Jillian McDonald is a Canadian artist living in New York. In her work she explores horror film, landscapes, and imagined relationships with celebrities. Solo shows and projects include the Esker Foundation in Calgary, Lilith Performance Studio in Sweden, Air Circulation in New York, Centre Clark in Montréal, and Hallwalls in Buffalo. Her work was featured in group exhibitions at The Edith Russ Haus for Media Art in Germany, The International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Venezuela, The Sundance Film Festival in Utah, La Biennale de Montréal, and The New Media Gallery in British Columbia. Her works were reviewed in The New York Times, Border Crossings, and Canadian Art, and documented in a CBC radio documentary on IDEAS. Critical discussion appears in books like “The Transatlantic Zombie” by Sarah Juliet Lauro, “Deconstructing Brad Pitt”, edited by Christopher Schaberg, and “Stalking” by Bran Nicol. McDonald received grants and commissions from The New York Foundation for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and The Canada Council for the Arts and attended artist residencies at Glenfiddich in Scotland, Headlands in California, Lilith Performance Studio in Sweden, The Arctic Circle Residency in Svalbard, and The Banff Center for Arts and Creativity in Canada.

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