Eileen MacArthur completed her MFA in painting at the University of Guelph in 2005 and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2003. Eileen has exhibited her work throughout Canada in Halifax, Calgary and Toronto, as well as internationally in New York  and China. Her work was included in the 2009 Biennial at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery in Ontario. Also in 2009, MacArthur was a finalist and received Special Mention for her work included at the Kingston Prize National Portrait Competition. Eileen has taught painting and drawing at the University of Guelph, the Elora Centre for the Arts and for several years at the Guelph School of Art.

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Education

2005 MFA University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

2003 BFA Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS

Selected Exhibitions

Building a Legacy (2010) MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON

The Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture (2009) Grande Theatre, Kingston, ON. Acadia University Gallery, Wolfville, NS. Waddington's Auction Rooms Toronto, ON. Art Gallery of Calgary, AB

Some Kind of Wonderful (2009 Biennial) Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, ON

Transactions: 11 Canadian Artists (2008) Chongqing Art Museum (Sichuan Fine Arts Institute), China

Unfabulous (2006) The Temporary City Gallery, Guelph, ON

Eileen MacArthur (2005) Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON

Pieces Missing (2005) MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, ON

Melanie Authier/ Martin Golland/ Eileen MacArthur (2004) Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, ON

Compilation II (2004) Durham Art Gallery, Durham, ON

Switch (2004) Centre for the Arts at University of Buffalo, NY

Six from Halifax (2003) Ciparis-Lennox Gallery, Toronto, ON

Paintings (2003) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

Prints II (2002) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

The 24 Hour Drawing Marathon (2001) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

Prints I (2001) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

One of (1999) Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

1996 (1997) Truck Gallery, Calgary, AB

Awards/ Distinctions

2009 Special Mention, Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture

2005 University of Guelph Travel Grant

2005 University of Guelph Access Bursary

2003 Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, Guelph, Ontario

2003 University of Guelph Scholarship

2002 Endowment Fund Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

2002 Margo and Roland Marshall Award for Printmaking, NSCAD

2002 Simon Chang and Phyllis Levine Foundation Scholarship, NSCAD

2001 Centennial Scholarship, NSCAD

Related Professional Experience

2008/09 Studio Instructor - Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON

2007-09 Collections Management Assistant - MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph

2006-09 Studio Instructor - Guelph School of Art, Guelph, ON

2007-09 Installation Assistant - Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON 

2004 Studio Instructor - The University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

2003 Print Collection Curator/Archivist - The University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

Publications/ Presentations

2009 “The Kingston Prize 2009: Canada’s National Portrait Competition.” exhibition catalogue, Kingston Arts Council

2009 Murray White, “Why Kitchener-Waterloo has a biennial, but Toronto does not.” The Toronto Star, August 27, 2009

2009 Robert Reid, “Some Kind of Wonderful”, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, July 23, 2009

2009 “Some Kind of Wonderful.” SNAP Kitchener-Waterloo, Aug 2009

2009 “Some Kind of Wonderful.” exhibition catalogue, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

2008 Sarah Nasby, “Transactions 11.” exhibition catalogue, Chongqing Art Museum

2005 “Pieces Missing.” artist talk, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario

2005 Aidan Ware, “The Fabulous Unfabulous.” exhibition catalogue, Temporary City Gallery, Ontario

2004 “Carousel Magazine” edition #15 (Spring 2004)

2003 “Carousel Magazine” edition #14 (Winter 2003)

Collections

MacDonald Stewart Art Centre

Burgundy Asset Management