Jessica Eaton

Since earning a BFA in Photography from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2006, Montreal-based artist Jessica Eaton has become one of Canada's leading contemporary artists working in the medium of photography. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, and The Photographers' Gallery, London. Eaton has been featured in numerous group exhibitions including "New Positions in American Photography" (2014), Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam; "Phantasmagoria" (2013), Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver; "The Québec Triennial" (2011), Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; and The 2012 Daegu Photography Biennial, South Korea. She has made the long lists of the Sobey Art Award (2016) and the AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize (2013) and was a recipient of the Photography Jury Grand Prize at the International Festival of Fashion and Photography, Hyères, France (2012), and the Magenta Foundation's Bright Spark Award (2011). Her works are represented in institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; and the Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal; as well as the corporate collections of AIMIA; the Bank of Montreal; TD Bank Group; and the Royal Bank of Canada. Eaton is represented by Higher Pictures, New York; M+B, Los Angeles; and Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal.