EMILY MACLENNAN
emilymaclennanart@gmail.com
www.emilymaclennanart.com
@emilymaclennanart
What interests me are the smaller, everyday things that constitute a neighbourhood. The level of detail that I execute in my paintings requires time and stamina; once the painting is complete the subject has become ingrained in my memory, and my relationship with it has been altered in a positive way — gradually, the ordinary becomes important.
Originally from Nova Scotia and a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Emily moved to Toronto in 2006, settling in the neighbourhood of Little Portugal. She has been painting full-time since 2020. Emily’s work is held in private collections in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, and in the City of Toronto’s permanent collection as the recipient of the Mayor’s Purchase Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair.
Worth Gallery, Indoor/Outdoor, group show, January 2024, worthgallery.ca
The West End Phoenix Space, Some Signs, group show, Dec 2023
Recipient of the 2023 TOAF62 Worth Gallery Award, @torontooutdoorart
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair exhibitor, 2023, toaf.ca/gallery/emily-maclennan
The Artist Project 2023, with Akin Collective, theartistproject.com
Ninth Editions, featured artist, 2023–ongoing, nintheditions.com
Akin Studio Program 2023 at The Auto Building, www.akincollective.com
Market Gallery, 60 Works/60 Years, group show, 2023 60works60years-market-gallery
Recipient of the 2022 TOAF61 Mayor’s Purchase Award, torontooutdoor.art/awards
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair exhibitor, 2022, torontooutdoor.art/artists/gallery
Northern Contemporary Gallery, Nightmare on Roncesvalles, group show, 2022
Color and Form Society Annual Juried Exhibition 2022, www.colourandformsociety.org
Create Magazine, featured artist, Art Daily Blog, March 2022, www.createmagazine.com
Visual Arts Mississauga 43rd Annual Juried Show, 2021, www.vamjuriedshow.com
The Gladstone Hotel, exhibitor, 2021-25, www.gladstonehouse.ca/artists
The Gathered Gallery, featured artist, Fall 2020, www.thegatheredgallery.com
Steps Public Art / The PATCH Project, rostered artist, 2020-24, www.stepspublicart.org
Black Cat Gallery, Salon of Inclusiveness group show, January 2020
Bachelor of Design, (Honours) Major in Communication Design:
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Recipient of NSCAD Centennial Scholarship