Em Farquhar-Barrie
Between Worlds
Opening Friday, September 2, 6-10pm
September 2– 25, 2022

Ludmila Gallery
129 1/2 Hunter St. W. 2nd Floor Peterborough ON
gallery@ludmilagallery.ca

Gallery Hours
Saturday & Sundays noon to 5pm
By appointment email gallery@ludmilagallery.ca

Em Farquhar-Barrie (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist that grew up in and
around Nogojiwanong (Peterborough). Living amidst intersecting identities, they
explore the in-between of the physical and spiritual, health and illness, community
and individuality, and life and loss.

Em is a Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate from York University, holding a certificate in
Cultural and Artistic Practices for Environmental and Social Justice. Recent
publications include submissions in the Lived Collective Magazine, Crip Collab Zine
Issue #2, Re-Storying Autism Zine, QT Lit Mag: Flirt and The River Magazine. They
have had their work exhibited at Jason Wilkins Factory, Atelier Ludmila Gallery,
Gallery 1313, Sketch Working Arts, Slanted Door Gallery, York University, and the
Art Gallery of Ontario. Em’s recent form of expression is through mixed-media
painting and collage.

Follow their art practice on Instagram: @emfarbar

Artist Statement
In their paintings, Em Farquhar-Barrie works to build bridges between multiple
worlds. With the use of bold colours, they seek to connect the physical and the spirit
world. Inspired by wanting to address the feeling of being lost, alone, and
disconnected, Em’s work represents possibility, growth, and hope – especially when
we cannot find any evidence of possibility, growth and hope. This growth has been
rooted in the healing spaces of nature and the validation felt in the expansive
diversity found therein.

Using abstracted landscapes and evolving spiritual experiences, they explore their
connection to the land while navigating layers of grief and loss. In the creation of
these mixed media works, they embody the spirit of a bird building its nest.
Beginning in darkness, elements are added, layer upon layer, in a search for safety.
Within their artistic practice, this way of collaging is a rich and deeply personal
experience for Em, mapping their mind to navigate unknown paths. As they move in
and out of the artistic process, collecting pieces, adding and removing elements of
expression they seek to explore who they are, where they come from, and where
they are going.

This collection asks us all to contemplate the layers of grief and loss in our lives as
we search for meaning and hope.

Shop online – send artist name and artwork title to: gallery@ludmilagallery.ca
We’ll respond with pricing and payment options.

Pick up: Gallery open weekends Noon – 5pm or by appointment
Post: We’ll ship these treasures to your door (Shipping costs may apply)

Shop online – send artist name and artwork title to: gallery@ludmilagallery.ca
We’ll respond with pricing and payment options.

Pick up: Gallery open weekends Noon – 5pm or by appointment
Post: We’ll ship these treasures to your door (Shipping costs may apply)