ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sue Mackay is a Canadian abstract artist, living and working in Toronto, Ontario. She is currently completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ontario College of Art and Design University. Sue is a process driven painter, and is playing with the layering colour and texture to evoke a sense of feeling and emotion. Her compositions feel both expansive and intimate, where the tension between what is revealed and what is hidden invites the viewer to linger and explore.

Sue is a member of the Board of Directors at the Artists’ Network in Toronto. She is a member of the Partial Gallery in Toronto, and shows her work in art fairs across Ontario. Her work can be found in private collections throughout Canada and the United States. When not painting, Sue sits on the marketing advisory boards for two charitable organisations, Campfire Circle, and MooreKids Canada. She is also a past Mentor/Faculty at the Emergence Lab at the Banff Media Centre. 

ARTIST C.V.

  • 2025 Ontario College of Art & Design (OCADU) - Current

    1996 Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) Florence Program

    1987 Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours), Wilfrid Laurier University

  • Artists’ Network, Board of Director (Current)

    2016 Emergence Lab, Banff Media Centre, Mentor/Faculty (Banff)

  • 2025 RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers Career Launcher Program, Partial Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

    2025 Springboard, OCADU, Toronto

    2024 Big Holiday Smalls Show, Leslie Grove Gallery, Group Exhibition, Toronto

    2024 For Art's Sake, Leslie Grove Gallery, Group Exhibition. Toronto, Ontario

    2024 Riverdale Art Walk, Artists’ Network Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario

    2024 Sweetly Affordable Art Fair, Ottawa, Ontario

    2023 Art at Don Mills, Artists’ Network,Toronto, Ontario

    2023 Summer Smalls Festival, Leslie Grove Gallery, Group Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario

    2023 Riverdale Art Walk, Artists’ Network, Toronto, Ontario

    2022 Life Doesn”t Stand Still, Leslie Grove Gallery, Group Exhibition,

    Toronto, Ontario

    2001 Personal Space, Solo Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario

    2000 Studio 96, Solo Exhibition, Toronto Ontario

    1998 Gallery Show, OCAD, Toronto, Ontario