Lacey Jane Wilburn, Watchdogs, oil on canvas, 2022.

Join our current artist in residence, Lacey Jane Wilburn, in the studio for an informal in-person chat about the work she has undertaken during her time at Griffin! Masks recommended.

Lacey Jane Wilburn is a contemporary painter most notable for her cinematic renderings of domestic space that undulate between gesture and realism on canvas. Originally from Treaty 6 territory of Edmonton, AB, Wilburn studied Fine Art at the University of Grant MacEwan in Edmonton in 2009, received her BFA between Concordia University in Montreal and the l’Ecole d'Enseignement Supérieur d'art de Bordeaux, France in 2016, and obtained her MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2022. Now based in the Coast Salish territories of the Pacific coast, Wilburn gratefully dedicates her time to painting, teaching and scuba diving.