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Emma Welch
Lives and works in Toronto, CA


Education
2016 BAH in Studio Art, University of Guelph


Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2024, FTC, Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, USA
2023, Eyespots, Hunt Gallery, Toronto, CA
2022, Mane Pattern, Project Underwing, Toronto, CA
2021, Tending..., (with Daniel Griffin Hunt) Spacemaker ll, Toronto, CA


Select Group Exhibitions
2024, Purgatory Afterglow, darkzone, New Jersey, USA (organized by Philip Hinge)
2024, Nocturne, Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, USA
2023, Cruel to be Kind, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, CA (curated by Manel Benchabane, Anaïs Castro, and Alice Riddiardi)
2023, 15 Paintings, Hunt Gallery, Toronto, CA
2022, Tattarrattat, Hunt Gallery, Toronto, CA
2022, Paradeisos, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal, CA
2022, Giving Entry, Namara Projects, Toronto, CA
2021, Brutus Porous, Egret Egress, Toronto, CA
2020, Pits, Seeds, the plumb, Toronto, CA
2018, the ratio of an earthworm, hosted by Patrick Cruz and Larissa Tiggelers, Toronto, CA


Fairs
2024, Art Toronto, presented by Hunt Gallery, Toronto, CA
2023, Art Toronto, presented by Andrew Rafacz, Toronto, CA
2021, Art Toronto Off Site at Erin Stump Projects, presented by Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, CA


Press
2023, Marcin Kędzior, Review, ‘Eyespots’, C Magazine
2021, Lauren Lavery, Review, ‘A Mediated Decay, Brutus Porous at Egret Egress’, Cornelia Magazine
2021, Angel Callander, ‘BLOOMDOOMROOM: Face to Face with the Slow Apocalypse’, Femme Art Review


Publications, Talks & Interviews
2023, Artist Talk, OCAD University
2023, Artist Talk, University of Toronto
2023, SUM #2, Designed and produced by Brennan Kelly, full colour print on newsprint
2022, Opportunity Knocks Panel, Panelist, The Art Gallery of Guelph
2021, Art in the Spotlight: the plumb, Virtual Talk, Art Gallery of Ontario
2020, the plumb: virtual presentation, RBC Emerging Artist Network at The Power Plant


Residencies
2024, Annandale Artist Residency, Annandale, PEI


Grants & Awards
2024, Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2023, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2022, Career Catalyst: Project Grant for New Generation Artists, Ontario Arts Council
2022, Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2022, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2021, Visual Artists Creation Projects Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2020, RBC Emerging Artist Network at The Power Plant


Collections
Equitable Bank Art Collection, Toronto, CA
Royal Bank of Canada, Corporate Art Collection, Toronto, CA
Scotiabank Fine Art Collection, Toronto, CA


Other
2020 - present, co-founder and collective member, the plumb, Toronto, CA


With support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts