Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Meet the Artist
Emerald
Repard-Denniston
Drawing and Painting
“I question; am I an unreliable narrator or an invalidated one? My work welcomes the viewer into my escapist, coming-of-age recollection. Ruminating on gender biases, identity crises, imposter syndromes, and social statuses, the figure becomes a cynical and satirical mockery. The body plays with perception, aware of the gaze, voyeuristic fantasies and challenging the Asian monolith. A series of fortunate events presents in fleeting playfulness but soon stumbles into pessimism. My paintings critique the socio-political context of the western world to understand the subliminal-unconscious effects on the Asian femme.”
Emerald Repard-Denniston is a queer Chinese-Canadian contemporary artist. She is committed to anticolonial, anti-capitalist politics and activist work. Based in Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam/Vancouver, and Tkaronto/Toronto, her practice focuses on the diasporic-Canadian experience through drawing, painting, and digital media. She is an emerging artist acquiring a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Drawing and Painting Program from OCAD University and a Minor in Art and Social Change.
OCAD U - Faculty of Art
Art & Social Change
Minor Completed, 2022
Drawing and Painting Art Activism Curator Oil painting