Larissa’s parents each immigrated to Canada as children, from Nederland and Jamaica (with Igbo ancestry). They met and married in Toronto, then moved to Calgary, where she was born and raised. In 2008, Larissa completed her BFA with a major in glass at the Alberta University of the Arts (formerly ACAD). In 2009, she moved to the coast temporarily to take a job as a glassblower on Granville Island. She has been Assistant Teacher at Red Deer College and Terminal City Glass Co-op. Larissa has exhibited extensively in Alberta and BC, and divides her time between Calgary, AB, and Vancouver, BC.
In 2016, Larissa completed her first public art piece, “Love Your Neighbour, Love Your Ocean,” located at Vancity Branch 11, Vancouver, BC. In 2017, she joined the board of Curiosity Collider as Arts, Culture, + Collections Director. With new insights gained by working collaboratively, Larissa seeks opportunities to serve the artist community. She completed her first curatorial project with the Collider in 2018, called “Interstitial: Science Innovations by Canadian Women.”
In 2018, Larissa decided to expand her artistic focus to include performance, and has been developing new methods of self expression. In 2023 after taking an Arrivals Legacy Project workshop, she began working with Kimmortal on an album of music.
