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Photo Credit: Lisa East

 

 

About

b. 1991

latinX Canadian visual artist 

 

Education

2022                            MFA, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

2018                            BFA (Drawing and Painting), Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON, Canada

 

2014                            BA (Classical Studies & World Religions), Western University,  London, ON, Canada

Solo Exhibitions 

 

2024                     (upcoming), Cambridge Art Galleries, Cambridge, ON. 

2022                           aquí y allá: una manera de ser (here and there: a way of being), MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, ON.

2019                            Patria Potestas, Northbound Gallery, Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON.

                              

2018                           Thesis Award Show, ARTiculations, Toronto, ON.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

     

2023                      Drawing 2023, John B. Aird Gallery, curated by Giuseppe Di Leo, online. 

2022                            Figureworks 2022, Wallack's, Ottawa, ON.

2020                           Making Spaces, Sur Gallery, Toronto, ON. 

                                     Colores De Latinoamérica, TAP Centre for Creativity in Conjunction with TD Sunfest 20, London, ON.

2019                            Art as Activism: Truth, Survivance and Resilience, Guelph Museum, Guelph, ON, 

                                     Show. 19, Idea Exchange,  Cambridge, ON. 

                                      

                                     Colores De Latinoamérica, TAP Centre for Creativity in Conjunction with TD Sunfest 19, London, ON.

2018                             Figureworks 2018,  presented by Wallack's, Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts, Ottawa, ON.  

                                      Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz, Mississauga, ON. 

                                     Impact 2018, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, ON. 

                                    The Next Big thing, Living Arts Centre Gallery, Mississauga, ON.  

 

                                    Fresh Meat Collective, Delisle Space, Toronto, ON. 

                                    OCAD University’s 103rd Graduate Exhibition (GradEx), Toronto, ON.

 

                                    Colores De Latinoamérica ’18, The Arts Project in Conjunction with TD Sunfest 18, London, ON.

 

2017                            Living Mosaic: The Cartography of Origins and Settlements, Riverdale Gallery, Toronto, ON. 

 

                                     In Negative Space, Ada Slaight Student Gallery, Toronto, ON. 

 

                                     Festival of the Body, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, ON. 

 

2016                           OCADU First Year Art Celebration, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, ON.

2015                            Drawing at First Sight, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, ON.

 

Awards/Grants

2022                          Elizabeth Greenshields Grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

                                   Nancy Petry Award, administered by Joe Plaskett Foundation (Jurors: David Blatherwick,l Kym Greeley, Charlene Vickers)

                                   Visual Artists Creation Projects, Ontario Arts Council

                                   Joseph Armand Bombardier (SSHRC), Canada Graduate Scholarship- Master’s (CGS M), York University

2021/22                  Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), York University

2020                        York Domestic Master’s Fellowship, York University

2019                         Exhibition Assistance Grant,  Ontario Arts Council

 

2018                         First Place, juried show, "Impact 2018," Neilson Park Creative Centre

                                  Donna Maclean Award,  Ontario College of Art and Design University 

 

                                  Eric Freifeld Award, Ontario College of Art and Design University 

2017                        Duncan Macpherson Scholarship of Excellence, Third Year Drawing & Painting Scholarship

                                 University Women’s Club Heritage Fund Scholarship

 

2009                        Monsignor Feeney Fine Arts Award

 

Murals

 

2019, 2016              Ontario College of Art and Design University

Publications 

Oct 2022                   Issue 2.2 Healing Across Generations, Living Hyphen

Mar 2021                   "Identity and art as tools of change | Portraits of two Latin Canadian artists," Radio Canada Internacional, rcinet.ca

Jan 2020                    "Connecting with Heritage from Afar: Latin American Artists Showcase Work at London exhibition," CBC NEWS

June 2019                   PERIPHERAL ARTERIES CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW, BIENNIAL EDITION,  2019, issuu.com/artpress/docs/biennial.edition.vii   

Spring 2019                "Spring 2019 Edition," The Humming Collective Magazine, thehummingcollective.com

 

May 2019                      "Artist: Michelle Peraza," Multiplicityto, www.multiplicityto.com/michelle-peraza

Mar 2019                      "PHOTO SHOOTS: North York artist paints portraits of Latino men in her family, " Dan Pearce, toronto.com

Feb 2019                       "Political," Murze Magazine, issue four

Jan 2019                       "Latin heritage celebrated at Colores de Latinoamérica art show in London," London Free Press, joe Belanger, lfpress.com 

May 2018                     "THESIS STUDENT ADVICE AND EXPERIENCES," Chiaroscuro Magazine, chiaroscuro-magazine.com

Jan 2018                      Colores De Latinoamérica ’18 Catalogue

 

Jan 2018                      “Colores de Latinoamérica features works of six artists of Latin American heritage,” Joe Belanger, lfpress.com

Artist Talks

May 2022                  "In Conversation with Michelle Peraza," Interviewed by Tammer El- Sheikh, York University's School of the Arts, Media, Performance &                                                   Design, Toronto, ON. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8No_HheWrw

Mar 2021                    "Portfolio Review," Sur Gallery, Toronto, ON. 

Oct 2020                    “Making Spaces: Artist Panel Discussion,” Sur Gallery, Toronto, ON.

Curatorial

 

2020                             Co-Curator. Narrative Healing, Feminist Art Collective 2020  Festival, Ontario College of Art and Design University.                                                                                             https://www.factoronto.org/2020-artists

Residencies

 

Upcoming 2024         Arquetopia Foundation, Puebla, Mexico

Upcoming 2023         Vermont Studio Centre, Johnson, Vermont, United States

2023                               Mauser EcoHouse Artist Residency, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

2019/20                         Sur Gallery Mentorship Program, Sur Gallery, Toronto, ON.

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Photo Credit: Lisa East

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