Billie MacFarland is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily in painting, writing, and installation, currently completing their BFA in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University. They are interested the tensions and contradictions inherent in contemporary life. Their work has been featured at Red Head Gallery, OCAD Graduate Gallery and Toronto Artist Project. Billie’s drive to make art comes from their desire to build meaningful connections with others. In the future, they want to keep making art and friends. ☺︎
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Billie MacFarland
billiemacfarland@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Anything Goes (No Outside Food or Drink), Bobbi Gallery, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
2026 Multi Continental Musings: Mexico, Bahamas, Thailand, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
2026 States of Aberration, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
2026 Vicissitudes, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto
2026 Artist Project, Untapped Section, Toronto
2025 Look Inside: OCAD U's Open House, OCAD U, Toronto
2025 Hypothesizing how we see, OCAD University Graduate Gallery, Toronto
2025 Get Home Safe, Remote Gallery, Toronto
2024 Get Noticed, Red Head Gallery, Toronto
2024 Don’t Forget This, She Said Gallery, Toronto
2024 A Summer Exhibition, 1313 Gallery, Toronto
2024 Emerging Summer Exhibition, 1313 Gallery, Toronto
2024 To Perform, We Perform, 113 Research Projects Gallery, Toronto
2024 SCIN Festival, OCAD University, Toronto
2023 Form and Time Online Exhibition, Online
2023 As Is, OCAD University, Toronto
Awards and Grants
2025 Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
2025 Frances Lea Ziegler Memorial Scholarship
2024 Sandy McQueen Memorial Scholarship
2023 Hoda Zarbaf Memorial Scholarship
Residencies
2025 THIRDSPACE: Emerging Artist Summer Intensive Program, OCAD University, Toronto
Community Engagement
2026 Peer Mentor, OCAD University, Toronto
2024-25 From our Point of View: Encounters with Artists, OCAD University, Toronto
Education
OCAD University, BFA in Drawing and Painting (in progress)