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Visiting Artist Series

Visiting Artist: Jay Isaac

EVENT LOCATION:
Bell Auditorium

EVENT DATE & TIME
October 15, 2025 1:00 pm

Artist Statement

My painting practice consists of series that are individual units within a larger framework of artistic production, with each series differing according to varying intentions and parameters. I make art objects that simultaneously propose and question viability as consumable entities and do so as an acknowledgment of the contradictions and complexity of working within the capitalist system.


Adjacent to my studio practice I have initiated multiple artist run projects that mimic and critique institutional frameworks and operate as proposals for autonomous organization.

About the Artist

Jay Isaac (b. 1975, Saint John, NB) is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Rowley, NB. He studied at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver (1993-1997) and the Cardiff Institute of Art, Cardiff, Wales (1996). His work has been widely exhibited, with notable exhibitions at Galleria d’art moderna di Bologna, Bologna; MOCA Toronto; James Fuentes LLC, NYC; Mercer Union, Toronto; Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna; The Power Plant, Toronto; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB; White Columns, NYC; Cue Art Foundation, NYC; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC; CAG, Vancouver; Night Gallery, LA; Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto/Vancouver; Galleri Benoni, Copenhagen; Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto. Isaac published Hunter and Cook Magazine (2009-2011), ran the @nationalgalleryofcanada Instagram account (2015-2016) and @newbrunswickartistarchive account 2022-present. He was the co-director of Peter Estey Fine Art (2018-2023) and currently runs the project space 13 Cedars. Isaac is represented by Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto.