Allie Davis
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
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
TEACHING
2021-24 Workshop facilitation, Textile Museum of Canada
2021-23 Virtual series: Sustainable Textile Teach-In, Textile Museum of Canada
2023 Trends in J-Fashion, panel, with GHOST GiRL GOODS, Anime North (supported by the Textile Museum of Canada), Toronto ON
2023 Japanese Mending, panel, Anime North (supported by the Textile Museum of Canada), Toronto ON
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 (supported by the Textile Museum of Canada), Toronto, ON
FAIRS & TRADE SHOWS
2018 All Handmade Marketplace, Oakville, ON
2018 Art in the Park, 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
SKILLS
Workshop facilitation, including but not limited to: textile mending, natural dyeing, paper-making, felting, tapestry weaving, and beginner sewing.
Hand-dyeing, screen-printing, embroidering, and mending textiles
Japanese paper-marbling (suminagashi)
Creation of natural inks, pigments, and dyes
Surface design, using traditional and digital techniques
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, Microsoft Suite