MURSAL NAZARY
Education:
2017-2019 MFA in Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA
2008-2012 BFA with distinction in Drawing and Painting, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2010-2011 OCAD University Florence Off-campus Studies Program, Florence, Italy
Solo Exhibitions:
2018 Tracing Time, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston University, MA (11/12/18-11/19/18)
2017 Relations to Nature, La Boutique Noire, Toronto, ON (01/30/17)
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Human Nature, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (01/06/22-02-05-22)
2021 Artist Member’s Exhibition, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (09/01/21-09/25/21)
Objectivity, Curated by Josephine Halvorson, Gallery 263, (11/04/21/-12/04/21)
2019 Proximity, Curated by Josephine Halvorson and Didier William, Anna Zorina Gallery,
New York, NY (04/11/19-04/27/19)
BU MFA’s Painting and Sculpture Exhibition II, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA (04/20/19-
05/03/19)
Art at Sloane House, Curated by Dr. Beverly Brown, Sloane House, Brookline, MA
(09/1/18-12/01/19)
2016 Hy-Hope Farm Blossom Festival: Featuring Regional Artists, Curated by Lisa Bibb,
Ashburn, ON (05/28/16-05/29/16)
2013 Artists-in-Residence Exhibition, Curated by Ted Seth Jacobs, Flemish Classical Atelier,
Bruges, Belgium (07/26/13-07/27/13)
2012 97th Annual Graduate Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON (05/03/12-05/06/12)
Not a Drop to Drink, Munk School of Global Affairs, Curated by Lidjja Sabados, University
of Toronto (03/26/12-03/30/12)
Summer Emerging Artists Exhibition, Curated by Phil Anderson, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2011 Vestiges, Transit Space, OCAD University, Toronto, ON (Fall 2011)
Vestiges, OCAD University Florence Studio, Florence, Italy (04/08/11-04/09/11)
2010 Hidden Growth Within the Night Air, Curated by Deepa Mehta, Toronto Urban Film Festival,
Toronto, ON (09/10/10-09/19/10)
Four Richmond Hill Artists, Curated by Richmond Hill Group of Artists, Mill Pond Gallery
Richmond Hill, ON (07/03/10-07/30/10)
The Moving Figure: Under the Surface, MaRS Discovery District Building, Curated by
Stephen Tulk, Toronto, ON (05/29/11-05/30/11)
The Figure Show, Curated by Maria Gabankova and Faculty of Art, Transit Space, OCAD
University, Toronto, ON
Awards, Grants, and Residencies:
2018 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Greece Summer Residency, Mycenae,
Greece (07/01/18-07/29/18)
2017 JSS in Civita Residency, Civita Castellana, Italy (07/11/17 – 08/21/17)
2016 JSS in Civita Residency, Civita Castellana, Italy (07/11/16 – 08/21/16)
2014-2015 Painting Residency with Gundula Jacobs, Maine-et-Loire, France (09/01/14-
02/01/15)
Winter at the Louvre, Studio Escalier, Paris, France (01/12/14-03/07/14)
2013 Drawing Artist-in-Residence, Flemish Classical Atelier, Bruges, Belgium (04/05/13-
06/30/13)
2012 Honorable Mention, 401 Richmond Career Launcher Prize, OCAD University
2011 Marsh Urquhart Memorial Scholarship, OCAD University
2010 Dr. Eugene A. Pegetto Scholarship, OCAD University
Barbara Sauerbrei Memorial Scholarship, OCAD University
Lisa Brown Memorial Grant, OCAD University
Ontario Student Opportunity Grant
2009 Curry’s Art Supplies Scholarship, OCAD University
Roman and Mary Schneider Foundation Award, OCAD University
Public Projects:
2018 Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, artist lead working with native youth
community members to design and produce tipi paintings to commemorate the Indian
Residential School Survivors for the Indian Residential School (IRSS) Legacy Project.
Exhibited at the Aga Khan Museum for Toronto Nuite Blanche and at Nathan Phillips
Square for the IRSS Legacy Festival. (07/29/19- 07/30/19)
Teaching:
2022 Watercolour Painting Course, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2021 Still-life Workshop, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2020 Painting Workshop, Youth Cultural Camp, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural
Centre, Enniskillen, ON
2020 Instructor, Brookline Art’s Center, Brookline, MA
2017-2019 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, MA
2013-2017 Director and Instructor, Artists Academy, Toronto, ON
Programs held in collaboration with DCP (Darren Christopher Projects)
2003-2009 Assistant director and Instructor, Bita’s Living Art’s Center, Richmond Hill, ON
Professional Experience:
2019 Gallery Attendant, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
2018 2019 Studio Monitor, Boston University, MA
2017-2018 Wood-shop and Sculpture Technician’s Assistant, Boston University, MA
Bibliography:
2021 Tatum Dooley, An Afternoon with Artist Mursal Nazary, Canadian Art Forecast. Web.
February 19, 2021.
Tatum Dooley and Even Nicole Brown, A New Shade of Blue: YlnMn, Canadian Art
Forecast. Web. February 24, 2021.
2019 Boston University School of the Visual Arts, MFA 2019 Thesis Catalogue. Print.
2012 OCAD University Graduate Catalogue, Open-Ended, Open-Minded. Print.
2009 First Impressions Anthology, The Afghan Girl, Richmond Hill Public Library. Print.