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CV
Education
2016: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography) & Integrated Media Minor – OCAD University
2011: Bachelor of Human Resources Management, Hons – York University
Upcoming Exhibitions
2024: TBA – AKA; Saskatoon, SK
Solo Exhibitions
2022: Without a Leg to Stand On – MacLaren Art Centre; Barrie, Ontario
2021: An Act of Irrepressible Reclamation – Stride Gallery; Calgary, Alberta
2021: Billie Said 'Strange Fruit' – Centre 3; Hamilton, Ontario
2017: Billie Said 'Strange Fruit' – Artscape Youngplace Hallway Gallery; Toronto, Ontario
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024: Human Capital - USask; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2023: Human Capital – Confederation Centre for the Arts; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2023: Kept Alive Within Us – The Art Gallery Of Guelph; Guelph, Ontario
2023: Are we Free to Move About the World – FSU (Florida State University) Museum of Fine Arts; Tallahassee, Florida
2023: Identity•Connection•Place – Feminist Photography Network; Toronto, Canada (Online)
2022: Descendance – SPAO Gallery; Ottawa, Ontario
2022: Human Capital – Contemporary Calgary; Calgary, Alberta (Travelling exhibition w/Mackenzie Art Gallery)
2022: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From – Orlando Museum of Art; Orlando, Florida
2022: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From – Art Gallery of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta
2021: Golden Hour – THE GALLERY / BlackFlash Magazine; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2021: Connections – Dispatch Gallery; Chicago, Illinois (Virtual)
2021: This Womxn's Work – Myseum; Toronto, Ontario
2020: Together Even When We’re Apart – Partial Gallery and Labour of Love; Toronto, Ontario
2020: Multiple Selves: An Exploration in Identity – Capital One Art Program; Toronto, Ontario
2020: Salon44 – Gallery 44; Toronto, Ontario
2020: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Aga Khan Museum; Toronto, Ontario
2020: When one is far and gone – Gallery 44; Toronto, Ontario
2019: Don't Ask Me Where I'm From – Imago Mundi’s Gallerie delle Prigioni; Treviso, Italy
2019: A Thousand Words – Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Ada Slaight Gallery; Toronto, Ontario
2019: Transformation – Toronto Union Station; Toronto, Ontario
2019: Eglinton Cityscapes: New Perspectives on Home – NIA Centre for the Arts; Toronto, Ontario
2018: October Thursday Schedule – Bump TV; Toronto, Ontario
2018: INTAC: Rituals – Samtan Art Mine; Jeongseon, South Korea
2018: FORM Together – Grange & McCaul; Toronto, Ontario
2018: Gender & The Lens II – Ryerson Artspace; Toronto, Ontario
2017: Extend – The Great Hall; Toronto, Ontario
2017: IN·HABIT – Studio Sixty Six; Ottawa, Ontario
2017: Timeraiser150 Toronto – The Power Plant; Toronto, Ontario
2017: Gender & The Lens – Ada Slaight Gallery; Toronto, Ontario
2017: Toronto For Everyone: An Honest Farewell – Honest Ed’s; Toronto, Ontario
2016: OSA Emerging Artists Juried Exhibition – Neilson Park Creative Centre; Etobicoke, Ontario
2016: Other Worlds – Lieutenant Governor’s Suite; Toronto, Ontario
2016: Sawubona30 – Daniels Spectrum; Toronto, Ontario
2016: Career Launcher: Photography Exhibition – Artscape Youngplace; Toronto, Ontario
2016: Political Candy – Studio 223A; Toronto, Ontario
2016: New Century – Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Northern Contemporary; Toronto, Ontario
2016: Augmented Cinema 4 – The Royal Cinema; Toronto, Ontario
2016: Grad EX 101 – OCAD University; Toronto, Ontario
2016: INTAC: Desire – Nykyaika Gallery; Tampere, Finland
2016: INTAC: Desire – Ada Slaight Student Gallery; Toronto, Ontario
2016: A New Century – OCAD University Learning Zone; Toronto, Ontario
2015: INTAC: Desire – Kunstquartier Bethanien; Berlin, Germany
2015: ✓Scene – Ryerson Artspace Gladstone Hotel; Toronto, Ontario
Awards + Grants
2023: Recipient, PAMM CCI + WOPHA Fellowship
2022: OAC Visual Artists Creation Projects (Mast Year Collective)
2022: New Generation Photography Award, Scotiabank and the National Gallery of Canada (longlist)
2022: OACExhibition Assistance Grant
2021: OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant
2020: OAC Exhibition Assistance Grant
2019: Recipient, John Hartman Award
2016: Recipient, Career Launcher, OCADU CEAD
Residencies
2021: Critical Mass Artist-In-Residence Program (Mast Year Collective); Port Hope, Ontario
2021: Feminist Photography Network Online Residency; Toronto, Ontario
2016: Career Launcher: Artscape Youngplace; Toronto, Ontario
2015: ART CAMP Residency; Toronto, Ontario
Guest Lecture + Panelist
2023: Panelist, Feminist Photography Network; Toronto, Ontario
2023: Panelist, FSU (Florida State University) Museum of Fine Arts; Tallahassee,Florida (Online)
2023: Guest Lecturer, SPAO; Ottawa, Ontario
2021: Facilitator, 3-Part Speaker Series, photoED Magazine, Toronto, Ontario
2019: Workshop Facilitator, Testing Grounds: Throncliffe Park Public School, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2018: Panelist, photoED Presents: A Photo Inspiration Pecha Kucha Night; Gladstone Hotel; Toronto, Ontario
2018: Panelist, Artist Salon + Breakout Session: Body & Art; Paperhouse Studio; Toronto, Ontario
2018: Artist Talk, Colour As Meaning (PHOT-4007) OCAD University; Toronto, Ontario
2018: Panelist, photoED Magazine An Educators Field Trip; Toronto, Ontario
Print + Publications
2021: Becoming Sisters Women Photography Collectives & Organizations (WOPHA) – ISBN: 978-0-578-98820-7
2019: enRoute Magazine (Air Canada) – July Issue
2019: Room Magazine – Issue 42.2 Borderlands
2018: Blackflash Magazine – Issue 35.2
2018: Physical Grain – June 19
2017: BLOOM Magazine Vol. 1
2016: Other Worlds – ISBN: 978-1-4606-8981-2
2016: Hidden – ISBN: 978-0-9952339-1-1
2016: NEW CENTURY – ISBN: 978-0-994786-8-3
Press
2023: Aldeide Delgado, Deconstructing Whiteness, Feminist Photography Network
2022: Andrea Castillo, Time Puzzle, Foto Femme United
2020: News Roundup: Art Gallery of Ontario Seeks Answers on Mystery Painting, Canadian Art
2020: Farihah Aliyah Shah Recipient of the John Hartman Award, Akimoblog
2020: 24 More Hours Around the World, enRoute Magazine
2020: 24 Hours Around the World, enRoute Magazine
2019: Una Meistere, A revealing story about art and migration, Arterritory.com
2019: Dont Ask Me Where I'm From: a traveling exhibition on migration, Vogue Italia
2019: Coast to Coast on Canada's Great Trail, Air Canada enRoute Magazine
2019: Ever Imafidon, Storefront Art Provides Relief from Construction At Eglinton West, ByBlacks
2019: Chris Hampton, In Union Station, in frozen January, an art garden blooms, Toronto Star
2018: International adventures with Farihah Shah, photoED Magazine
2018: Transforming Form into an Open Space Gallery
2017: This Art Works! How to record your period and how to represent black bodies, CBC Arts
2017: Miriam King, A Harvest of Strange Fruit, Bradford Times
2016: Abby Ho, OCAD 2016 GradEx Round-Up, Looseleaf Magazine