Gil McElroy is a poet, visual artist, curator, and visual arts critic. He has published four books of poetry with Talonbooks, a collection of art writing with Gaspereau Press, and a memoir about his father and what it was like growing up a military brat during the height of the Cold War that was also published by Talonbooks. His visual art has been exhibited in galleries across Canada, and he has curated exhibitions for numerous art galleries.
He’s also published numerous chapbooks, and in 2013, was cowinner of the bpNichol Chapbook Award for The Merton Lake Propers published by Baseline Press in London, Ontario.
He currently lives in Colborne.
