About CV "the threads we carry, across borders" "the love that remains" Artist Project '24 Nocturne '24 "the stories we don't tell" Nuit Blanche '23 "her stories were blue" "stitching in your shape" "her language of love" Paintings '23 - '24 "circularity of (un)knowing" "at a distance - from within" Third Shift '23 "dear amma" "homesick" Poetry Painting '22 Performative Film "letters of haunting" Nuit Blanche

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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 Nuit Blanche, Eastern Edge Gallery(St.John's, NL), Art Museum at University of Toronto, Craft Ontario(Toronto), Xpace Cultural Centre (Toronto), Rajiv Menon Contemporary( Los Angeles) , Project Casa(Montreal),The Textile Museum of Canada(Toronto), Riverdale Art Gallery, Propeller Art Gallery and The Kochi Biennale (India). Par’s work celebrates the often invisible, misrepresented, and stereotyped voices and stories of Indian women. Par currently teaches drawing and painting at OCAD University.

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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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