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“You Taste Like Holy Water” is an original sculptural work by Vancouver artist Chelsea MacKay: a chromed mirror with acid-etched text, edged in metal thorns. From “Borrowed Intimacy – a retrospective of heartbreak and other injuries” (2026), Chelsea MacKay’s solo exhibition at Fingerprint Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Devotion turns dangerous here — the viewer’s own reflection is caught inside the etched confession, ringed by thorns that nod to the religious iconography running through MacKay’s practice. Intimacy and injury, worship and warning, in one reflective surface.
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 · Chromed mirror with acid-etched text, metal thorns
One-of-a-kind original artwork · Fingerprint Gallery, Vancouver, BC · Ships worldwide · Inquiries: jack@fingerprintgallery.ca
“You Taste Like Holy Water” is an original sculptural work by Vancouver artist Chelsea MacKay: a chromed mirror with acid-etched text, edged in metal thorns. From “Borrowed Intimacy – a retrospective of heartbreak and other injuries” (2026), Chelsea MacKay’s solo exhibition at Fingerprint Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Devotion turns dangerous here — the viewer’s own reflection is caught inside the etched confession, ringed by thorns that nod to the religious iconography running through MacKay’s practice. Intimacy and injury, worship and warning, in one reflective surface.
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 · Chromed mirror with acid-etched text, metal thorns
One-of-a-kind original artwork · Fingerprint Gallery, Vancouver, BC · Ships worldwide · Inquiries: jack@fingerprintgallery.ca