About CV "the threads we carry, across borders" "the stories we don't tell" "the love that remains" Embroidery Painting Artist Project '24 Nocturne '24 Nuit Blanche '23 "her stories were blue" "stitching in your shape" "circularity of (un)knowing" "at a distance - from within" Third Shift '23 "dear amma" "homesick" Performative Film

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Par Nair (she/her) is an Indian born interdisciplinary artist and educator who lives and makes in the GTA (Canada). Her practice which centers oil paintings, hand embroidery, installation, and creative writing focus on dual identities and fragmented realities of migrants. Par acquired her Master’s (MFA) in Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design from OCAD University and has shown her works nationally and internationally. Notable showings include Art Museum at University of Toronto, Bradley Museum, The Textile Museum of Canada, Eastern Edge Gallery (NL), Craft Ontario, Xpace Cultural Centre, Onsite Gallery, Project Casa (Montreal), Hamilton Artists Inc, Riverdale Art Gallery, Rajiv Menon Contemporary (LA), Nuit Blanche ‘23, and The Kochi Biennale (India). Par’s work celebrates the often invisible, misrepresented, and stereotyped voices and stories of Indian women. Par currently holds the position of Sessional Faculty at OCAD University, where she teaches painting and art theory.

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Email/contact : parvnair969@gmail.com

Instagram: @parnairr


Thanks to Ontario Arts Council for generously supporting my practice

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