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Jill Letten

Artist member since 2022
Hamilton, Ontario

Jill Letten (@j.letten_art) is an artist based in Hamilton, Ontario, accredited with a BFA from McMaster University in 2021. Jill creates acrylic paintings that visualize realistic, and sometimes surrealistic, environments. Digital photograph archives have always been a source of fascination, and over the years she has garnered a sizeable curated folder of images from global library archives. Pulling from the aesthetic of 1950s ads for visual inspiration, Jill is interested in examining the visuals of rose-tinted idealism and social euphoria from a time when ephemeral “perfectionism” was used to mask the harsh realities of life. For Jill, idealist escapism has felt familiar to aspects of contemporary life, with brands, social culture, and entertainment media leaning into digital escapism and romanticizing daily life to cope. Jill’s passion for painting life has extended to pet portraiture, finding fulfillment in memorializing the lives of animal companions under the name Living Art Pets (@Livingartpets).

Work

2021
Yellow Ball
  • Jill Letten
  • 10" x 10"
  • $460 buy
#acrylic #archives #vintage #realism #painting
2023
Pursuit of Wholeness
  • Jill Letten
  • 24" x 20"
  • $1250 buy
#contemporary #acrylic #colour #layered #painting
Light Screen
  • Jill Letten
  • 24" x 24"
#layered #acrylic #cars #street #painting
2022
Bum a Light
  • Jill Letten
  • 7" x 5"
  • $150 buy
#painting #smoke #realism #black and white #acrylic
Suitcase Commuter
  • Jill Letten
  • 8" x 8"
  • $360 buy
#acrylic #painting #pink #man #suitcase
Artificial Convenience
  • Jill Letten
  • 15" x 15"
  • $810 buy
#colour #convenience #food #shelf #convenience store
Harvesting the Sky
  • Jill Letten
  • 18" x 24"
  • $1100 buy
#vintage #blue #harvest #harvesting #sky
Idle Rose
  • Jill Letten
  • 10" x 13"
  • $620 buy
#realism #soft #acrylic #romantic #painting
Pink Satin
  • Jill Letten
  • 10" x 14"
  • $630 buy
#acrylic #realism #lady #arch #satin
Balanced
  • Jill Letten
  • 10" x 10"
  • Sold
#archive #vintage #pipe #portrait #realism
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Pink Satin
Jill Letten
Upcoming Exhibitions
2024-01-12

Centre[3]
Hanging by a Golden Thread Solo Exhibition

2024-01-12

YouMe Gallery
OMG

2023-11-23

Art Gallery of Peterborough
Seams and Strata

2023-03-02

McMaster Innovation Park
Art in the Workplace Exhibit 37

2023-09-14

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
Art of Creation

Select Past Exhibitions
2023

Blue Crow Gallery, Toronto
7th Annual Summer Group Show

2023

Remote Gallery, Toronto
Food for Art

2023

Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
All the Small Things

2023

Northern District Library, Toronto
A Dip Into the Archives

2023

Glenhyrst Gallery, Brantford
Glenhyrst Biennial Juried Exhibition

2023

Cedar Ridge Gallery, Toronto
2023

Paul Elia Gallery, Hamilton
Golden Hour

2022

You Me Gallery
OMG

DVSA, Dundas
Little Black Frame

2022

918 Bathurst Art Centre, Toronto
TwentyTwenty Arts Life on the Line

2022

Haus-A-Rest, UK
The Conscious Environment

2022

You Me Gallery, Hamilton
Supercrawl

2022

Relay: King William, Hamilton
A Dip into the Archives

2021

Quest Art Gallery, Midland
Quest for the Environment Online Exhibition

2021

Hamilton Artist Inc, Hamilton
Ignition 9

2021

McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
Quixotic

2020

McMaster University
Graham Todd Memorial Scholarship Exhibition

Accolades
2021

McMaster Museum of Art
People’s Choice Award, SUMMA Exhibition

2017

McMaster University
Graham Todd Memorial Entrance Scholarship

Press
2023

Chaotic Merge Magazine
Issue 6

2023

Daily News
Mac grads headline new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton

2023

CHCH News
‘Art meets science’ as McMaster collaborates with local artists in new exhibit

2023

A.R.T. Magazine Issue 5, Winter 2023
Artists Responding To ...

2023

BlogTO
Jill Letten: Watching the World Burn

2023

She Does the City.
Toronto Best Bets: January 23-29

2022

The Art Gallery of Hamilton
The Art of Creation: Teaching Science Through Art

2022

Haus-A-Rest
Issue 29 - Conscious Environment

2021

Slow Art Day
A “Light Bulb” Moment at McMaster Museum of Art

2021

Hamilton Spectator
Who are this year’s Ignition Award recipients?

2021

Incite Magazine
Volume XXIII:I Still

2019

SOTA
Liam the Library Dog Portrait by Jillian Letten

Residencies
2023

Centre[3]
Emerging Artist Residency

2022

Art Gallery of Hamilton & Sloboda Lab, Hamilton
Art of Creation

Education
2021

McMaster University
BFA

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