Eryn O'Neill

Born in Ottawa, Eryn O’Neill holds a BFA from NSCAD University, and an MFA from the University of Waterloo. She competed her MA at Carleton University in Art and Architectural History and Curatorial Studies through ICSLAC.
She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at Carleton University in Cultural Mediations (Visual Culture).

Her paintings study an urban space in transition and the impact that has on pedestrians navigating those spaces. The paintings are the product of months of repetitive outings, in all conditions, to gather enough information, visually and mentally, to create sensory charged paintings suggestive of a figure navigating an urban space under construction. Her recent work studies the affect of Ottawa’s LRT system on pedestrian pathways.

Eryn attended the Vermont Studio Centre in 2016 and the Golden Foundation Artist in Residence in March 2019.

Eryn maintains a studio space at the Rectory Art House in the Byward Market.
Her work is represented at Wall Space Gallery in Ottawa and the Ottawa Art Gallery.
Website: https://www.eofineart.com/

Her other passion is long distance running. She has completed two full marathons, and training for a third.

Areas of Academic Interest:

Painting, Curatorial Studies, Architecture, Contemporary Art, Urban planning and Construction, Transportation (in particular Ottawa’s Light Rail System), Desire Paths, Public Space, Pedestrian Accessibility and Pedagogy in Studio based Art Practices.

Selected Conference Presentations:

Ottawa Art Gallery, Guest Speaker Series: A Family Palette: Tableaux de famille: Frances-Anne Johnston, Franz Johnston, Franklin Arbuckle, February 5th, 2023.

Policy Ignite “The Future of Transportation” Ottawa, ON, August 5th, 2021.

Art East Ottawa Speaker Series, Ottawa, ON, March 25th, 2021.

Selected Exhibitions:

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

Construction Season Wall Space Gallery, Ottawa, ON. June 15-29th, 2024.

Stage 2: The Construction of Ottawa’s Light Rail, 347 Preston Square, Ottawa ON., June 23-September 22, 2023.

Wallspace Gallery Travelling Vicariously: The High Line, March 5-26, 2022.

Wallspace Gallery, Ottawa Underground, Ottawa, ON, June 18-July 11, 2020.

Rotunda Gallery, Desire Paths, City of Kitchener September 2019.
MFA Thesis Show, Restrictions of Routine, University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG), April 12-April 28th, 2018.

Undergraduate Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, NSCAD University, Alternate Perspectives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, January 28th to February 2nd 2008.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Interconnected, Ottawa Art Gallery Annexe, January 3-April 13, 2023.

The Artist Project, Toronto Ontario Canada, February 20-23rd 2011, 2015, 2020 (Juried Show).

Sam & Adele Gallery, Golden Artist Colours, Made in Paint New Berlin, NY, April 4-July 2020.

Orillia Museum of Art & History, Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, September 29th – November 26 2018 (Juried).

Plus Art Fair, The Cotton Factory, Hamilton, ON. May 18th – May 21st, 2017.

Fresh Paint / New Construction 2017 – 13th Edition Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, 2017.

Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, NSCAD University, Graduation Exhibition Group Show, Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 21st to April 27 2008.

TA Assignments/ Courses Taught:

Introduction to Studio Painting (Instructor): Ottawa School of Art: 2020-2024

ARTH1200A: History and Theory of Architecture: Fall 2024

Media Coverage:

Ottawa Citizen, Artist Eryn O’Neill is finding inspiration in LRT construction sites, Blair Crawford, May 11th 2023.
Ottawa Business Journal, Eryn O’Neill paints everyday construction scenes with fine art touch, Caroline Phillips, October 14th, 2021.
Kitchissipi Times, Ottawa Underground, by Hollie Grace James, Ottawa, August 5, 2020.