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“Dolorum Ipsum Docet 003” is an original acrylic painting on canvas (4’ x 3’) by Vancouver artist Chelsea MacKay. From “Borrowed Intimacy – a retrospective of heartbreak and other injuries” (2026), Chelsea MacKay’s solo exhibition at Fingerprint Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Borrowing its name from the “lorem ipsum” placeholder text — loosely translated, “sorrow itself teaches” — the Dolorum Ipsum Docet series turns past relationships into an emotional archive. MacKay moves through love, heartbreak, and damaged friendship, with each painting acting as a form of catharsis: part autobiographical, part confessional.
Chelsea MacKay (b. 1980, Hornby Island) is a Vancouver-based artist of Anishinaabe and Scottish descent working in sculptural installation, painting, and video. She holds an MFA from Simon Fraser University and a Bachelor of Design from Emily Carr University, and studied joinery at BCIT. Her work draws on the aesthetics of the late 1990s and early 2000s alongside surrealist, Classical, and religious iconography.
2026 · Acrylic on canvas · 4’ x 3’
One-of-a-kind original artwork · Fingerprint Gallery, Vancouver, BC · Ships worldwide · Inquiries: jack@fingerprintgallery.ca
“Dolorum Ipsum Docet 003” is an original acrylic painting on canvas (4’ x 3’) by Vancouver artist Chelsea MacKay. From “Borrowed Intimacy – a retrospective of heartbreak and other injuries” (2026), Chelsea MacKay’s solo exhibition at Fingerprint Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Borrowing its name from the “lorem ipsum” placeholder text — loosely translated, “sorrow itself teaches” — the Dolorum Ipsum Docet series turns past relationships into an emotional archive. MacKay moves through love, heartbreak, and damaged friendship, with each painting acting as a form of catharsis: part autobiographical, part confessional.
Chelsea MacKay (b. 1980, Hornby Island) is a Vancouver-based artist of Anishinaabe and Scottish descent working in sculptural installation, painting, and video. She holds an MFA from Simon Fraser University and a Bachelor of Design from Emily Carr University, and studied joinery at BCIT. Her work draws on the aesthetics of the late 1990s and early 2000s alongside surrealist, Classical, and religious iconography.
2026 · Acrylic on canvas · 4’ x 3’
One-of-a-kind original artwork · Fingerprint Gallery, Vancouver, BC · Ships worldwide · Inquiries: jack@fingerprintgallery.ca