Alumni Success Stories

Patricia Huijnen (MAA '12) and Andres Wanner (MAA '13) present at the xCoAx conference on Computation Communication Aesthetics and X in Porto, Portugal.

Andres Wanner is presenting his works The Mixer, The Opener, and The Ventilator from the Machinic Trajectories series and a paper, Mechanical Drawing Machines and the Glitch — Visualizing Technology Through Its Failures.

Patricia Huijnen is presenting peristaltic tubes, a work that builds on her graduate work at Emily Carr,  and a paper in collaboration with Andres Wanner, Simulation of Patterns on Circular Knitted Tubes.

As part of the Gershon Iskowitz Prize, Geoffrey Farmer ('92) will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), July 5 - September 7, 2014.

Challenging traditional conventions in painting has established Colleen Heslin as an emerging leader in contemporary Canadian art. Known for her innovative textile-based methods, Heslin develops textures with ink and dye on second-hand fabrics, which upon inspection reveal themselves as collage-based, process-formed trompe l’oeil.

A 2003 graduate of Emily Carr, Heslin won the 2013 RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

Colleen Heslin: Outcasts and Shady Trees
At Monte Clark Gallery through July 5

Jason DaSilva's bio-pic, When I Walk,  makes its PBS premiere tonight, June 23!

The 2014 Biennale de Montréal will feature 50 artists and collectives from 22 countries including alumni Raymond Boisjoly ('06), Babak Golkar ('03), and Kevin Schmidt ('97).

Alum Tiziana La Melia ('08), Gavin Lynch ('09), and Laura Piasta ('06)  have been selected as finalists for the prestigious RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian Painting Competition, with the support of the Canadian Art Foundation, is a unique initiative to help nurture and support promising new artists in the early stages of their careers; a time when they need both recognition and financial support.

The competition will award a total of $55,000 in prize money with the winner receiving $25,000, and the two honourable mentions receiving $15,000 each. Works by both the winners and runners-up will be added to RBC’s permanent collection.

Shaira (SD) Holman ('92) is the recipient of a 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for her work as Co-founder/Artistic Director of Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival. 

The festival, now one of the fastest growing cultural festivals in Canada, was started by Holman seven years ago. She initally started Pride in Art (the name of the initial exhibition) because she felt there was nowhere else at the time for her to pursue art on identity.

Emily Car University is proud to announce that Nadia Myre has been named to the Sobey Shortlist. A multi-disciplinary artist of Algonquin heritage, Nadia graduated from the University in 1997; she received her  MFA from Concordia in 2002.

Shinsuke Minegishi ('98) exhibits his printwork Resurrection at Striped House Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, from June 18 to 29, 2014. An opening reception will take place on June 20 at 5pm. Shinsuke's mother, Ryoko Minegishi, will hold a poem reading performance in the gallery on June 21 and 28, 2014, at 6:30pm.

David Lin's ('13) public installations, Cicadas are now on display at the Xinying Cultural Centre in the southern city of Tainan, Taiwan.