Chris Andrews Montréal

Calla McInnes’ diluted portraiture often revolves around a single representational feature – a profile of a chin, a torso, a pair of glasses, depicting silhouetted subjects turned from the viewer’s gaze. Intentionally cropped or retracted, McInnes’ fragmented language of portraiture is more reminiscent of a glimpse in peripheral vision than incisive representation. These meditations on perception are at the heart of the paintings, where fore- and background often commingle on the surface, the scene and the system of perspective itself rendered fluid.

For Liste 2026, McInnes presents a suite of new oil paintings predominantly on yupo paper.

Calla McInnes (b. 1998) is an artist living and working in Montréal. They hold a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (2020), and are currently an MFA candidate at Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, New York. Recent exhibitions include Chris Andrews, Montréal (2023, 2026), Shower, Seoul (2024), and Gated, New York (2022).