Ali Sheikh is a painter and designer working in Toronto. His current practice is tethered to questions of emotional conduits and our transfixation with sound. He seeks to express the intensities of life through oil paint, ink, pencil, and found object.
Inquiries/collaborations/commissions:
aaaalisheikh@gmail.com
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Education
2024 Bachelor of Fine Arts, OCAD University
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Whelmed, Wet, GradEx 109, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2022 Grotto, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON
Awards
2024 Donna MacLean Award
Group Exhibitions
2024 PATINAPATINA launch exhibit, CAFETERIA, Toronto, ON
2024 Renditions (New Currency), SPACE.UNLTD, Toronto, ON
2024 Wide Open (ARCHIVE.pdf), 32 Rue Beaurepaire, Paris, FR
2024 GradEx 109, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2024 NATIVITY zine launch, Youthful Vengeance, Toronto, ON
2024 In the Church of My Heart, the Choir is in Flames, Remote Gallery, Toronto, ON
2024 And I Meant It When I Said You’re My Favourite Son, Youthful Vengeance, Toronto, ON
2024 Chosen Family, Bevy, 738 Dundas St E, Toronto, ON
2023 Lithify, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 Powerhouse, Ignite Gallery, Toronto, ON
2023 Tonic, Nuit Blanche TO, 401 Richmond St W, Toronto, ON
2023 SEVEN Magazine launch, 68 Abell St, Toronto, ON
2023 Refiguring, Clark Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON
2023 Paraline, Midnight Arcade, Toronto, ON
2022 Gathering Divergence, Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO), Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022 Blueprint for a Collective Home, Great Hall Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2021 Juried Show of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON
2021 ABRACADABRA!, Gobstopper Gallery (Virtual)
2020 Under the Radar, 1444 Dupont St #10, Toronto, ON
2019 First Year Drawing group show, Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Publications
2024 PATINAPATINA Magazine Issue 01
2024 Class Favourite Magazine Issue 02
2023 SEVEN Magazine Issue 01
2020 Canadian Art Magazine, Winter 2021