Maura Doyle

Maura Doyle (b.1973) is a contemporary Canadian female artist known for her multidisciplinary approach, incorporating ceramics, sculpture, drawing, printed-matter, video, and experimental writing into her over two decades-long artistic practice. Her work frequently employs humour and wit while also drawing attention to the unpolished and easily overlooked facets of everyday life, as well as themes of time, nature, and the human condition. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and an MFA from the University of Guelph. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at Central Art Garage (Ottawa, 2023), Pale Fire Projects (Vancouver, 2023), Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver, 2020), Open Studio (Toronto, 2019), Angus-Hughes Gallery (London UK, 2018), Carleton University Art Gallery (Ottawa, 2016), Dalhousie University Art Gallery (Halifax, 2015), YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Toronto, 2015), Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (Toronto, 2011), Paul Petro Contemporary Art (Toronto, 2009, 2012), Remo (Osaka, 2006), Power Plant (Toronto, 2005), White Columns (New York, 2004), and Art Metropole (Toronto, 2003). Doyle’s work is held in the collections of the City of Toronto, City of Vancouver, City of Ottawa, Fidelity Investments, TD Bank Group, RBC, Ottawa Art Gallery, and Global Affairs Canada. She has been awarded numerous grants, including from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and is the recipient of the 2017 K.M. Hunter Award for Visual Art. She lives and works in Ottawa / Algonquin Anishinaabeg Aki.