Gillian Iles is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design ('97). She exhibits locally and  internationally in commercial and artist-run galleries. She is featured in the  book Carte Blanche Volume 2: Painting that surveys the current state of painting  in Canada. Gillian is a founding member of two co-operative artist-run galleries  (Propeller and Loop) in Toronto. Gillian is currently teaching at Sheridan  College, Ontario College of Art Design and the Toronto School of Art.Her work compares and contrasts  individuals' public and private persona and the notion of a social normal in this age of instantaneous global dissemination of personal information and  public ideology. Recently, she has been interested specifically in media's  manufacturing of and presentation of "events" and the creation of public interest and anonymous interpretation compared to personal experience.