
Firouzeh Saremi Far is a Toronto-based visual artist who seeks to explore how social, emotional, and environmental narratives are shaped through sculpture and painting. Her work delves into themes of identity, transformation, hope, and resilience, reflecting on how human experience is continually shaped by the forces of the surrounding world. Drawing inspiration from the emotional intensity of Expressionism, the conceptual clarity of Minimalism and Post-Minimalism, and the boundless forms of Abstract Art, she aims to create works that invite quiet reflection alongside vivid expression.
Her process is material-driven, combining sculpture, painting, and mixed media, as she works to translate emotional states into tangible form. Using metal, wood, and mixed media, she integrates geometric and organic shapes to explore the tension between structure and emotion, control and spontaneity. Color functions as an expressive language of energy and human connection, allowing personal narratives to be transformed into shared experiences and using art as a vehicle for empathy, reflection, and healing.
She has participated in residencies such as the Gibraltar Point Residency (Toronto Island, Canada) and the Cultural Immersion Residency (Oaxaca, Mexico). These experiences have shaped her approach to materiality, storytelling, and spatial awareness. During the 62nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair in 2023, she received several awards, including the Best of Student Award, Artscape Solo Exhibition and Residency Award, and the Marie Collins Memorial Award. In 2025, she was selected for the Akin Career Launcher Award; receiving a studio space and a solo exhibition at Remote Gallery and was later honoured with the Juror’s Award of Excellence at the Ontario Juried Art Exhibition, Thames Art Gallery.
Currently, Firouzeh is developing her latest collection, Breakthrough, which reflects narratives of hope, conflict, and renewal through layered materials and spatial tension. Ultimately, her goal is to create art that acts as a catalyst for reflection and engagement, encouraging viewers to contemplate their relationship with the world and their own emotional landscapes.
EDUCATION
OCAD University, Toronto, Canada 2026
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture & Installation, Minor in Drawing & Painting
NON-DEGREE COURSES
Project Management Foundations, LinkedIn Learning & Project Management Institute (PMIS)
Learning Art Direction, LinkedIn Learning
Advanced Papier Mache (French and Mexican), Tehran, Iran
Sculpting Techniques (with a focus on mixed materials), Tehran, Iran
2025
2025
2024
2023
EXHIBITIONS | SOLO
Close Your Eyes, Heal in a Parallel World, Toronto, Canada
Remote Gallery
Dream Of A Burned Forest, Toronto, Canada
Youngplace Hallway Galleries
Sep 2025
Feb 2024
EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED GROUP
Ontario Juried Exhibition, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Thames Art Gallery
Cultural Fabric, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sanford Hall Gallery
Liminal Spaces, Toronto, Canada
Ignite Gallery
Degrees of Expressions , Toronto, Canada
Dignam Gallery
Selected Works, Curated by HelloArt Curatorial Team, Oakville, Ontario, 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
PAINTING 2024, Toronto, Canada
John B.Aird Gallery
Timeless Terrains
Dignam Gallery
Salon 18, Toronto, Canada
Propeller Gallery
One Love, Toronto, Canada
Jackalope Gallery
Raw, Toronto, Canada
Beaver Hall Gallery
Keeping Dreams, Toronto, Canada
Dignam Gallery
Hang Out With Us, Toronto, Canada
OCAD U Great Hall
Reignite and Reinvent, Toronto, Canada
OCAD U Great Hall
Fleck Holiday Show, Toronto, Canada
Elaine Fleck Gallery
Landscape Art Show, Toronto, Canada
John B.Aird Gallery
Pentimento, Toronto, Canada
Ada Slaight Gallery
Fleck Private Collection Show, Toronto, Canada
Elaine Fleck Gallery
What The Thunder Says, Toronto, Canada
Ada Slaight Gallery
After Shocked, Toronto, Canada
Ada Slaight Gallery
Deep Down My Heart Sings, Toronto, Canada
Ada Slaight Gallery
Pencil Drawing, Toronto, Canada
Ada Slaight Gallery
Abstract Painting, Toronto, Canada
OCAD U Great Hall
Woman,Life,Freedom, Toronto, Canada
OCAD U Great Hall
First Self Portrait: Cultural Appropriation, Toronto, Canada
OCAD U Great Hall
The Archive Of Merit: From The OSA to OCAD, Toronto, Canada
Ada Slaight Gallery
Oct 2025
Oct 2025
Sep 2025
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
Mar 2025
Feb 2025
Jan 2025
Dec 2024
Sep 2024
Aug 2024
Jul 2024
Apr 2024
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
Feb 2024
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Oct 2023
Sep 2023
Apr 2023
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
Jan 2023
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
Sep 2022
Jun 2022
ART FAIRS / FESTIVALS
DesignTO 2026, MCA Gallery (Solo Exhibition), Toronto, Canada
64nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF64), Toronto, Canada
Artist Project, Toronto, Canada
63nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF63), Toronto, Canada
Youngplace Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Artist Project, Toronto, Canada
Danforth East Community Association Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
62nd Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF62), Toronto, Canada
Jan 2026
July 2025
May 2025
Jul 2024
May 2024
Apr 2024
Sep 2023
Jul 2023
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
2024
2024
2021
ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENTS
Artist Talk: Propeller Gallery
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, Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Canada
Juror: The Barns Art Market, Holiday Market, Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Canada
Curators' Assistant: Pentimento Exhibition, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Juror: The Barns Art Market, Nuit Blanche Market, Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Canada
Jan 2025
Oct 2024
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025
Jul 2024
Dec 2023
Oct 2023
Sep 2023
RESIDENCIES
Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Canada
Cultural Immersion, Oaxaca, Mexico
Oct 2023
Jun 2023
MEMBERSHIPS
CARFAC Ontario
Design Toronto
Propeller Art Gallery
Ontario Craft Council
Women’s Art Association of Canada
Partial Gallery
2025
2024
2024
2024
2024
2022
PRESS
Living Instant At Propeller Art Gallery | Artoronto
Artist Project 2024 | Artoronto
Student Winners at TOAF62 | Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
2025
2024
2023
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
Juror’s Award of Excellence, Ontario Juried Art Exhibition, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, 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
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
Barford Family Bursary, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
Butterfield Park Bursary, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2025
2025
2024
2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
2022
2021

