Biography

Michelle MacKinnon is an artist and educator currently living and working in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. MacKinnon graduated with an MFA and BFA in Visual Arts from York University and has since taught at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus (currently, Corner Brook, NL), York University (Toronto, ON) and Algoma University (Sault Ste. Marie, ON). She has participated in residencies and exhibitions internationally (Canada, United States and Russia), with an upcoming residency at Casa (Lethbridge, AB) and solo exhibitions at Eastern Edge Artist-Run Centre (St. John’s, NL) and the Grenfell Art Gallery (Corner Brook, NL) in 2020. MacKinnon is currently the visiting artist-in-residence at the Grenfell Art Gallery.

I would like to acknowledge the generous funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, ArtsNL and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.