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Gillian Frise

Visual Arts · Installations

Gillian Frise is a Canadian painter working with the natural world, dreams, and transformation.

Toronto, ON, CanadaJoined 2026

Bio

Toronto, ON, Canada

Education

1997

M. Ed., Counselling Psychology, , Toronto, ON, Canada

1992

B.A. Honours, Cultural Geography, , Montreal, QC, Canada

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Come Out a Lion, The Drey Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Solo

2023

The Original Mother, She is You, PMC Wychwood Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Solo

2023

This Burning Liquid Being That I Am, The Drey Gallery, Scarborough, ON, Canada, Solo

2022

Woman in the Woods, Show Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Solo

2013

Wake Up You Sleepy Heads, (((Parentheses))) Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada, Solo

2008

New Watercolours, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Solo

2003

New Drawings, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Solo

2002

New Drawings, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Solo

Group Exhibitions

2025

Art Toronto, The Drey Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2025

Gallery B Gallery, Gallery B Gallery, Castine, ME, United States, Group

2024

Art Toronto, The Drey Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2024

Pictorial Coherence, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY, United States, Group

2024

Gallery B Gallery, Gallery B Gallery, Castine, ME, United States, Group

2023

Art Toronto, The Drey Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2019

Never Better, Show Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2013

Misfits, (((Parentheses))) Gallery, Halifax, NS, Canada, Group

2011

TeddyFest, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2009

Let's not pretend it's real, Paul Petro Multiples, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2009

Stuff, books, tins, toys and things, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2007

Group Show, KIAC, Dawson City, YT, Canada, Group

2007

Group Show, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2006

Group Show, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2005

TAFFI, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

2005

Wake me up before September ends, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

1997

Nylons, A Space, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

1996

Mach II, A Space, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

1996

Sparkle Dogs, Free Parking, Toronto, ON, Canada, Group

Awards, Grants & Fellowships

2007

Artist Residency, Klondike Institute of School & Culture (KIAC), Dawson, YT, Canada

Bibliography

2020

Di Rica Cerbarano, Vogue Italia, Vogue Italia

2002

Betty Ann Jordan, Art in July, Toronto Life

2001

Lola Egon Von Bark, Shot Gun Reviews, Shot Gun Reviews

1999

Cameron Baily, Now Magazine, Now Magazine

Nest

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

The falls fill up my head she says.

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

Wear my body like an octopus. Lanky. Pooling.

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

Known to Herself

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

Green Fructose

Single image · 2026 · 2025

She Wolf

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

Sauvage

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

Skeleton Tree

Single image · 2026 · cyanotype on paper

Surrogate

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

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Nest

Single work · 2026 · cyanotype, ink, watercolour on paper

Living on seashells and ocean breeze

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on canvas

Swan Living

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on canvas

Caravan Coat

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

I'll make a fortune you say. The way geese fly in a v.

Single image · 2026 · ink and watercolour on paper

My mother is a woman inside a woman.

Single image · 2025 · ink and watercolour on paper

About

Toronto, ON, Canada

Visual Arts
Installations
Multimedia

Joined April 2026

About

Toronto, ON, Canada

Visual Arts
Installations
Multimedia

Joined April 2026

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Gillian Frise

Visual Arts · Installations

Gillian Frise is a Canadian painter working with the natural world, dreams, and transformation.

Toronto, ON, CanadaJoined 2026