About / CV
Emily Carriere is an award winning Toronto based artist. Her work explores the notion that the final element completing a work of art is the viewer. Her mixed media artworks feature intricately cut and layered forms, refraining from any direct reference and yet feeling ingrained with familiarity and meaning.The juxtaposition of organic and symmetrical forms manipulated through technology, her own hand and the use of both traditional and commercial materials creates ambiguously enticing forms reminiscent of Rorschach blots. Ultimately the viewers interpretation imbues the work of art with emotion and meaning. Her unique use of material and play with depth draws the viewer in while the abstract nature allows for the viewers boundless interpretation.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 - Constellations, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
2018 - Resonate, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, ON
Exhibitions
2022
Affordable Art Fair (with Spence Gallery), New York, New York, USA
Busan Annual Market of Art (with Spence Gallery), Busan, South Korea
Modern Women, Arta Gallery, Toronto
Affordable Art Fair (with Spence Gallery), Battersea Spring, London, England
2021
Affordable Art Fair (with Spence Gallery), New York Fall, New York, USA
Room 212 Installation, Gladstone House, Toronto
Toronto Online Art Fair, Toronto
2020
Pi ART Squared, Art Alchemy East, Toronto
Festival of Smalls, Art Interiors, Toronto
Affordable Online Art Fair, (with Spence Gallery)
Toronto Online Art Fair, Toronto
New, Elaine Fleck Gallery, Toronto
The Artist Project, Better Living Centre, juried exhibition, Toronto
2019
One Of A Kind Show (Christmas), Enercare Centre, Toronto
Affordable Art Fair (with Spence Gallery), New York Fall, New York, USA
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
Riverdale Artwalk, Jimmy Simpson Park, juried exhibition, Toronto
The Perfect Medium, Art Interiors, Toronto
The Art of Abstraction, Winged Canvas Gallery, Markham
The Brain Project, The Baycrest Foundation, Toronto
Apetites, Arta Gallery, Toronto
The Artist Project, Better Living Centre, juried exhibition, Toronto
2018
One Of A Kind Show (Christmas), Enercare Centre, Toronto
Darcy’s Symposium, Pop Up Gallery, Toronto
Cabbagetown Arts and Craft Fair, Riverdale Park, Toronto
Dynamic Hieroglyphic, Coldstream Fine Art, Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
The Brain Project, The Baycrest Foundation, Toronto
Affordable Art Fair (with Lustre Contemporary), Hampstead, London, England
VAM Exhibition, The Freedom Factory at Brickworks, Toronto
Affordable Art Fair (with Lustre Contemporary), New York, New York, USA
Affordable Art Fair (with Lustre Contemporary), Battersea Spring, London, England
COLOUR: What do you mean by that?, Propeller Gallery, Toronto
The Artist Project, (Untapped Emerging Artist), Better Living Centre, juried exhibition, Toronto
2017
One Of A Kind Show (Christmas), Enercare Centre, Toronto
Mistletoe Magic, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
Altered Reality, The Freedom Factory, Toronto
Who Are You?, Red Head Gallery’s Nuite Blanch exhibition, Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
Summer Emerging Art Exhibition, Gallery 1313,Toronto
Out of the Frame [work], Juried Group Exhibition, Narwhal Contemporary,Toronto
2016
Salon of Inclusiveness III, Black Cat Artspace, Toronto
Awards
2019
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair- Best Use Of New Material Award, Toronto
Riverdale Artwalk - Best Mixed Media Award, Toronto
2018
The Brain Project - Third place - Yonge + St. Clair’s People’s Choice Award, Toronto
VAM Exhibition - winner, The Freedom Factory at Brickworks, Toronto
The Artist Project - UNTAPPED Emerging Artists Competition, Toronto
Publications
2021
The Aurorian (Article), “Constellations spark imagination in Cultural Centre exhibition by Emily Carriere” by Brock Weir
2019
The Artist and The Viewer (Toronto Art Newspaper), Cover and feature, Toronto