Education

  • Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. M.F.A. Candidate, Fibers and Materials Studies, September 2012 -May 2014
  •  York University, Toronto, ON. Visual Art, B.F.A. Studio Major completed in April 2007

Grants and Awards

2014

  • (Upcoming) Tyler School of Art Teaching Assistantship/Graduate Internship, Stipend and Tuition Remission, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Dean’s Grant, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

2013

  • Tyler School of Art Teaching Assistantship/Graduate Internship, Stipend and Tuition
  • Remission, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Ontario Crafts Council, Scholarship
  • Handweavers and Spinners Guild of America, HGA Scholarship
  • Canadian Federation of University Women, Elizabeth Massey Award
  • Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Legacy Scholarship
  • Ontario Society of Artists, Emerging Artist Award

2012

  • Tyler School of Art Teaching Assistantship/Graduate Internship, Stipend and Tuition
  •  Remission, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Ontario Crafts Council, Volunteer Committee Scholarship
  • Design Sponge* Third Place Graduate Student Scholarship
  • Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Project Grant
  • Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Best in Show Award
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Fibre

2011

  • Surface Design Association, Personal Development Grant
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Best in Fibre
  • Ontario Crafts Council, Helen Francis Gregor Scholarship
  • Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant

2010

  • Ontario Crafts Council, Volunteer Committee Scholarship
  • Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Project Grant
  • Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant

2009

  • Toronto Arts Council, Level One Visual Arts Grant
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Fibre
  • Ontario Crafts Council, Kingscrafts/Lady Flavelle Scholarship
  • Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant
  • The Artist’s Project, Untapped Emerging Artists Competition, Toronto

2007

  • Harbourfront Centre, One Year scholarship – Textile Studio, Toronto
  • York University, Winters College Award, Toronto
  • York University, Creative Arts Student Association Cold Beverage Award, Toronto

2006

  • York University, Creative Arts Student Association Initiative Grant, Toronto

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibition Record

2015

  • (Upcoming) Neon Field, L’espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau, QB
  •  (Upcoming) Testing, Testing, 123, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  •  (Upcoming) TBD, Penn College Gallery, PA

2014

  • (Upcoming) TBD, Mary E Black Gallery, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax, NS
  • (Upcoming) Neon Bloom, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
  • (Upcoming) Thesis Exhibition, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

2013   

  • Room, Art Gallery of St. Albert, St. Albert, AB
  • Embroidered Spaces, Campbell River Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC
  • Threaded Line, Centre MATERIA, Quebec City, QB
  • Beyond Thread: Oltre Il Fio, Verona Tessile, Castel Vecchio in Sala Boggian, Verona

2012

  • Crumpled Paper Tests, Queen Specific*, Toronto, ON
  • Neon Clouds, Stantec Window Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • Home Away from Home, Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, ON
  • Line and Shadow, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON

2011 

  • Neon Glow, Earl Selkirk gallery @ ARTiculations, Toronto, ON
  • Accumulate, The Gladstone Hotel (with MADE), Toronto, ON
  • Scribble, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • Ice Box, MADE, Toronto, ON

2010

  • Glitter Beginings (with Adriana McNneely), Harbourfront Centre Vatrines, Toronto, ON

2009

  • Mothing, Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON
  • still (with Margaret Lim), Harbourfront Centre Vatrines, Toronto, ON

2008

  • Line Weight, Portable Gallery Project, Toronto, ON

2007

  • Unravel, Archive Inc. Gallery & Art Library, Toronto, ON
  • Threadbare, Niagara Gallery, Toronto, ON

Selected Group Exhibition Record

2014

  • (Upcoming) Fail-Safe: Discomforts at Home, Craft Alliance, Grand Center, IL
  • (Upcoming) Studious, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2013

  • Aqua 12 at the Aqua Hotel, with Lonsdale Gallery, Miami, FL
  • 1.5: Almost There, Crane Arts Centre, Philadelphia, PA
  • Unfolding, Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Line, Curated by Melanie Egan, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
  • Craft MFA Group Show, Stella Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  • Process Show: Mixed Media, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, Philadelphia, PA
  • Best of Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2012, FCP Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • Come Up to My Room, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
  • Lonsdale Gallery Group Show, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • Members Exhibition of Selected Works, Ontario Society of Artists, Todmorden’s Papermill Gallery, Toronto, ON

2012

  • Biannual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
  • Tradition in Translation, 18th Carrefour Européen du Patchwork, Ste-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France
  • Aqua 12 at the Aqua Hotel, with Lonsdale Gallery, Miami, FL
  • Award Winners 2012, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
  • Stop, Drop, Repeat, The Design Exchange, Toronto, ON
  • Pre-Occupied, 173 MacDonell Ave, Toronto, ON
  • Best of Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2011, FCP Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • Do West, IDS Off-site Project, Toronto, ON

2011

  • Toronto International Art Fair, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
  • TexpoArt: Textile Art International Triennial, Cupola Art Gallery, Iasi, Romania, Heir/Loom, Studio Beluga, Montreal, QC
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
  • Award Winners 2011, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON
  • Play, Textile Arts Centre, New York, NY
  • A Quiet Revolution: Canadian Art Now, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • A Quiet Revolution: Canadian Art Now, The Armory Show, Pier 94, New York, NY
  • Come Up to My Room, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
  • Avian, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON

2010

  • Hard Twist: Chroma!, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
  • Award Winners 2010, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON
  • It’s a Big Deal, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON
  • Around the Frayed Edges, Anges Jamieson Gallery, Minden, ON
  • It’s a Big Deal: Artists In Residence Craft Biennale, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • Body + Object, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
  • Best of Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2009, FCP Gallery, Toronto, ON

2009

  • Drawn (by a, out of, from, in) Thread, Loose Cannon Gallery, Hamilton, ON
  • Looking Ahead, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • Unity and Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju, South Korea
  • World of Threads Festival, Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, Oakville, ON
  • Peep Show, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
  • Award Winners 2009, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON
  • The Artist’s Project, Liberty Grand, Toronto, ON
  • National Fibre Directions Exhibition 2009, Wichita Centre for the Arts, Wichita, KS
  • DIWhy?, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON

2008

  • Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL
  • Hard Twist, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
  • Retelling Anne, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON
  • Fibreworks 08, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, ON
  • Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON
  • Three x Four, Harbourfront Centre Vatrines, Toronto, ON
  • Lafreniere & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON
  • Update: Artists in Residence Biennale, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON

2007

  • Big Fibre, Little Fibre, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
  • Playing In Traffic, 381 Projects, Toronto, ON
  • Farago, Third Floor: 9 Ossington, Toronto, ON

Bibliography

2013

  • “The HGA and Dendel Scholarship Recipients for 2013” Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Vol XLIV, No. 4, Fall 2013
  • O’Meara, Kristi. “PATTERNBASE: A Book of Contemporary Textile & Surface Design”
  • Gaitonde, Aditi.  “Hang By a Thread”.  ELLE India, September Issue.
  • Desloges, Josianne.  “Amanda McCavour Chez MATERIA: coudre a l’aquarelle”, La Presse, Quebec City, April 25, 2013.

2012

  • Behiery, Valerie, “Threaded Worlds in Suspense: The Art of Amanda McCavour”, Embroidery Magazine UK, Winter 2012.
  • Klanten, Robert, ed, Sven Ehmann, Matthias Hübner and Anna Sinofzik, Gestalten,”High Touch: Tactile Design and Visual Explorations”, Gestalten, Berlin.
  • Maue, Joetta.  “Stand-Ins for Home”, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2012.
  • Tulk, Cameron. Spin Sister”, Design Lines, Toronto, Spring 2012.

2011

  • Bate, Gareth,  “Ten Up and Coming Canadian Fiber Artist to Watch”, Fibre Focus Magazine, Winter, 2011.
  • Vaughan, RM. “Ghosts and Glass Birds”, The Globe & Mail, February, 2011.
  • Heirlooms Exhibition Catalogue, Memory Through Fibre: The Presence of Absence”,
  • Meghan Bisonette, Anastasia Hare, Colleen O’Reilly, Summer 2011

2010

  • Addleman, Katie. “Winged Migration”, ELLE Canada, October Issue
  • Textiel Plus, Swinkels, Dorothé. “Signalement.” May 2010.

2008

  • National Post, “Toronto- At the Galleries”, August 23, 2008

Artist Residencies

2014

  • (Upcoming) Open Studio, Artist-In-Residence, Struts Gallery, Sackville, NB
  • Artist Residency, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2012

  • Artist-In-Residence, Maison des Metiers D’art de Quebec, Quebec City, QB

2011

  • Artist-In-Residence, Spark Box Studio, Picton, ON

2010

  • Artist-In-Residence,  Klondike Institute of Art And Culture, Dawson City, YK

2007-2010      

  • Artist-in-Residence, Harbourfront Centre’s Textile Studio, Toronto, ON

Professional Development

2012

  • Curator, “Material Connections”, with Stanzie Tooth, Londsdale Gallery (for the World of Threads Festival), Toronto, ON

2009-2012

  • Gallery Attendant, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2011/2012      

  • Re-DESIGN, Textile Museum of Canada Fundraiser, Toronto, ON

2009               

  • Apprenticeship Supervisor, Ottawa School of Art, Toronto, ON

2008

  • Level One Jury Member, Toronto Arts Council Visual Arts Grants, ON
  • Assistant curator for Other.World, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto, ON

2007-2009      

  • Gallery Manager, Archive Inc., Toronto, ON

2007

  • Exhibition Co-ordinator for Playing in Traffic, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto

2006- 2007     

  • Curator, Eleanor Winters Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON

2004-2006      

  • Gallery Attendant, Eleanor Winters Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON

Teaching Experience 

2014

  • Instructor of Record, Introduction to Fibers for Non-BFA Students, PA
  • Teaching Assistant, Off-Loom Structures, Tyler School of Art, PA

2013

  • Workshop Instructor, Maison des Metiers D’art de Quebec, Quebec City, QB
  • Instructor of record, Introduction to Fibers for Non-BFA Students, PA
  • Teaching Assistant, Woven Structures, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2012

  • Teaching Assistant, Fabric Pattern and Image and Alternative Materials, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2011

  • Embroidery Workshop Instructor, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

2010-2012      

  • Design Workshop Instructor, Art Education Program (TSDB), Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2008/2009      

  • Textile Studio Workshop Instructor, Art Education Program (TDSB), Habourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2007-2011      

  • Workshop Instructor, Silk screening and Embroidery, Textile Studio, Harbourfront Centre,Toronto, ON

Lectures

2015

  • (Upcoming) Artist Presentation, Penn College Gallery, PA

2014

  • (Upcoming) Artist Presentation, Embroiderers Guild of Canada, London, ON

2013

  • Artist Presentation, Campbell River and District Public Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC

2012

  • Artist Presentation,  Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, ON
  • Artist Presentation, Stantec Design Office, Toronto, ON
  • Artist Presentation, The Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Textiles, Toronto, ON
  • Artist Presentation, Maison des Metiers D’art de Quebec, Quebec City, QB
  • Artist Presentation, ARTiculations, Toronto, ON

2011

  • Artist Presentation, Sheridan College Art and Art History Program, Oakville, ON
  • Artist Presentation, Sheridan College Textile Studio, Oakville, ON

2010

  • Artist Presentation, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, YK
  • Viva Voce: Voices from the Craft Studio, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
  • Artist Presentation, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON

2009

  • Artist Presentation, Kingscraft Studio, King City, ON

Bibliography

2014

  • (Upcoming) TBD, NeedleArts Magazine: The Embroiderers’ Guild of America

Membership

  • The Ontario Crafts Council
  • The Handweavers and Spinners Guild of America
  • The Crafts Council of British Columbia
  • Textile Museum of Canada
  • The Embroiderers Guild of America