Allie Davis
theAllieDavis@gmail.com
Toronto, ON, Canada
EDUCATION
2025-26 Diploma, Library and Information Technician (President’s Honours List),
Seneca Polytechnic
2014-18 BA, Craft and Design, Textiles (High Honours, Silver Medal),
Sheridan College
2011-14 Advanced Diploma, Visual and Creative Arts (High Honours),
Sheridan College
FURTHER EDUCATION
2026 Archives, Mohawk College Continuing 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, Xpace Cultural Centre
2020 dye magic, designTO, uoai studio
2019 The Doll Project, Textile Museum of Canada
2018 On Any Given Day, Harbourfront Centre
2018 Make/Ready, Sheridan College
2018 Mobility (collaboration), Toronto Design Offsite Festival
2017 Gampi Konshi: Dyed, Dark, & Dramatic, The Japanese Paper Place
2016 Shelter (collaboration), Sheridan College
2015 Food for Thought (collaboration), Sheridan College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Tufting Instructor, Fuzzy Lab, Toronto, ON
2022-24 Education Coordinator, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON
2022 Learning Hub Assistant, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON
2021-22 Public Programming Assistant, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto ON
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
2025- Sashiko Mending, workshops, Form Era Studio
2025- Darn It! Creative Knitwear Repair, workshops, Mischief Makers
2025- Sashiko Visible Mending, workshops, Mischief Makers
2025- Creative Knitwear Mending, workshops, The Knit Cafe
2025 Mending workshop, YWCA Toronto Woodlawn Residence, in collaboration with Leah Sanchez
2024- Sashiko Mending, workshops, The Knit Cafe
2024 Embroidery with Intention: Sashiko & Symbolism, workshop, Multintto
2024 Embroidery workshop, YWCA Toronto Woodlawn Residence, in collaboration with Leah Sanchez
2024-26 Sashiko Mending, workshops, Anime North
2024-25 Sashiko Mending, workshops, Studio Mooi
2024-25 Darn It! Creative Knitwear Repair, workshops, Studio Mooi
2021-24 On behalf of the Textile Museum of Canada:
Anime North panels, 2023:
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
2019 Natural Dye, workshop series, The Knit Cafe
2019 The Promise of Sekishu Washi, The Japanese Paper Place
2019 Shibori with Natural Dyes, Newcomer Women’s Services (supported by the Textile Museum of Canada)
FAIRS & TRADE SHOWS
2018 All Handmade Marketplace, Oakville, ON
2018 Art in the Park, Oakville, ON
RECOGNITION
2025-26 President’s Honours List, Seneca Polytechnic
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