MFA Interdisciplinary Arts, 2022, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
BFA Drawing and Painting (with distinction), 2020, OCADU, Toronto, ON.
BA Fine Art Advanced Diploma (with honours), 2015, Georgian College, Barrie, ON.
Arts Fundamentals, 2012, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON.
BA 3D Animation( with honours), 2008, University of Wales, Chennai, India.
[UPCOMING] 2025 tba, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.
2024 Invisible threads: Stories of mothers, migration & resilience, Glass Case Gallery, Richmond Hill.
2024 the threads we carry, across borders, curated by Robyn Wilcox, Craft Ontario, Toronto.
2024 the stories we don't tell, Eastern Edge, St John's, NL.
2023 Par Nair Solo Show curated by Ignazio Nicastro, The Drake Hotel, Toronto.
2022 dear amma, The Public Gallery, Toronto.
2022 home sick, Graduate Gallery OCADU, Toronto.
[ONGOING] 2025 Motherland, Installation for Design TO, Toronto.
2024 Letters of Haunting, Installation for Nocturne Festival at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic , Halifax.
2024 Three Steps of Land, Rajiv Menon Contemporary, Los Angeles.
2024 Other tongues, curated by Ryan Rice, Onsite Gallery, Toronto.
2024 DREAMLAND curated by Hibah M, Bradley Museum, Mississauga.
2024 The Love that Remains, curated by Samantha Lance, Art Museum at University of Toronto, Toronto.
2024 Marinating in our Surrealistic Land, curated by Krupa P, Clark Centre for the Arts, Scarborough.
2024 Letters of Haunting, Installation at Artist Project, Toronto.
2024 Dreamland preview curated by Hibah M, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga.
2023 No(body), Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton.
2023 Letters of Haunting, curated by Noa Bronstein, Commissioned Project for Nuit Blanche at Scarborough Civic Centre.
2023 Traces of Us curated by Ignazio Nicastro, Nuit Blanche, The Drake, Toronto.
2023 Unguarded Moments, Riverdale Hub, Toronto.
2023 Reclamation, Third Shift Festival, Saint John, New Brunswick.
2023 Ascension of Abundance curated by Natalie King, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto.
2023 Untapped, Artist Project '23, Toronto.
2023 Gathering, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto.
2023 makeshift (46th Annual AHVA Graduate Exhibition), AHVA Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
2023 How I see you, Propeller Art gallery, Toronto.
2023 Stitching in your shape curated by Dana Snow & Paulina P, Riverdale Gallery, Toronto.
2022 Raga Collective in collaboration with Kochi Biennale, Kochi, India.
2022 Letters of Haunting, Anything is Possible on Barton Storefront Project, Hamilton.
2022 At a distance - from within, Project Casa, Montreal.
2022 It’s personal, Parkview Gallery, Etobicoke.
2022 sister, sister, live performance, The Public, Toronto.
2022 Circularity of (un)knowing, Mayten’s Gallery, Toronto.
2022 All of a sudden, Annual juried show, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto.
2022 Gradex 107, OCADU's annual grad show, Toronto.
2022 Echoes , Dignam and Ruth Upjohn Gallery, Toronto.
2022 Salon 16: Love is in the air. Propeller Art Gallery, online show.
2022 Why do you create?, Visual Arts Mississauga Gallery, Missisauga .
2022 Select Paintings displayed at Metro Condo Lobby, Toronto
2021 Diaspora Babes, CGAC, online show.
2021 Collective Experience, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto.
2021 Pop Up Members Show, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto.
2021 Spring SU Festival, online show.
2021 Salon 15, Propeller Gallery, online show.
2021 Sanitized Activity, Propeller Gallery, online show.
2020 Thesis Exhibition, Social Distance Gallery, online.
2020 Summer 2020 Exhibition, Gradcurate, online show.
2020 Grad Ex 105, Propeller Gallery, online show.
2020 Painting the other,Isolation x Creation, online show.
2020 Class of 2020, Gathered Gallery, online show.
2020 Festival of the Body, OCADU, Toronto
2019 Off the hook silent art auction, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie
2019 Archiving Deconstructed Identities, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
2019 [Click here to edit], Learning Zone OCADU, Toronto
2016 Off the hook silent art auction, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie
2015 #interrogate, two person show, Art in house, Barrie
2015 SDVA Sholarship Show, Georgian College, Barrie
2015 Off the hook silent art auction, Maclaren Art Centre, Barrie.
2014 By the dozen, group show, Georgian College , Barrie.
2014 SDVA Scholarship show, Georgian College, Barrie.
2014 Suddenly Strung, the front room gallery, Barrie.
2013 Hot off the press, Georgian College, Barrie.
2025 Arts Across Canada Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
2023 Visual Artists Creation Projects Grant, Ontario Arts Council.
2023 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council for "unguarded moments".
2021-22 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, OCADU, Toronto.
2022 Career Launcher Prize, The Public, Toronto.
2021 TSA Bursary, OCADU, Toronto.
2021 William & Phyllis Waters Bursary, OCADU.
2021 Charles Patcher Bursary, OCADU.
2020 Emerging Artist Award, Propeller Gallery, Toronto.
2020 Project 31 - Drawing and Painting Award, OCADU, Toronto.
2015 Excellence in Studio Award, Georgian College, Barrie.
2015 Barrie Arts Club Scholarship, Georgian College, Barrie.
2014 William Moore Award, Gerogian College, Barrie.
2014 Barrie Arts Club Scholarship, Georgian College, Barrie.
2013 Peer Print Making Award, Georgian College, Barrie
2024 Sessional Faculty, OCAD University, Toronto [CURRENT].
2023-25 Portfolio Clinics Instructor, Figurative Painting & Drawing, OCAD University, Toronto.
2023-25 Summer Instructor, Expanded Painting, OCAD University, Toronto.
2020-22 Marketing Team Member, Propeller Art Gallery.
2021 Multimedia Editor and Social Media Manager, Beyond the Frame Podcast, Toronto
2020-22 Sponsored Member, Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto.
2024 Artist Interview with Marj Andre for Connecting the Community Podcast
2024 "The Love that Remains", review by Rahsaan Youtzy for Artoronto.ca
2024 “Mother Love: Par Nair’s the stories we don’t tell”, review by Maggie Burton for Riddle Fence
2023 “to feel at home in my clothed body” Exhibition Essay for Hamilton Artists Inc by Bianca Isabel Garcia.
2023 "Scarborough Town Centre for Nuit Blanche" Interview with CBC News
2023 “Par Nair:Silk Saree from India” Interview with Textile Museum of Canada.
2023 "The sari as Canvas" for The Hindu Newspaper by Priyadarshini S.
2022 “(Un)familiar Resemblances” review for Femme Art Review by Dana Snow.
2022 “OCADU Student work on view at Public Gallery” for OCAD News by Shauna Doherty.
2021 Artist Interview on Beyond the Frame Podcast, Toronto
2021 Painting mention in Artoronto article, " Propeller Art Gallery celebrates 25 Years"
2024 Artist Talk for Lunch and Learn, Varley Art Gallery.
2024 Panelist on “Exploring Languages in Different Forms with Par Nair, Nabeela Malik, Ehiko Odeh and Diane Mikhael” Onsite Gallery, Toronto.
2024 Panelist on “Bodies and Diaspora” with Julie Gladstone, Toronto Metropolitan University.
2024 Artist Talk for Nocturne Festival, The Central Library, Halifax.
2024 Panelist on “Threading through Time: In Conversation with Par Nair, Julie Gladstone, Carol Ann Apilado” University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto.
2024 Artist Talk and Gallery Tour for the threads we carry across borders, Craft Ontario, Toronto
2024 Juror for Third Shift Festival, St John, NB.
2024 Artist Talk and Gallery Tour for the stories we don’t tell, Eastern Edge Gallery, NL.
2023 Panelist on “Ritual and Tradition in decolonial practice” CADN Conference, OCADU.
[UPCOMING] 2025 Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.
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