Jillian McDonald is a conceptual artist and curator from Canada, living in Brooklyn, New York.
Her interests are the American celebrity culture, extreme fandom, themes and characters from horror films.
Recent work includes zombies, the undead, masks, and paranormal experiences, and is often set in northern landscapes such as .
In her best-known works she digitally manipulated romantic scenes from Hollywood films starring actors such as Billy Bob Thornton,[1] Vincent Gallo, and Johnny Depp, investigating celebrity obsession.
[1] Her 2013 Valley of the Deer installation features a 3-channel video, augmented reality, and drawings created during the Glenfiddich International Artist Residency.