Artist Biography:
Jill Letten is an artist from Hamilton, Ontario, accredited with a BFA from McMaster University’s Studio Arts program. She is a contemporary realist painter creating acrylic paintings that visualize realistic, and sometimes surrealistic, environments. The word ‘anemoia’ has become a term of interest, defined as “a nostalgic sense of longing for a past you yourself have never lived.” Pulling from mid-century aesthetics and imagery for visual inspiration, Jill is interested in examining the visuals of social euphoria and rose-tinted idealism. The process of layering visuals that call on the past to be viewed in a modern context is something that she is creatively intrigued by. Inviting viewers to examine beneath the fragments of what is visible to connect and relate to past lives through a relatable or critical lens.
Jill’s work has been shown at galleries such as the Hamilton Artist Inc., Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Paul Elia Gallery, You Me Gallery, Blue Crow Gallery, Cedar Ridge Gallery, Art Gallery of Peterborough and The Art Gallery of Hamilton. She recently completed an Artist Residency with the Art of Creation, a partnership between the Art Gallery of Hamilton and McMaster University, and is a 2023 Emerging Artist in Residence at Centre[4]Arts.
Find more of her work online at jillletten.square.site.