Laura Findlay Bio
Born in Montreal and raised on Vancouver Island, Laura Findlay received a BFA from Concordia University in 2011 and an MFA from the University of Guelph in 2014. Currently she lives in Toronto, Ontario. Working primarily through gestural representational painting, Laura Findlay is interested in the tension that results from encounters between the natural and the built world. Her recent projects explore gardens as a transitory site to examine the interplay in notions of nature, the environment, and technology. Findlay uses a subtractive painting process to generate an image through removing material and explores how these subjects and actions can be intertwined in paintings that join the process and the idea on the surface of the work.
Her recent exhibitions include Norberg Hall, Calgary; Conditions, Toronto; McBride Contemporain, Montreal; The Plumb, Toronto; Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago; Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, AB; Open Studio, Toronto; Galerie Division, Montreal; and Arsenal Contemporary, Toronto. She has an upcoming solo exhibition at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford in Spring 2026. She has been artist in residence at the Annandale Artist Residency in Prince Edward Island, the Brucebo Foundation in Gotland, Sweden, the Banff Centre, and the Vermont Studio Center.