Delphine Hennelly (b.1979) is a Montréal-based artist whose practice addresses the plurality of identity with notions of theatre, pattern, repetition, uncanny color palettes, and satire. Using anachronistic timelines, her paintings allude to both what is temporal and enduring, conjuring the notion of an omnipresent event. Hennelly represents archetypal subjects and relationships as a method to depict social patterns, performativity, and constructions of the self, removing such notions from any clear biography while pushing the boundaries of each archetype to subvert their fixity and activate their fluidity. Her work is particularly inspired by gender and feminist theories, tapestries, art history, and early Modernism. Hennelly has exhibited internationally, including recent presentations with Pangée (Montréal), CARVALHO PARK (New York), Cassina Projects (Milan), and Huxley-Parlour (London) and she is a three-time recipient of The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award.

Hennelly is represented by Pangée (Montréal).

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Art Toronto 2021 (group presentation)

Beguiling Tedious Hours (2021)

Toronto 2019 (group presentation)

Swan Song (group exhibition, 2020)

Delphine Hennelly + Mickey Mackenna (duo 2018)

The Formality of Painting - Interview with Delphine Hennelly, Metal Magazine

Tapestries With Horizontal and Intersecting Painted Lines Traveling Through the Compositions Like Woven Thread the Work of Delphine Hennelly Art Maze Mag

Inertia, Studio visit with Delphine Hennelly