Photo: Dwayne Brown Studio, Ottawa ON.
Eryn O'Neill
CONTACT
erynoneill@cmail.carleton.ca
613-914-2974
Eryn O’Neill is an Ottawa-based painter. She holds a BFA from NSCAD University, an MFA from the University of Waterloo, and an MA from Carleton University, where she is currently pursuing a PhD in Cultural Mediations.
Her painting practice examines the relationship between the body, movement, and urban environments in transition. Through repeated walking and observation, she gathers sensory impressions of overlooked infrastructures, detours, construction zones, overpasses, and urban detritus, which are translated into layered, large-scale paintings. These works reflect cycles of disruption and renewal, emphasizing slowness and embodied attention within rapidly changing cities.
O’Neill has attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Centre and the Golden Foundation Artist in Residence. She is a multiple Ontario Arts Council grant recipient and a two-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Award. Her work is held in the collections of the City of Ottawa and Global Affairs Canada. Her studio is located in Ottawa’s ByWard Market at The Rectory Art House.