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.”

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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
Drawing and Painting
Major Completed, 2022
OCAD U - Faculty of Art
Art & Social Change
Minor Completed, 2022

Drawing and Painting Art Activism Curator Oil painting

2022, GradEx Thesis Show
OCAD University
2022, Proud You
Toronto, Ontario
2022, Blue Print for a Collective Home
Great Hall Gallery
2022, Witness Media
Ada Slaight Gallery
2022, Navigating Identity in the Asian Diaspora
Ada Slaight Gallery
Ontario Archives Exhibition
Ada Slaight Gallery
2022, Drawing and Painting Medal
OCAD University
2022, Student Group Leader Award
OCAD University
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