Dana Edmonds | Montreal, Quebec

Dana Edmonds has a multidisciplinary practice that is balanced between painting and graphic + web design. Born in Montreal, where she currently lives and works, Dana received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax (1990). She has also studied Graphic Design at Dawson College and Art Education at McGill University.  Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the US, including One Earth, One Chance at the Rebecca Gallery, Toronto (2016), Show Your World at Gallery MC New York, New York (2016), the Ontario Society of Artists Exhibition at Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto (2016) and I am NSCAD at the Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax (2015). She is a recent recipient of an award from the Canada Council for the Arts to produce a series of new paintings in 2022.

Six artworks hanging on the wall of Dana's studio at Banff Centre

Photograph by Rita Taylor.

Single artwork featuring the letters 'id' overtop yellow circles on a orange background hanging on the wall of Dana's studio at Banff Centre.

Photograph by Rita Taylor.

Six photorealistic paintings exhibited on the wall of Dana's studio at Banff Centre

Photograph by Rita Taylor.

See more on Dana Edmond's website and Instagram.

Dana Edmonds' residency was generously supported by the Jarislowsky Foundation.