Allie Davis

TheAllieDavis@gmail.com

EDUCATION 

2014-2018 BA, Craft and Design, Textiles (High Honours, Silver Medal), 

Sheridan College, Oakville, ON Canada

2011-2014 Advanced Diploma, Visual and Creative Arts (High Honours), 

Sheridan College, Oakville, ON Canada

FURTHER EDUCATION

2023 Japanese Sashiko Stitching, Atsushi Futatsuya, Domestika

2021 Turkey Red Dye Master Class, Mel Sweetnam

EXHIBITIONS

2023 Mending the Craft: Sustainability in Contemporary Textiles, Curated by Cecily OU, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON

2020 dye magic, designTO, uoai studio, Toronto, ON

2019 The Doll Project, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON

2018 On Any Given Day, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON

2018 Make/Ready, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

2018 Mobility (collaboration), Toronto Design Offsite Festival, Toronto, ON

2017 Gampi Konshi: Dyed, Dark, & Dramatic, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON

2016 Shelter (collaboration), Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

2015 Food for Thought (collaboration), Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2022-24 Education Coordinator, Textile Museum of Canada

2022 Learning Hub Assistant, Textile Museum of Canada

2021-22 Public Programming Assistant, Textile Museum of Canada

2018-21 Gallery Attendant, The PowerPlant, Toronto, ON

2018-21 Artist in Residence, Harbourfront Centre Craft & Design Studio, Toronto, ON

2015-18 Textiles Studio Monitor, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

2017 Intern, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON

TALKS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS

2024 Sashiko Mending, workshop, Anime North, Toronto ON

2021-24 Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON:

• Anime North 2023 panels:

  • Trends in J-Fashion

  • Japanese Mending

• CTV’s The Social, mending segment

• March Mending Sessions, workshop series

• Mending with Needle-Felting workshop

• Mending workshop for Luminato volunteers

• Sashiko Mending workshop series

• Sustainable Textile Teach-In, virtual workshop series

• Weekly Sewing Classes for Latinos Positivos

2023 Felt Slipper-Making, workshop series, Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, ON

2019 Natural Dye, workshop series, The Knit Cafe, Toronto, ON

2019 The Promise of Sekishu Washi, The Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON

2019 Shibori with Natural Dyes, Newcomer Women’s Services (hired by the Textile Museum of Canada), Toronto, ON

FAIRS & TRADE SHOWS

2018 All Handmade Marketplace, Oakville, ON

2018 Art in the Park, Oakville, ON

AWARDS 

2018 Silver Medal Award, Sheridan College

2018 Angela Martin Award, Sheridan College

2018 Anu Raina Excellence in Surface Design Award, Sheridan College

2016 G&S Dye Material Award, Sheridan College

2014 Creativity Award of Excellence, Sheridan College 

2014 Certificate of Leadership, Sheridan College