Mariam Magsi Art & Photography
Memberships, Residencies, Licensing & Community Work
Representation+Licensing, STILLS Contemporary, USA (2024)
Representation+Licensing, LOUPE Art, USA (2024)
Lamenting, Ishtar+SAVAC, Storytelling Residency (2024)
Forecast Journal, Atmosphere Residency, Los Angeles, USA (2023)
AGOxRBC Artist in Residence Program, Art Gallery of Ontario (2022)
Healthy Arts for Seniors, Scarborough Arts (2022-ongoing)
Official member of Women Photograph (2021-ongoing)
Community Advisory Panel: Anti-Racism, Toronto Police (2021-2023)
Art & Everyday Life, Riverdale Hub, Toronto, CA (2021-2023)
Awards, Grants & Collections
Cooking Up Community, Certificate of Recognition by MP Jean Yip, Scarborough, CA (2024)
Didihood Creative Fund Grant, Didihood Collective, Toronto, CA (2023)
Arts & Culture Leader, Community Service Recognition by MP Chris Glover, Toronto, CA (2023)
Artsy with Pen+Brush Benefit Auction, New York, USA (2022)
Women of Diversity Summit & Awards, Creative Influencer, Toronto, CA (2022)
Greenhouse Auction, In Support of Women, New York, USA (2022)
University of Toronto, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Permanent Collection, Toronto, CA (2022)
COLART Collective, Permanent Collection, Montreal, CA (2020-2021)
Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Individual Visual Arts Grant (2018-2019)
OCAD University, Creative Research Excellence Award (2017)
Pride Photo Award, First Place, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2015)
Monochrome Awards, Third Place, U.S.A (2015)
San Francisco International Photography, Silver Award, USA (2014)
World Poetry Movement, Publication Award, USA (2012)
Tashadud Na Manzur, Second Place Award, Pakistan (2012)
Exhibitions, Publications & Events
Love Exhibition & Publication, Photobook Cafe, London, UK (2025)
Storied Telling, Moose and Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, CA (2025)
Essay: Christmas in Pakistan, Spillwords, USA (2025)
Portrait of Humanity, Volume 6 Book, British Journal of Photography, London, UK (2024)
Boujloud Beats, No Limits Arts Castle, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2024)
Portrait of Humanity, British Journal of Photography, UK (2024)
Portrait of Humanity, Four Corners Gallery, London, UK (2024)
Portrait of Humanity, Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India (2024)
Night of Photography, Łódź Fotofestiwal, Poland (2024)
Home is where the farm is, Frst Media, Czech Republic (2024)
Unity in Diversity, Museum of Dufferin, Mulmur, CA (2024)
Surface, BlackFlash Magazine, Saskatoon, CA (2024)
Cooking Up Community, Scarborough Arts, Toronto, CA (2024)
Forecast Journal x Dot Red, Group Show, Los Angeles, USA (2023)
This is who we are, Colouring Book, Vilcek Foundation, New York, USA (2023)
Hindus for Human Rights Calendar, New York, USA (2023)
Nuit Blanche Artist Talk, Eat More Scarborough & Scarborough Arts, CA (2023)
Cooking Up Feminism, Scarborough Arts, Toronto, CA (2023)
Belonging, Gallery 183, Toronto, CA (2023)
No Drama Calendar, Paris, France (2023)
SCOPE+Art Basel with LOUPE Art, Art Basel, Miami, USA (2022)
Photorama, Gallery TPW, Toronto, CA (2022)
Foto Femme United, Featured Artist, Paris, France (2022)
Cover Image: Journal of Critical Race Inquiry (2022)
Chai+Talk, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Scarborough, CA (2022)
Celebrating the Unseen, Pride Photo Foundation, The Netherlands (2022-2023)
I AM HERE, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA (2022)
Portraits of Resilience, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA (2022)
The Sk(in) I'm in, International Human Rights Art Festival, New York, USA (2021)
Journal of Critical Race Inquiry, Cover Issue, Canada (2021)
(re)presenting the Diaspora, OCAD University, Toronto, CA (2020)
(mus)interpreted, Daniels Spectrum Gallery, Toronto, CA (2019)
Ghosts & Matter, Glory Hole Gallery with Trinity Square Video, Toronto, CA (2019)
In Print, Pen & Brush Foundation, New York, USA (2019)
Little Islands Festival, Greece (2019)
Tilt Shift, Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto, CA (2019)
Art Habens Contemporary Art Review, UK (2019)
The Doll Project, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, CA (2019)
Salon 44, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, CA (2019) TRANS:formation, Queer Moving Image, Philadelphia, US (2019)
Emergence Symposium, Humber College, Toronto, CA (2018)
(mus)interpreted, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, CA (2018)
Art & Storytelling, SPEAK UP! Sheridan Galleries, Brampton, CA (2018)
50x50, Contact Festival, Toronto, CA (2018)
Jahez | Dowry, Art Gallery of Mississauga, GTA, CA (2018)
Purdah | Shui, Glory Hole Gallery, Toronto, CA (2018)
Liminal Forms, OCAD University, Toronto, CA (2018)
Response, A.Smith Gallery, Texas, U.S (2018)
The Portrait, Praxis Gallery and Photographic Art Centre, Minneapolis, U.S (2018)
The Public, AGO-Art Gallery of Ontario, Y+ Contemporary, Toronto, CA (2017)
X, Y & Zed, Glory Hole Gallery, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, CA (2017)
Mourning, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA (2017)
The (Un)Othered Body, OCAD University, Toronto, CA (2017)
LOGS, Group Show, Y+ Contemporary, Toronto, CA (2016)
Pride Photo Awards, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2015)
TRANS:formation, Group Show, Open Studio, Sudbury, CA (2015)
TRANS:formation, Group Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, CA (2015)
Burqa, Digital Photography Reception, Louvre, Paris, France (2015)
Lines, Group Show, Darkroom Gallery, Essex, Vermont, U.S.A (2015)
TRANS:formation, Solo Show, Process Gallery, Toronto, CA (2014)
Group Show, Gallery 44, Toronto, CA (2014)
Contact Photography Festival, OCAD Gallery, Toronto, CA (2014)
City Love, Hashtag Gallery, Toronto, CA (2014)
Fear, Project Gallery, Toronto, CA (2013)
Group Show, Gallery Hittite, Toronto, CA (2013)
The Geometric State, Artisans At Work Gallery, Toronto, CA (2013)
Connection Lost, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, CA (2012)
Not Quite How I Remember It, Power Plant Gallery, Toronto, CA (2011)
Tactical Media, Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto, CA (2011)
Curated Exhibitions
Within This Body, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, CA (2012)
Compose/Decompose, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto, CA (2011)
Lyve Nature, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto, CA (2010)
Education
MBSR Program (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), Canadian Mindfulness Institute (2024)
MFA, OCAD University: Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design (2017)
Digital Photography Diploma: George Brown College, Continuing Studies (2013-2015)
BFA with Honours: University of Toronto, Studio Art & English Literature (2004-2008)
Advanced Levels, English Literature, Studio Art & Sociology, The Lyceum School (2002-2004)