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.
Photo Credit: Lisa East