Pearl A. Sequeira:
Pearl A. Sequeira (she/her) is a self-taught emerging, outsider and abstract artist. She works and lives as a settler in Toronto, Canada, which is the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas of the Credit River, Indigenous Nations of Turtle Island, who have lived sustainably with the earth and her resources.
Pearl’s practice explores the complexity of our identity through the lens of anti-oppression - what influences how we develop as a human being, how we discover hidden parts of ourselves, and how we might shed untrue narratives and reclaim who we are. She is a femme of colour, and has an international and Third Culture Child background; this gives her a non-native frame of reference to observe spaces with curiosity and child-like naïveté. She integrates ideas and concepts from disparate domains, to create new ways of seeing things. This is witnessed in her work by her use of colour and texture to make acrylic and mixed media paintings, on canvas and wood.
Pearl is a life-long learner, and learns from multiple sources, including nature, diverse disciplines of knowledge, and travelling. Her professional development is supported by the Canada Council of the Arts.
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ART EDUCATION
2022-pres Drawing Training, Brad Weatherburn, Hamilton, Ontario Canada
2020-pres Self-taught Artist, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2020-pres Abstract Painting Training, Catherine Shea Studio Art Academy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
AWARDS & GRANTS
2022-2023 The Puffin Foundation, United States – 2022 Grant Cycle
2022-2023 Canada Council of the Arts – Professional Development
2022 Ontario Bridge to Work. AIRSA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2022 Women in Art. Gallea Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2021 Artist Spotlight, Emerging Artist, Catherine Shea Art Studio
ARTIST TALKS
2022 Facing Reality 2022. University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
ART FAIRS
2022 Just a Card, United Kingdom
2022 Queen Street West Art Crawl, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITION WORK
VIRTUAL
2022
This Moment on Earth. Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council (WACC), Wilsonville, Oregon, United States
Culture. Doré Art Collective LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Light of Day: Rejects Reconsidered. Lodger Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Facing Reality 2022. University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
100 under $100. Ikouii, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Women in Art. Gallea Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2021
Intersections 2021. Gallery 1265, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Artsideout 2021. University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
SERENDIPIA. Capital Culture House, Madrid, Spain
SIMULACRA. The Holy Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Portraits of Resilience. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PHYSICAL
2022
Artsideout 2022. University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Badass Herstory, Public Art and Digital Museum. Global Craftivism Project, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, Maine, United States (2021 exhibition on tour)
2021
Tides Post-it Note Show 2021. Tides Contemporary Art Gallery, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Badass Herstory, Public Art and Digital Museum. Global Craftivism Project, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, United States (Invited by curator, Shannon Downey)
SERIES of PAINTINGS
2022
“Joy To The World ” – Series of twelve paintings, mixed media on wood
“We are not a Monolith - Accents in Red” – Series of five paintings, acrylic on wood
2021
“Transforming the Edge” – Series of six paintings, acrylic on canvas
“Reclamation – Diwali Inspired” – Series of six paintings, acrylic on canvas
“Water Horizons” – Series of six paintings, acrylic on canvas
“Flames of Inflammation” - Series of six paintings, acrylic on canvas
“Embodying Trust” – Series of six paintings, Acrylic and mixed media on unstretched canvas
COMMISSIONS - PRIVATE
2021-pres Art ornaments and art magnets for multiple clients, acrylic on canvas and acrylic laser-cut sheets
2020-pres customized art cards for multiple clients, mixed media, watercolour and pen marker on paper
2020 “Good Company” – acrylic on canvas
2020 “When Seasons Collide” – acrylic on canvas (texturized painting for client with visual impairment)