine. Envol 91. Matin Manitobain. Radio. 17 octobre 2024. 1:13:26 to 1:22:44.
2023Kenny, Amy. Two new exhibits open at the Yukon Arts Centre. Yukon News. Print. Friday, March 3, 2023. Page 18.
2023Thomas, Mike. Light it up! What's Up Yukon, cover photo of Trailing. Print. Issue 767. May 3, 2023.
2023Dumaine, Maryne. L'Aurore boréale, cover photo of Trailing. Print. Jeudi 18 mai 2023.
2022Murchison, Geneviève. Avec mes mains. Connexion, ICI Télé, Radio-Canada. Television. Sunday, September 18, 2022.
2021Kruger, Monty. Art goers insert themselves into a user generated light project. CBC Calgary. Television. October 25, 2021.
2020Langlois, Mireille. Un nouveau lieu voué à l'art contemporain. Culture et Confiture. Radio. 15 février 2020.
2020Robinson, Lisa. Calgary, we have lift off. Galleries West Magazine. Web. February 9, 2020.
2019Church, Amber. Through the Thought Process. What's Up Yukon. Print. June 5, 2019.
2019Guidici, Nelly. Deux nouvelles oeuvres collaboratives au sein de Yukonstruct et du Collège du Yukon. L'Aurore boréale. Print. Jeudi 16 mai 2019.
2019Hong, Jackie. Yukonstruct gets an artistic touch-up. Yukon News. Print. Friday, April 26, 2019.
2019Hamel, Virginie. La murale du Northlight Innovation Center de Whitehorse. Culture et Confiture. ICI Radio-Canada Première. Radio. 6 juillet 2019.
2016McKay, Stephanie. Out of the Wild. StarPhoenix. Print. Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Section B, page 1.
2016Labrie, Doris. Michel Gignac expose la chasse. Pour faire un monde. ICI Radio-Canada Première. Radio. Vendredi 18 mars 2016.
2015Forrest, Maura. Outfitter-turned-artist's exhibit critiques trophy hunting. Yukon News. Print. Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Page 13.
2015Mandia, Valérie. Le Nord canadien. Liaison, no. 168. Print. Été 2015. Pages 8–10.
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