Ontario Views: Picturing My Canadian Landscape 
                                                   Art and Design by Kidist Paulos Asrat

Resume

250 Webb Drive
Mississauga ON, L5B 3Z4
905 232-7366

EDUCATION

- Primary Education: Ethiopia, France and England

- Secondary Education: Dover College, Dover, England

- B.A. Natural Sciences, Lock Haven University, PA, USA

- M.S. Clinical Nutrition/Nutrition Education, Rutgers University, NJ, USA

- PhD (ABD) Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut With The National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City and The Solís Rural Health Research Center of the Solís Valley, Solís, Mexico

- Certificate in New Media, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

- Advanced Studies in New Media, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

- Textile Surface Design, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada

TRAINING

- Certificat de Langue Française: Institut Catholique de Paris Institut de Langue et de Culture Française

- Advanced Diploma in Spanish Language: Centro de Enseñanza para Etranjeros: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

- Film production workshop, Mexico City, Mexico

- Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language together with Computer Graphics: International Communicative Languages Service, Toronto, ON, Canada

WORK EXPERIENCE

Present: Cultural Analyst - Study, describe and analyze contemporary art and culture in both written and image form

2007 - Present: 
- Writer: Botanical Artists of Canada Newsletter, Toronto, ON
- Writer: Trinity Square Video Newsletter, Toronto, ON 
Among others

2004-Present: 
Home decor designer at Well-Patterned: 
- Hand craft and design textile prints for patterned fabrics
- Hand craft and design decorative objects for homes and offices

2004-Present: 
Graphic Designer at Well-Patterned: 
- Design promotional materials for cultural organizations

2004-Present: 
Photographer at Kidist Paulos Photography:
- Photograph special events/conferences/exhibitions
- Photographs for websites and print products

2013: 
Docent: Cabbagetown Regent Park Community Museum, Toronto, ON

2000-2001: 
Film Research Assistant:
- For filmmaker Bruce Elder, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

1998-2004: 
English Language Instructor combined with Computer Graphics Instructor
- Toronto District School Board, Toronto, ON
- Catholic School Board, Toronto, ON
- Bleecker Street Co-op, Toronto, ON

1998-2000: 
Board of Director, Secretary
- Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON

1994-1998: 
Counselor and Interpreter/Translator
- COSTI-Immigrant Services, Toronto, ON

1993-1994: 
Assistant, Field to Table, Toronto, ON 
Assisted in developing and distributing a nutritious and 
inexpensive monthly grocery box, The Good Food Box,
for lower income multicultural Toronto residents 

EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

2001: 
Video installation: (Toronto) Lake Ontario
Ryerson School of Image Arts, Toronto, ON

2002: 
Film: Gathering the Ripples
Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France

2006: 
Film: Sketches
Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON

2006: 
Photographs: Neighborhood Trees
Allan Gardens Conservatory, Toronto, ON

2014: 
Visual Presentation: Reclaiming Beauty
The Power of Beauty Conference
Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio

2016: 
Strength in Beauty: Young Women in Rural Ethiopia
Paper Presented: "How do We Empower Young Women in the Third World? By teaching them to understand their own beauty, and the beauty around them." 
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals conference
Commission on the Status of Women
Parallel Event Workshop, United Nations, New York
Sponsor: Nation to Nation Networking Limited

2017: 
Urban Development through Small Businesses: Kidist Foods Cookbook Development 
Paper Presented: “Cookbook project to economic sufficiency of young Ethiopian urban women.”    
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals conferences
Commission on the Status of Women
Parallel Event Workshop, United Nations, New York
Sponsor: Nation to Nation Networking Limited

May 2019: 
Exhibition: Well-Patterned: Designs and Decor 
Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga, ON

July 2019: 
Exhibition: Ontario Views: Paintings 
Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga, ON

October 2019: 
Exhibition: The Mississauga Civic Centre: Photographs                                                             
Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga, ON

LINKS of WORKS


LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

- English: Excellent speaking, reading and writing
- French: Good speaking, reading and writing
- Amharic: Good speaking, reading and writing
- Spanish: Moderate speaking, reading and writing