b. 1992, Toronto, Canada
Living and working in Toronto
emily.chudnovsky@gmail.com
Living and working in Toronto
emily.chudnovsky@gmail.com
My practice consists of collecting organic remnants and synthetic decay in order to draw out new iterations, connections and regenerations through sculpture-based installations. My carefully considered use of discarded materials in my immediate environment calls into question our human-made demarcations of nature and waste. My site-specific research has taken place in Scotland, California, Yukon and Ontario.
Education
2017–2019 / Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2010–2014 / Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Studies and Gender Studies from University of King’s College, Halifax
Solo Exhibitions
2024 (forthcoming) / Unwoven Strands, Hart House, the University of Toronto, Toronto
2023 Tangle, a public floating installation, Peter Street Basin Park, organized by PortsToronto and the University of Toronto Trash Team, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 / Kicking Plastic’s Butt! In collaboration with University of Toronto Trash Team, Ripley’s Aquarium, Toronto
2022 / Kicking Plastic’s Butt! In collaboration with University of Toronto Trash Team, The Patagonia Window Gallery, Toronto
2021 / Jimmy’s Place Artist Collective (founding member), Yukon Riverside Arts Festival, Dawson City
2020 / Biomass, Virtual Exhibition, organized by Liljana Mead-Martin
2020 / Leftover, Yukon Riverside Arts Festival, KIAC, Dawson City
2019 / Consider Looking as an Exercise in Survival, Last Friday, organized by Cara Bonewitz, Ojai
2019 / Under the Wire, Upside Studios, organized by Abby Hutchison, Victoria
2019 / MFA Degree Show, The Glue Factory, Glasgow
2018 / SOVA So Far, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse
2018 / Skip Ad; Play, Savoy Centre, organized by Aleya Dwivedi & Laetitia Engelbrecht-Schnuer, Glasgow
2018 / Last Futures, Tramway, Glasgow
2018 / Interim Show, The Reid Gallery, Glasgow
2016 / Life-Span of Improbable Loves, Confluence Gallery, Dawson City
2016 / North South, (S)hiver Arts Festival, Dawson City
2015 / Interim Exhibition, Confluence Gallery Dawson City
2014 / Installation, Yukon Riverside Arts Festival Dawson City
2013 / My Feminism, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
Residencies
2021–Present / Rochman Lab Residency, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2020 / Macaulay House Residency, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City
2019 / Forres Micro-residency, The Innovation School, Glasgow School of Art, Forres
Featured Publications
2020 / The Long Walk Collective, Nettle Round featured in Plant Encounters, published by The Long Walk Collective, Dawson City
2020 / The Dawson Daily News Print & Publishing Symposium, The Sun Foldout organized by Amy Ball, featuring short story Before Bet Chaim, Dawson City
2019 / CCA Glasgow Zine Publication, Ein Sof: Unending featured in Chains published by Julia Gerke and Julia Carolin Kothe, Glasgow & Mainz
2019 / The Glasgow School of Art, MFA Dissertation, Yiddishkeit, Glasgow
2017 / Bonanza Jellybean’s DIY artspace, selected artists for Broken Pencil Magazine, Toronto
2017 / National: Canada 150, The Globe and Mail, Feature by Jeanne Beker on DIY artspace, Toronto
2017 / Globe Advisor Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Feature by Jeanne Beker on DIY artspace, Toronto, Toronto
2014 / The University of King’s College, Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Alter Affect: Seeing, Reading, and Experiencing Affect with Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Kent Monkman’s Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Halifax
Conferences and Invited Talks
2023 / Thistle Town School, Grade 11/12 Art Specialization, Artist Talk, Toronto District School Board, Toronto
2023 / Panelist, Harmonizing Environmentalism and Art (Artists & Climate Crisis), Hart House Art Committee, Toronto
2022 / 7th International Marine Debris Conference, Busan
2019 / Design Innovation artist talk, Glasgow School of Art Highlands and Islands, Forres
2015 / 4-Dimensional Art guest lecturer, Yukon School of Visual Arts, Dawson City
2014 / CTMP 2115, Undergraduate Thesis Presentation, University of Kings College, Halifax
2011 / Toronto Student Orientation, University of King’s College, Toronto
Awards, Scholarships & Grants
2023 / Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Creation Projects, Toronto
2022 / The Canada Council, Concept to Realization Grant, Toronto
2020 / Community Grant for Jimmy’s Place Artist Collective, Dawson City
2020 / On Yukon Time Grant for Jimmy’s Place Artist Collective, Dawson City
2020 / Arts Fund for Jimmy’s Place Artist Collective, Dawson City
2019 / The Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust Scholarship Recipient, Glasgow
2017 / Yukon Foundation Scholarship Recipient, Glasgow
2013 / Norma Berti Scholarship Recipient, Steelworkers Union, Toronto
2012 / President’s List,University of Kings College, Halifax