Work
About
Mursal Nazary was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She fled with her family to Moscow, Russia, at the start of the Afghan Civil War in 1992. Shortly after, they travelled to Dortmund, Germany in 1993. Seeking a long-term home, her family was accepted for immigration to Canada in 1997.
Mursal received her BFA in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada. In 2011 she attended the OCAD University Off-campus Program in Florence, Italy for her third year. Mursal received her MFA in Painting at Boston University in 2019 and has remained in the United States since.
Mursal has presented her work in Belgium, France, Italy, Canada and the United States. She continues to paint, draw and make prints in New Hampshire.
Education
- 2019 MFA Painting, Boston University
- 2012 BFA Drawing and Painting (with distinction), OCAD University, Toronto
- 2011 Florence Off-campus Studies Program, OCAD University (scholarship)
Solo Exhibitions
- 2018 Tracing Time, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston University, MA
- 2017 Relations to Nature, La Boutique Noire, Toronto, ON
Group Exhibitions
- 2023 Home, Lexington Arts Center, Lexington, MA
- 2022 Human Nature, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
- 2021 Objectivity (curated by Josephine Halvorson), Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
- 2021 Artist Members' Exhibition, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
- 2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Painting & Sculpture, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
- 2019 Proximity (curated by Josephine Halvorson & Didier William), Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY
- 2015 Toronto Nuit Blanche, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, ON
- 2014 IRSS Legacy Festival, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Teaching
- 2024 Drawing from Observation, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Dartmouth College
- 2022–23 Introduction to Drawing I, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- 2021 Still-life Workshop, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
- 2017–19 Teaching Assistant, Boston University
- 2013–17 Director & Instructor, Artists Academy, Toronto
Press & Publications
- 2021 An Afternoon with Artist Mursal Nazary, Tatum Dooley, Canadian Art Forecast
- 2021 A New Shade of Blue: YlnMn, Tatum Dooley & Even Nicole Brown, Canadian Art Forecast
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