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Education
2025-Present York University - MA in Cinema & Media Studies
2022 Toronto Metropolitan University - BFA (with distinction) in Photography
2018 Centennial College - Ontario College Diploma in Fine Arts
Screenings
2025 (upcoming) the8fest Small Gauge Film Festival, Toronto, ON
2025 Pollen: Video Spells, Brooklyn, NY
2025 Revolutions per Minute Festival, Boston, MA2025 Fluxus Experimental Film Festival, Hamilton, ON
2025 Super 8 Open Screening, CineCycle, Toronto
2025 Phonetic Philmmaking, Tangled Art + Disability, Toronto
2025 Premiere of Phonetic Philmmaking, CineCycle, Toronto
2025 Light Field, San Francisco, CA
2025 Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, Oklahoma City, OK
2024 Kinoskop - Analog Experimental Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
2024 Little Scuzzy Film Fest, Carbondale, IL
2024 Light Matter Experimental Film and Media Arts Festival, Alfred, NY
2024 Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria
2024 Peripheries Experimental Film & Video Festival, Chicago, IL
2024 Fluxus Experimental Film Festival, Hamilton
2024 Films by Cullen Ritchie and Rennie Taylor, Toronto
2024 Celluloidra Revolverrel - Hungarian Experimental Film Festival, Esztergom, Hungary
2024 the8fest Small Gauge Film Festival, Toronto
2024 LIFT Open Screening, Toronto
2024 Surprise Super 8 Screening, Toronto
2024 S(8) Mostra de Cinema Preferico, A Coruña, Spain
2024 Montreal Underground Film Festival, Montreal, QC
2024 Moviate Underground Film Festival, Harrisburg, PA
2024 Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, Oklahoma City
2024 LIFT Open Screening, Toronto
2024 Live Soundtrack, Florence, Italy
2024 Permanente.ciclo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2024 Dresdner Schmalfilmtage, Dresden, Germany
2024 Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Online Festival
2023 Live Soundtrack, Podgorica, Montenegro
2023 Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria
2023 LIFT Opening Screening, Toronto
2023 Fisura International Festival of Experimental Film & Video, Durango, Mexico
2023 the8fest, Small Gauge Film Festival, Toronto
2023 Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, Oklahoma City
2023 Annotate This!, Concordia University, Webster Library, Montreal
2023 Video Fever 2023, Trinity Square Video, Images Festival & Vtape, Toronto
2023 ByDesign Festival, Seattle, WA
2023 Inflamável - Festival de Curtas em Super 8, Florianópolis, Brazil
2022 Festival of Student Film, Belgrade, Serbia
2022 Engauge Experimental Film Festival, Seattle
2022 Hallucinea Film Festival – Session VII, Online Festival
2022 4theatre selection, Online Festival
2022 ROUGHER Experimental Film Festival, School of Image Arts, Toronto
2018 Pop Up Screening, Films on Print, The Story Arts Centre, Toronto, ON
2017 Moving Patterns: The Films of Rennie Rawlings Taylor, The Story Arts Centre, Toronto
2016 Pleasure Dome Open Screening, CineCycle, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
2025 Revisiting Analogue, Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto
2024 Salon 18, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
2024 FAST and SLOW, Wychwood Barns, Studio 164, Toronto
2023 Annotate This!, Concordia University, Webster Library, Montreal
2023 Unframed Online, Juried Exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
2022 Twenty-Something, Juried Exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
2022 Maximum Exposure 27, School of Image Arts, Toronto
2022 Bread & Butter, Artspace TMU, Toronto
2022 Salon 16: Love is in the Air, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
2021 Maximum Exposure 26, School of Image Arts, Toronto
2021 Mail Art: Unlimited Dada, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
2020 Maximum Exposure 25, School of Image Arts, Toronto
2020 Toronto Metropolitan University/Brighton Image Exchange, University of Brighton, Brighton, England
2019 Bread & Butter, Artspace TMU, Toronto
2019 The Promise of Sekishu Washi, Juried Exhibition, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
2019 Reality Vanishing in Plain Sight: A Curated Show of Altered Images, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
2019 Summer Small Works, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto
2019 Maximum Exposure 24, School of Image Arts, Toronto
2018 Undertow, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, The Corridor Gallery, Toronto
2018 Brink, Artists’ Network Gallery, Toronto
Grants & Awards
2025 Susan Crocker and John Hunkin Awards in the Fine Arts, York University - $10,000
2025 York University Graduate Fellowship, York University - $3,333
2024 Media Artists Creation Grant, Ontario Arts Council, for Phonetic Philmmaking - $7,855
2022 RIC Award, Toronto Metropolitan University
2022 Bread and Butter Spotlight Artist Award, Artspace Gallery
2021 The John deBlois Memorial Award, Toronto Metropolitan University - $500
2018 CLIX Photo Award, Centennial College
2018 Dean’s Award for Entrepreneurism and Innovation, Centennial College
Volunteering
2024-Present Home Movie History Project, Volunteer
2024-Present Friends of CineCycle & Martin Heath, Volunteer
2022-2024 [UN]PROMPTU, Artist Collective, Founder
2018-2022 the8fest Small Gauge Film Festival, Board of Directors - Co-Chair (2022) and Secretary (2020-2022)
2018-2019 The Dim Lights Collective, Photography Exhibition Group, Founder
2017-2018 the8fest, Volunteer - Front of House
2015-2017 Pleasure Dome, Experimental Media Arts Exhibition Group, Volunteer - Production Assistant/Front of House
Teaching
2025 REDO: Photography and Collage, Guest Artist, The Image Centre, Toronto
2023 Super 8 Workshop, Concordia University, Montreal
Publications
2022 Function Magazine, Vol. 23, School of Image Arts
2021 From the discomfort of my space, I dream of holding you again..., School of Image Arts
2019 Function Magazine, Vol. 20, School of Image Arts
Curation
2023 Places, Observations and Vignettes (POVs), Curated with Robin Riad, the8fest Small Gauge Film Festival, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto
Talks
2025 Artist Book Presentation, Arcadia Art Gallery, Toronto
2024 Presentation at the Institute for Public Architecture, Block House, Governor’s Island, NYC
Press
2025 One of Toronto’s top indie film venues was facing eviction. Here’s who saved it, The Toronto Star, July 26, 2025
2025 Light Field 2025: APR 11-13, Screen Slate, April 21, 2025
2024 In the shadow of the multiplex, micro-cinemas are booming, The Globe and Mail, August 1, 2024
2024 The Blizzard: An Interview with Rennie Taylor, Tokyo International Short Film Festival, March 30, 2024
Distribution