Gillian Iles
Since 1997, Gillian has exhibited in public institutions, artist-run centres and commercial galleries in Europe, USA, South America and Canada. Ideas draw from geopolitical events and their relationship to individual experience. She finds commentary within power dynamics, social constructs and systems of belief related to colonial Western culture; particularly their manufactured existence, illusionary value, tenuous persistence and questionable motives. Contradiction, impermanence and precarity are relevant at all stages – within idea, material choices and methods of presentation. Gillian’s practice spans painting, sculpture, constructions, sound & video. Installations merge real and illusionary space into a composite of realities and points of view. Often large-scale, her installations respond to the opportunities of a space and ways to implicate the viewer. She is a founding member of two artist collective galleries in Toronto - Propeller and Loop, and has been with Red Head collective since 2012.
Current Courses
Composition and Colour
Spring 2026
9 Week Class
Discipline: 
Painting, Photography, Drawing, Interdisciplinary, Mixed Media, Collage, Professional Development
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Level: 
Adult: Introduction - Intermediate

Date: 
04/21/2026-06/16/2026
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Time: 
10:00 AM-1:00 PM on Tue

Length: 
9 Week Class
Explorations in Figure Studies
Spring 2026
10 Week Class
Discipline: 
Drawing
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Level: 
Adult: Introduction-Intermediate

Date: 
04/15/2026-06/17/2026
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Time: 
10:00 AM-1:00 PM on Wed

Length: 
10 Week Class
WS Figure Concepts
Spring 2026
5 Day Workshop
Discipline: 
Painting, Photography, Drawing, Interdisciplinary, Mixed Media, Collage, Printmaking, All Media
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Level: 
Adult: Intermediate

Date: 
06/22/2026-06/26/2026
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Time: 
10:00 AM-5:00 PM on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Length: 
5 Day Workshop
The Idea into Artwork
Spring 2026
10 Week Class
Discipline: 
Painting, Photography, Drawing, Interdisciplinary, Mixed Media, Collage, Printmaking, All Media
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Level: 
Adult: Intermediate-Advanced

Date: 
04/14/2026-06/16/2026
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Time: 
2:00 PM-5:00 PM on Tue

Length: 
10 Week Class