About The Artist

Amy Shackleton paints representational works with a drip technique normally reserved for abstraction. She applies the paint with squeeze bottles and rotates her canvas to guide each drip as it falls down the stretched surface. Thorough planning, measuring and layering is involved, but she’s at the mercy of gravity.

The natural force of gravity allows for a refreshing unpredictability that helps illustrate the organic elements in her work. To combat the natural, she uses a rotating easel and a level–creating straight lines, controlled curves, and eventually, concrete buildings.

At only 25, Toronto based artist Amy Shackleton has exhibited paintings in New York, London, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. Shackleton’s work was recently selected for purchase by the Colart Collection in Montreal. She was a finalist in the 2010 Signature Art Awards at Degree Art Gallery in London and nominated for the 2010 and 2011 Palm Art Awards in Germany. Recently, a time-lapse video revealing her unique process went viral–reaching over 900, 000 people. She has since appeared on the Huffington Post, New York Magazine, CBC, CBS, Gizmodo, My Modern Met and Oddity Central. Articles about her exhibitions have been published in the Calgary Sun (Alberta), Le Devoir and La Presse (Quebec) and an exclusive interview with the artist can be found on the Daily BR!NK website. Shackleton received her BFA Honours Degree from York University in 2008. She now paints full time from her new studio space in Toronto.  View Full CV / Artist Statement

Gallery Representation:
TORONTO, Canada:  The Elaine Fleck Gallery
CALGARY, Canada:  The Gerry Thomas Gallery
LONDON, England:  Degree Art Gallery

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