
Mariam Magsi is a Pakistani-Canadian contemporary artist working in photography, performance, video, sound, installation, documentary, poetry and other arts. Magsi holds an MFA from OCAD University in Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design. Magsi's practice focuses on cultural research, intersectional feminism, South Asian Diaspora, contemporary Islam, gender, sexuality and migration.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
TRANS:formation Solo Show
Process Gallery, Toronto, CanadaGROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
(re)presenting the Diaspora
OCAD University, Toronto, Canada2019
(mis)interpreted
Daniels Spectrum Gallery, Toronto, CanadaGhosts & Matter
Glory Hole Gallery with Trinity Square Video, Toronto, CanadaIn Print
Pen & Brush Foundation, New York, New YorkLittle Islands Festival
GreeceTilt Shift
Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, CanadaThe Doll Project
Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, CanadaSalon 44
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, CanadaTRANS:formation
Queer Moving Image, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2018
Emergence Symposium
Humber College, Toronto, Canada(mus)interpreted
Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, CanadaArt & Storytelling: SPEAK UP!
Sheridan Galleries, Brampton, Canada50×50
Contact Festival, Toronto, CanadaJahez | Dowry
Art Gallery of Mississauga, GTA, CanadaPurdah | Shui with Eric Chengyang
Glory Hole Gallery, Toronto, CanadaLiminal Forms
OCAD University, Toronto, CanadaResponse
A.Smith Gallery, TexasThe Portrait
Praxis Gallery and Photographic Art Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota2017
The Public
AGO-Art Gallery of Ontario, Y+ Contemporary, Toronto, CanadaX, Y & Zed
Glory Hole Gallery, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, CanadaMourning
AGO-Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CanadaPurdah, MFA Thesis Show
OCAD University, Toronto, CanadaThe (Un)Othered Body
205 Richmond W, Toronto, Canada2016
LOGS
Y+ Contemporary, Toronto, Canada2015
TRANS:formation Group Show
Open Studio, Sudbury, CanadaTRANS:formation Group Show
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, CanadaLines Group Show
Darkroom Gallery, Essex, Vermont2014
Group Show
Gallery 44, Toronto, CanadaContact Photography Festival
OCAD Gallery, Toronto, CanadaCity Love
Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, Canada2013
Fear
Project Gallery, Toronto, CanadaGroup Show
Gallery Hittite, Toronto, CanadaThe Geometric State
Artisans At Work Gallery, Toronto, Canada2012
Connection Lost
Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Canada2011
Not Quite How I Remember It Performance
Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, CanadaTactical media
Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto, Canada -
Education
2017
OCAD University
MFA, Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design, Toronto, Canada2015
George Brown College
Digital Photography Diploma, Continuing Studies, Toronto, Canada2008
University of Toronto
BFA with Honours in Studio Art & English Literature, Toronto, Canada -
Awards
2019
Emerging Individual Visual Arts Grant, Toronto Arts Council2017
Local & International Recognition & Creative Research Excellence Award, OCAD University2015
First Place, Pride Photo Awards, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Third Place, Monochrome Awards2014
Silver Award, San Francisco International Photography, San Francisco, California2012
World Poetry Movement Publication Award
Second Place Award, Tashadud Na Manzur, Pakistan