nadiagohar@gmail.com
b. 1989 Cairo, Egypt
lives: Toronto, Canada
EDUCATION
2012 BFA, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Mudstone, Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, Canada
2018 Foundation Deposits, SOIL gallery, Seattle USA
2017 Mobile, The Table, Toronto, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 In-Residence, online gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 Away From A State of Things, The Lab; Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2019 Executive (Dis)Order: Art, Displacement, & the Ban, Queens Museum, New York, USA
2018 Good Taste, 393 NYC, USA
2018 Cybernetics, Grey93, Toronto, Canada
2018 Perpetual Movement, AWAN, London, UK
2017 Trident, Little Sister, Toronto, Canada
2016 Wandering Womb, 197 c. Oglethorpe Avenue, Georgia, USA
2016 Open House, Sleep Center, New York, USA
2016 Laundry Room, 719 St. Clarens Avenue, Toronto, Canada
2016 Its Not You Its Me, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
2016 In Situ, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, Canada
2016 Body Talk, Project Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2016 Nice Pile of Bricks, House of Vans, Toronto, Canada
2016 Don’t Care About Losing, Karl Projects, Toronto, Canada
2015 Pagina, Libreria Cascianelli- SVA, Rome, Italy
2014 Memorial Drive, VIP Limo, Waterloo, Canada
2013 Kitchen Party, 772A College Street, Toronto, Canada
2012 All School Show– Award Show, Presidents Gallery- MASSART, Boston, USA
2011 Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, USA
2010 Line-works, Godine Family Gallery- MASSART, Boston, USA
2009 Site-Specific Designs, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
RESIDENCIES
2019 Launch of Phase II: At The Lab- Darat Al Funun, Amman, Jordan
2013 Soi Fischer Thematic Residency with Monique Mouton, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Canada
FAIRS
2020 ZONAMACO, Mexico City, Mexico
PANELS/ARTIST TALKS
2020 Art Law Talks- Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society
2019 Variations on Marthe Rakine- An Interview with Nadia Gohar– The Zwig Foundation Collection
AWARDS/GRANTS
2018 Emerging Visual Artist Creation Project – Ontario Arts Council
2018 Emerging Visual Artist Grant- Toronto Arts Council
2018 Arts Abroad: Travel Grant- Canada Council for the Arts
2012 All School Show Award- Massachusetts College of Art & Design
PRESS
CNN- “Why The Pressure to Change Our Faces Has Never Been Higher” Hannah Lack
Peripheral Review- “Nadia Gohar: Mudstone at ESP” by Chris Andrews
Canadian Art- “How to Get Over Your Homesickness” by Merray Gerges
TRIBE photo magazine- “Thana Faroq and Nadia Gohar: The Passport Photo” by Lizzy Vartanian
With thanks to the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council.