Clients

CBC Radio, The Walrus, CBC Arts, Reader’s Digest Canada, The Atlantic, West End Phoenix, Second Story Press, The Feathertale Review, Green America, The Strand, Herizons, THIS Magazine, Longreads, In These Times, Shameless Magazine, GUTS Magazine, Briarpatch Magazine, Stoic Beauty Skincare, Mixed Company Theatre, Clay and Paper Theatre.

Residency

2023, Akin Studio Program @ Auto BLDG, Toronto, Canada.
2017, AIR 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

Grants

2024, Visual Arts: Creation, Toronto Arts Council

Murals & Public art

Window Wonderland, Riverside BIA, Toronto, 2021, 2023, 2024.
Park Mural, Riverside BIA, 2024.
Planter Murals, Cabbagetown BIA, 2024.
SWMS Garbage & Recycling Bins Program, Street Art Toronto, 2024.
Cycle Track Mural Project, Street Art Toronto, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024.
Youth Mural Camp, Lead Artist, TNG, 2023, 2024.
Palate to Palette, Regal Heights Village BIA, 2024.
Window Wonderland, Articulations & Junction BIA, 2022, 2023.
KJ Bit Laneway Jam, 2018, 2019, 2023.
Bellbox Murals, 2019, 2021, 2023.
Live Painting at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, Canada, 2023.
The Comeback & Arts Etobicoke, Winter Windows, 2023.
BMO National Mural Series, STEPS Initiative, Vaughan, 2022.
Outside the Box, Street Art Toronto, 2018, 2021, 2022.
Memorial Mural, St Stephens Community House, 2021.
Portals, Downtown Yonge BIA, 2021.
Michael Lin's Archipelago, MOCA, 2020.
Neighbourhood Love, Bellbox, Etobicoke, 2020.
Main Street Challenge, Steps Initiative, Port Credit, 2020.
PATCH Hoarding Exhibit, Steps Initiative, 2019.
Women Paint, 2018, 2019.
Live Painting at Layers of Rush Lane, The Laneway Project, 2017.
Private Mural Commissions, ongoing—
Live Painting at Private Events, ongoing—

Press

2024 The Globe and Mail, Art Gems supports Creative Works Studio…
2023 Akin, Akin Studio Program Member Highlights
2022 CBC Toronto, Junction Window Wonderland
2021 CityNews Toronto, Economic regeneration through art portals
2021 BlogTO, Toronto just got futuristic looking portals
2021 CBC Arts, Q&A - This CBC Arts logo for April is a blooming…
2020 The Globe and Mail, The Globe and Mail's Canadian arts heroes
2018 The Globe and Mail, Womxn Paint
2017 3331

About Erin

Erin McCluskey an early career artist originally from Ottawa now based in Toronto. She earned a BDES in Illustration from OCAD University. With a background in Illustration and Theatre, she creates images that exist on paper, walls, objects, spaces, and stages.

In her mural practice, Erin enjoys creating large, colourful, scenes with flat shapes often exploring a variety of subjects such as nature, the body and the city. She is interested in the imagery that is present in our public spaces and she is passionate about using art as a catalyst for social change. Erin has created over 30 murals throughout Toronto and the GTA.

In her painting practice, Erin works primarily with gouache and oils. She is drawn to bright and saturated colours. She enjoys how colour can be used in imagery drawn from reality to create new environments, spaces and atmospheres. Erin draws inspiration from her sketches, plein air painting and the snapshots she takes. She is interested in capturing intimate and fleeting moments in paint.

Reach out to commission a painting or a mural, see a full list of available works, or to arrange a studio visit:

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Find my work: My Shop | TOAF | Society6 | Redbubble

Education

OCAD University, Canada
Bachelor of Design, Illustration.
University of Ottawa, Canada
Honours Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and a concentration in Visual Arts.

Exhibitions

Colour and Form Society’s 72nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Canada, 2024.
24 Hour Artathon: Throbbing Rose, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada, 2024.
Art on Barton, Toronto, Canada, 2024.
Art Gems Annual Auction, Toronto, Canada, 2024.
Third Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Canada, 2023.
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, Canada, 2023.
The Cover Story, Arts Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada, 2023.
The Artist Project, Toronto, Canada, 2023.
Window Wonderland Muralists Indoor Exhibition, Junction Meets, Toronto, Canada, 2022.
Building Blocks Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition, 2022.
Toronto Outdoor(Online) Art Fair, Toronto, Canada, 2020, 2021.
Create Magazine Exhibition: Spring Forward, International Virtual Exhibition, 2021.
Window Box Gallery: Window Into Another World, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada, 2019.
End of Year Show, KAA, Toronto, Canada, 2019.
Blue Impulse, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2019.
Abandon, KAA, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
Salon of Inclusiveness, Blackcat Artspace, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
4x4 …and a Little More, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
Year End Exhibition, Kensington Art Academy, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
What the Fukunishi, Graven Feather Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
Small Works, Small Space, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada, 2017. 
A Festivus for the Rest of Us, Northern Contemporary, Toronto, Canada, 2017. 
Curio: Shadow Box Show, Earl Selkirk Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2017. 
Creative Futures Expo, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, 2017.
GradEx 102, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2017.
Homework, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, Canada, 2017. 

Awards

Window Wonderland, Riverside BIA, 2021

Main Street Art Challenge, Steps Initiative, 2020

TOAF Awards, Honorable Mention - Painting, 2020

Applied Arts Student Award, 2017 (Disappearing Neighbourhoods/Government's Response to Neglected Social Housing/The Instability of Housing)

Creative Quarterly 49, 2017 - Runner up - (The Lack of Affordable Housing in Toronto)

Adobe Design Achievement Awards, 2017 - Semi Finalist - (Disappearing Neighbourhoods/Government's Response to Neglected Social Housing)