b. 1991, Toronto, Canada

email: hello@audreyeassad.com

EDUCATION

2017-2021 Bachelor’s of Craft & Design (Furniture), Sheridan

College

2009-2013 Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Honours (Painting & Drawing),

Queen’s University

AWARDS

2018, 2020, 2021 Stephen Harris Award, Sheridan College

2009-2013 The University of Toronto Dependent Academic

Scholarship, University of Toronto

SKILLS & TOOLS

Woodworking

3-axis CNC operation

Solidworks

AutoDesk: Fusion 360, AutoCAD, Slicer

Adobe: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop

SketchUp

EXPERIENCE

Current Creative Director, Concord Lighting, Toronto

2021-2022 Designer, Studio Meg Cassidy, Toronto

2021 Project Designer, RFP Design Group, Mississauga

2019-2021 CNC Monitor, Sheridan College, Oakville

2019 Designer/Fabricator, CoDesign, Toronto

•Collaborated with community members to design furniture for the North York Women’s Shelter

2018 Design Assistant, RAW Design, Toronto

2015-2017 Display Coordinator, Anthropologie, Toronto

2014 Shop Apprentice, MCM 2001 Inc. Toronto

INTERNSHIPS

2013 Internship with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice,

Italy

PUBLIC INSTALLATION AND DISPLAY

2019 Winter Stations, Toronto

2018-2022 Ongoing Window Display, House of

Anansi Press and Groundwood Books, Toronto

Summer 2018 Bubble Lounge, RAW Design, Toronto

2017 Apple Tree, Cutler and Gross, Toronto

2015-2017 Rotating Window and Interior Art Installations,

Anthropologie, Toronto

GROUP PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS

January 2020 In Formal, 1 Strange St, Toronto

WEB FEATURES

March 2020 featured member with The Furniture Society