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 Based In Toronto, Canada   

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Firouzeh Saremi Far is a Toronto-based visual artist whose practice investigates the intersections of sculpture, installation, and painting to explore themes of hope, resilience, transformation, and identity. She is particularly interested in the emotional relationships between human experience, material, and the environment. Her material-driven process combines sculpture, mixed media, and painting to translate emotional and psychological states into tangible forms. Through the interplay of geometric and organic structures, she explores tensions between rigidity and flexibility, pressure and resistance, and permanence and change. Color functions as an expressive language of energy and human connection, while nature serves as a continual source of inspiration, informing her understanding of growth, adaptation, and renewal. Drawing from the quiet resilience found in natural systems and the ways individuals navigate adversity, her work examines how material, form, and space can embody processes of transformation through artistic practice.

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International artist residencies and cross-cultural research experiences have played a significant role in the evolution of her practice, deepening her exploration of materiality, spatial thinking, and immersive sculptural environments. Her practice has been recognized through awards and professional opportunities, including the Best of Student Award and the Marie Collins Memorial Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, the Akin Career Launcher Award, and the Juror's Award of Excellence at the Ontario Juried Art Exhibition. 

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​Currently, Firouzeh is in the early stages of developing her latest body of work, Against the Pressure, which explores themes of conflict, transformation, and renewal through layered materials, forms, and spatial tension. Ultimately, her goal is to create immersive sculptural environments that allow viewers to form their own personal connections with the work. These connections may emerge through form, color, material, the spatial arrangement of the work, the personal narratives behind it, or the viewers’ own interpretations and stories. It is important to her that the work is not limited to a single interpretation but instead remains open to different experiences, connections, and ways of making meaning.

EDUCATION

​York University, Toronto, Canada                                                                                                                                               2026-Present  Master of Fine Art (MFA), Visual Arts                                                                                

 

​OCAD University, Toronto, Canada                                                                                                                                                         2026

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Sculpture & Installation, Minor in Drawing & Painting 

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CREDENTIALS

Teaching Assistant Course Orientation (TACO), York University

 

DEDIA in the Research Ecosystem, York University

 

Do the Work: Dialogue Across Differences, York University

 

Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence (On University and College Campuses in Ontario), York University

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Workplace Hazardous Materials, Information System Level 2 (WHMIS 2)                                                        

 

Workplace Hazardous Materials, Information System Level 1 (WHMIS 1) 

 

​TCPS 2: CORE 2022 – Course on Research Ethics/Panel on Research Ethics (PRE)

 

Project Management Foundations, LinkedIn Learning​ & Project Management Institute (PMI)

 

Learning Art Direction, LinkedIn Learning​                                                                                                                                       

 

Advanced Paper Clay and Mixed Media (French and Mexican)​​, Peyman Rahimizadeh’s Sculpture Studio, Tehran, Iran

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Sculpting Techniques (Focus on Mixed-Media Sculpture), Peyman Rahimizadeh’s Sculpture Studio, Tehran, Iran

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​Worker Health and Safety Awareness in 4 Steps                                                                                                   

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​Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness in 5 Steps

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Professional Training in Journalism, Bureau of Media Studies and Planning, Tehran, Iran

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EXHIBITIONS | SOLO

Breakthrough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Remote Gallery​

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Blue,Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MCA Gallery

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Close Your Eyes, Heal in a Parallel World, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  

Remote Gallery​

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Dream Of A Burned Forest, Toronto, Ontario, Canada    

Youngplace Gallery

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EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED GROUP

Sixth Annual Juried Show of Visual Arts, Mississauga, Canada

Art Gallery of Mississauga

 

Erin's Tree of the Year, Erin, Canada

Art Wall, Erin’s municipal office

 

Matter Matters, Toronto, Canada

Gales gallery 

 

Propeller 30, Toronto, Canada

​Propeller Gallery

 

IN WAKE: Site Specific Sculpture Exhibition, Erin, Canada

Bela Farm

 

Ontario Juried Exhibition, Chatham-Kent, Canada

​Thames Art Gallery 

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Cultural Fabric, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sanford Hall Gallery

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Liminal Spaces, Toronto, Canada

Ignite Gallery

 

Degrees of Expressions , Toronto, Canada

Dignam Gallery

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​Selected Works, Curated by HelloArt Curatorial Team, Oakville, Canada

​​​​FENGATE Lounge Gallery

 

Salon 19, Toronto, Canada

Propeller Gallery

 

Tempered Bonds, Toronto, Canada

OCAD U Great Hall

 

Keeping Dreams, Toronto, Canada    

Dignam Gallery

 

Living Instant, Toronto, Canada

Propeller Gallery

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PAINTING 2024, Toronto, Canada

John B.Aird Gallery

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Timeless Terrains, Toronto, Canada                                                                                               

Dignam Gallery


Salon 18, Toronto, Canada

Propeller Gallery

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One Love, Toronto, Canada

Jackalope Gallery

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Raw, Toronto, Canada    

Beaver Hall Gallery

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Keeping Dreams, Toronto, Canada    

Dignam Gallery

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Hang Out With Us, Toronto, Canada    

OCAD U Great Hall

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Reignite and Reinvent, Toronto, Canada    

OCAD U Great Hall

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Fleck Holiday Show, Toronto, Canada    

Elaine Fleck Gallery

 

Landscape Art Show, Toronto, Canada   

John B.Aird Gallery

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Pentimento, Toronto, Canada  

Ada Slaight Gallery

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Fleck Private Collection Show, Toronto, Canada   

Elaine Fleck Gallery

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What The Thunder Says, Toronto, Canada     

Ada Slaight Gallery

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Deep Down My Heart Sings, Toronto, Canada    

Ada Slaight Gallery

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Pencil Drawing, Toronto, Canada   

Ada Slaight Gallery

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Abstract Painting, Toronto, Canada   

OCAD U Great Hall

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Woman,Life,Freedom, Toronto, Canada   

OCAD U Great Hall

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First Self Portrait: Cultural Appropriation, Toronto, Canada                                             

OCAD U Great Hall

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The Archive Of Merit: From The OSA to OCAD, Toronto, Canada    

Ada Slaight Gallery​​​​​

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ART FAIRS | FESTIVALS

FUZE Caribbean Art Fair, Nassau, Bahamas

 

DesignTO Festival, Toronto, Canada

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64nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF64), Toronto, Canada

 

Artist Project, Toronto, Canada

 

63nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF63), Toronto, Canada

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Youngplace Art Fair, Toronto, Canada

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Artist Project, Toronto, Canada

 

Danforth East Community Association Art Fair, Toronto, Canada  

 

62nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF62), Toronto, Canada​​

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AUCTIONS

RAIN and NAC Fundraiser, Roadman Art Institute of Niagara, Niagara, Canada

 

OFF THE WALL , Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Canada      

 

Mistletoe Magic Auction, John B.Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada

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AFFILIATIONS

Mural Painting: Baha Mar Foundation, Nassau, Bahamas 

 

Artist Talk: Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Canada

 

Artist Talk: Exploring Contemporary Iranian Art Practices #3, University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science                      

Toronto, Canada 

 

Exhibitions and Events' Assistant: Women's Art Association of Canada

 

Juror: The Barns Art Market, Summer Market, Artscape Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Canada  

 

Juror: The Barns Art Market, Holiday Market, Artscape Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Canada  

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Curators' Assistant: Pentimento Exhibition, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada

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Juror: The Barns Art Market, Nuit Blanche Market, Artscape Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Canada  

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RESIDENCIES

​Creative Ecologies Program: Art, Sustainability, and Community Resilience

Bah Mar Foundation and Incubator for Collaborative Expression, Nassau, Bahamas

 

Mayan Cultural Landscapes

Yucatan Independent Artists Foundation, Merida, Mexico

 

Independent Studies

Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, Ontario, Canada

 

An Intensive Cultural Immersion in Oaxacan Art, Craft & Design generating Connection & Creative Research

 Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico (UDEM), Oaxaca, Mexico      

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RECOGNITIONS

York University Graduate Fellowship, York University, Toronto, Canada

 

York Graduate Scholarship Year 1, York University, Toronto, Canada

 

Health Care Graduate Bursary, York University, Toronto, Canada

 

Won Lee Fine Art Award, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

 

Career Launcher Fund, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

 

​Juror’s Award of Excellence, Ontario Juried Art Exhibition, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, Canada

 

Akin Career Launcher Award, Studio Space and Solo Exhibition, Toronto, Canada

 

Martha Edna Breihaupt Bursary, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada 

 

Sully Corth Memorial Fund Scholarship, OCAD University, Toronto,  Canada       

                                                                                  

St. George's Society of Toronto Bursary in Art & Design in Honour of Rosalie Sharp, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

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Marie Collins Memorial Award, 62nd  Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF), Toronto, Canada                                                                                                                                            ​

Artscape Solo Exhibition and Residency Award, 62nd  Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF), Toronto, Canada                                                             ​

Best Of Student Award, 62nd  Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF), Toronto, Canada

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Barford Family Bursary, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

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Butterfield Park Bursary, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada

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