CELESTE EMMETT
EMERGING ARTIST AND CURATOR
Born: Toronto — Work: Brooklyn — Educated: London, Paris, New York, and at the University of Toronto, St. George, Victoria College — B.A. Specialist in Philosophy
EXPERIENCE
Photographer
— published in The Varsity, University of Toronto (2016-present)
— published in the Brooklyn Eagle and theToronto Sun (2009)
Video/Photography/Artist Assistant
— Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto (2009-19)
— Immigrant Heritage Week, A.I.R. Gallery, New York (2007-13)
— “Splash!” Exhibition, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto (2012)
Drawings Exhibited
— A.I.R. Gallery Benefit, West Village, New York (2019)
— Artists Talk on Art Benefit, Salmagundi Club, New York (2019)
— Open Studio Weekend, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto (2012)
— A.I.R. DUMBO Benefit “Wish You Were Here,” New York (2010-18)
— A.I.R. Chelsea Benefit “Wish You Were Here,” New York (2008-09)
Paintings Exhibited
— A.I.R. Chelsea Benefit “Wish You Were Here,” New York (2007)
Board Member Planning Arts Funds
— Hart House, University of Toronto (2013-18)
— P.O.I.N.T. People and Organizations in North Toronto (2013-15)
Youth Representative
— P.O.I.N.T. People and Organizations in North Toronto (2011-12)
— Arts Outreach Advisory Council, Art Gallery of Ontario (2009-13)
Arts Exhibition Volunteer
— T.A.P. The Artist Project International Art Fair, Toronto (2013)
— T.I.F.F. International Film Festival Volunteer, Toronto (2013)
Teacher Sunday School
— Junior Kindergarten, Brooklyn Heights (2019)
— Assist/Sub for Art, J/S Kindergarten, Gr 2, Holy Blossom (2010-18)
AWARDS:
• Ideas For The World Certificate, Victoria, University of Toronto (2018)
• Student Life Recognition Certificate, University of Toronto (2018)
• Frederick Mulholland Bursary, Victoria, University of Toronto (2016)
• Canadian Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Award (2013)
• Mike Colle Award, 1000+ hours community service (2013)
• Ontario Scholar Award (2013)
• Leadership/Teaching Awards, Holy Blossom (2011)
My recent work:
I am interested in the constructs surrounding us — rooms, buildings, cities, and the structure of nature too — empty and beautiful.
Now I am collaborating on an installation about words, because words too are constructs surrounding us — letters, words, phrases, and the seeming cacophony too — is true and beautiful.
First there was Chaos. And then there was The Word.
Words misunderstood toppled the tower of Babylon.
What is said can be ugly, yet the truth has meaning. And, therefore, is beautiful. Art brings understanding. Word.
