Multidisciplinary Artist
Mallory Donen is a multidisciplinary artist residing in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil Waututh First Nations. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of the Fraser Valley, and a Master of Fine Arts from University of Manitoba. Donen’s art explores the intersection of digital art and embroidery, through processes rooted in traditional craft passed down from generations of women in her family. By using the distinct grid format of cross-stitching she creates connections between threads and pixels.
She was a 2021 recipient of a Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant for her project Invisible Labour: Cross-Stitching, Feminism, & the Collective Strength of Women, and a 2022 grant recipient for her cross-stitch portrait series Becoming a Pixel. Over the past year, Donen has exhibited three back-to-back solo shows in Sechelt, BC, Mount Pleasant, MI, and Fort Wayne, IN. She works from her art studio at City Centre Artist Lodge (a former motel), the central hub for Vancouver Mural Festival.
