R E S E A R C H A R E A S

  • Theory of atmospheres

  • Japanese aesthetics

  • Social theory


M A I N I N T E R E S T S

  • The aesthetics of atmospheres

  • Concepts: 間/Ma and 奥/Oku

  • Psychogeography - Situationist practices of urban space

I N F L U E N C E D B Y

G. Bachelard, W. Benjamin, G. Böhme, G. Debord, M. Foucault, B. C. Han, H. Lefebvre, M. Marleau-Ponty, H. Rosa, D. Trigg

P U B L I C A T I O N S / links embedded

Nowhere in Memoriam. (2024). SFU Educational Review

MA - Within. (2022). BookLeaf Publishing

Place. (2013). Canadian Children, Vol.38 No.2

A R T I S T I N R E S I D E N C E

Nowhere in memoriam. (Forthcoming - March 2026). YellowHouse art centre, Galiano island

Utroba: Internal landscape and the bodily memory. (2025). YellowHouse art centre, Galiano island

Felting. (2012 - ). West Point Grey academy, Vancouver SD

Encounters with places: Dwellings. (2015). Windsor elementary, Burnaby (funded by ArtStarts)

Negotiating bodies and materials. (2014-2015). Brentwood elementary, Burnaby (funded by ArtStarts)


E X H I B I T I O N S

Unknown. (Forthcoming - Oct. 2026). Group show. YellowHouse art centre, Galiano island

Nowhere in memoriam. (Forthcoming - March 2026). Solo show. YellowHouse art centre, Galiano island

Utroba: Internal landscape and the bodily memory. (2025). Solo show. YellowHouse art centre, Galiano island

Performative geometry : Grids and geometric abstraction. (2021). Solo show. CSA space, Vancouver

Walls are not walls. (2019). Solo show. Massy gallery, Vancouver

Encounters with places: Dwellings. (2014-2015). Group show. ArtStarts gallery, Vancouver

 
 

P E D A G O G I C A L P R A C T I C E

As an educator, my primary focus is to critically engage and research on the spatial design of educational spaces, specifically on the functionality and conventions of educational spaces for young children. I examine both concrete and abstract aspects of generic interior-spatial design and co-designed atmospheres in this context: physical flow and circumstantial constraints or opportunities; positive and negative spaces, ambient emotional cues, linguistics of objects and interior elements: textures, colours, light and sound (acoustics, ‘noise’). What emerges from this approach is an holistic understanding of a living-learning environment and spatial atmospheres - characterized by the interdependence of a physical space, people, materials, psychological impact and overall (sensorial) experience.

R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T S

‘スペース /Supesu’. (2021 - ). UBC child care, Vancouver

Spatial rhythms and the aesthetics of atmospheres.(2016 - ). UBC child care, Vancouver

Curriculum room: Installation studio for early childhood educators. (2009 - 2012). Artistic and Design Inquiry. Westcoast CCRRC, Vancouver (funded by Westcoast CCRRC)

S E M I N A R T O P I C S

  • Cultivating presence: Supesu and the absence

  • Oku: Cultivating resonance in educational spaces

  • Ma: Place, body and multi-sensory consciousness

S E M I N A R S (invited as a speaker)

Conferences: Capilano university, ECEBC, Heart of the matter, Preschool promenade, Wonder of learning exhibit

Child care resource and referral centres: Westcoast family centres, Options community services, YMCA, Archway community services, Prince George CCRR, Sea to sky

School districts and child care centers: Burnaby school district, West Point Grey academy, UBC child care, YMCA, YWCA, private child care centres, Japanese hall

Post secondary institutions: UBC Department of education, Capilano university, Vancouver community college, MTI community college, BCIT