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McDonald’s deep holes in earth and ice might at first seem like harmless fissures or burrows found in nature, but could alternately be portents of ecological disaster. Removed from their context, they float on white paper like otherworldly passages or tunnels, portals or entryways, escape hatches or traps.
Jillian McDonald is a visual artist in Brooklyn and Troy, NY, and a professor of art at Pace University. Recent exhibitions and screenings were held at Undercurrent, Spectral Lines, and Harvestworks in New York; AxeNéo7 in Québec; aCinema in Milwaukee; Philip Steele Gallery in Denver; and The Esker Foundation in Calgary. A CBC IDEAS documentary profiles her videos, which were also reviewed in The New York Times and Canadian Art. Critical discussion appears in The Transatlantic Zombie by Sarah Lauro and Deconstructing Brad Pitt, edited by Christopher Schaberg. Awards include a video/film fellowship form from NYFA, grants from The Canada Council for the Arts, and residencies at Wave Farm in Acra, NY, The Arctic Circle Art and Science Expedition in Svalbard, The Headlands Center for the Arts in California, Sporobole in Québec, the Glenfiddich Canadian Art Prize in Scotland, and The Banff Center for the Arts in Canada.
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