Jasmine Gui is a producer, editor, occasional translator and interdisciplinary artist; her alter ego is poet.
She is the founder of Project 40 Collective, an Asian Arts Collective based in Toronto, and the Managing Editor at LooseLeaf Magazine. She is invested in intersectional community and interdisciplinary creation.

Contact her at jasminventory@gmail.com | You can also find her on Linkedin.

Work History

Founder – Project 40 Collective (2015 – Present)
Managing Editor – LooseLeaf Magazine (2015 – Present)
Assistant Director, Educational Arm – Asymptote Journal (2018 – Present)
Managing Editor, Production – The Offing Magazine (2017 – Present)

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REEL Ideas Producer – REEL Asian Film Festival (2018)
Consultant – Content Writing – AskforTask (2018)
Critical Essayist – Poetry.SG (2018)
Festival Coordinator – Lights Dance Festival (2018)
Festival Coordinator – Regent Park Film Festival (2017)
Transcript Editor – Global Lingo (2017)
Publicist – In Sundry Languages with Toronto Laboratory Theatre (June – July 2017)
Festival Director – VIBE Arts Fest (Jan – May 2017)
Creative Consultant – Sweet Esc Dessert Cafe (April 2016 – September 2017)
SSAT Instructor – Ivy Global (September 2016 – March 2017)
Marketing Coordinator – Attila Glatz Concert Productions (September – December 2016)
Program Intern – The Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Toronto (2015-2016)
Publicity Agent and Blogger – The Puritan (2015)
Copy Editor – The Culture Trip (2015)
Social Media Intern – SKETCH Working Arts (2015)
Communications – Emerging Young Artists (2015)
Marketing Intern – AquaMobile Swim School (2014 – 2015)
Student Blogger – Centre of Teaching Support and Innovation (2013 – 2014)

Translation Projects

To be updated

Facilitation / Residencies

Once Upon Water Artist-in-Residence – Artscape Gibraltar Point (2018)
Writing Facilitator – Medi(t)ations: A writing & zine program, Multi-Faith Centre at UofT (2017)
Writer-in-Residence – The Roundtable Residency (2017)
Zine Writing Facilitator – ZIPE x Toronto Art Book Fair (2017)
Workshop Facilitator – The Diasporasian Writer Talkeratives Series (2016, 2017)
Poetry Workshop Facilitator – Too Close To Home, Writing Group at George Brown College (2016)
Workshop Facilitator – the Re-Imagining Series – Multi-Faith Centre at UofT (2016)
Poetry Reader – Transcendence Magazine (2015)
Random House Tent Volunteer – Word On The Street (2014)
Chairperson – UofT Chinese Christian Fellowship (2012 – 2013)
Chairperson – UofT World Vision Campus (2012 – 2013)

Press

“Meet the Toronto artist creating a safe space for Pan-Asian creatives” with Emerge Magazine (2017)
“Lattes with Ladies: Jasmine Gui” with Hot Pepper Latte

Education

Ryerson University, Continuing Studies: Practical Grammar and Punctuation (2017)
University of Toronto, Master of Art (English/Diaspora and Transnational Studies) (2016)
University of Toronto, honours Bachelor of Art (2014)
University of Toronto, Bachelor of Education (Primary/Junior) (2014)

Panels / Boards

Riverdale Hub Gallery Advisory Committee (2017)
Poetry Judge – MIST Toronto Poetry Competition (2016)

Awards / Grants

Ontario Arts Council, Publishing Grant with Project 40 Collective (2017)
Art Starts Platform A Micro-Grant Recipient with Project 40 Collective (2017)
Art Starts Platform A Micro-Grant Recipient with Project 40 Collective (2016)
Ontario Service Award for work done with World Vision Campus (2014)