Lacey Jane Wilburn

Lacey Jane Wilburn (b. 1988, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a contemporary artist most notable for her vibrant and dramatic large-scale paintings, with subjects ranging from empty houses to stray dogs and architectural decay.

Primarily a realist painter, Wilburn’s practice-based research aligns somewhere between a deep reverence for 19th century classical realism and a saturated post-modern glitch aesthetic.
Wilburn holds an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver (2022), complemented by a BFA with Great Distinction from Concordia University in Montreal (2016), a Fine Art Diploma from MacEwan University in Edmonton (2009), and a semester abroad at L’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux in France (2015). She has participated in over 45 exhibitions since 2009, was shortlisted for the Centre for International Contemporary Art (CICA) 2025 International Art Award, received the University Women’s Club of Vancouver Scholarship in 2022 and 2021, and won the Yves Gaucher Prize in Studio Arts in 2016, the D. L. Stevenson Colour Scholarship for Academic Excellence in 2014, the Francis Henderson Klingle Scholarship for Fine Art in 2009, The Barbara and John Poole Family Endowed Fund for the Arts in 2009, and the Ja...

2020-2022- MFA, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
2015-2016- Erasmus, L’Ecole d'Enseignement Supérieur d'art de Bordeaux, France
2013-2015-BFA, Concordia University, Montreal
2007-2009- Fine Art Diploma, University of Grant MacEwan, Edmonton

Solo Exhibitions
2024: Early Days, BBAM! Gallery, Montreal, QC
2023: Pretending to Sleep, BLAH, West Vancouver, BC
2022: Shelter in Place, Revelstoke Art Gallery, Revelstoke, BC
2022: Shelter in Place, Michael Wright Art Gallery, Poco, BC
2020: Fugitive Moments, BBAM! Gallery, Montreal, QC
2018: Before the Sound, BBAM! Gallery, Montreal, QC

Duo Exhibitions
2016: Pillars of the Community, City Hall, Edmonton, AB
2015: Saucy, BBAM! Gallery, Montreal, QC
2013: Hot Sluts and Poutine, BBAM! Gallery, Montreal, QC