IBRAHIM ABUSITTA

ibrahimabusitta86@gmail.com


EDUCATION

2013

BFA: Photography, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

Diary of the Usual Sadness,  Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

(Forthcoming) Platform: in partnership with David Zwirner, offered by Smoke the Moon, on-line

(Forthcoming) Patel Brown, Toronto

2022

Flower Shop,  Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe

Exiles From The Future, Pumice Raft, Toronto

2021

Chrysalis*Metamorphosis,  Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe

High Desert High,  Smoke the Moon, Santa Fe

Looking Back, Art Gate VR

2020

Last Pieces, Macfarlane, Toronto

Under the Radar, curated by Shari Orenstein, Toronto

40 Under Forty, curated by Flavio Belli, Joseph D Carrier Art Gallery, Toronto

2019

Chill Life: Contemporary Still Lifes, curated by Nicholas Zirk, The White House Studio Project, Toronto

G.I.F.C. Toronto, The Costume House, Toronto

2018

Group Therapy, Mark Christopher Gallery, Toronto

Get Noticed, curated by Jamie Angell & Niki Dracos, Red Head Gallery, Toronto

Simmer 3, curated by Tyler Armstrong, The Costume House, Toronto

2017

Imago Mundi: Mediterranean Routes, Zisa, Zona Arti Contemporanee, Italy

2015

Fourth Anniversary, Robert Kananaj Gallery, Toronto

Video Screening Night, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto

Spring, Robert Kananaj Gallery, Toronto

2014

2nd Annual Hazelton Lanes Art Festival, Hazelton Lanes Gallery, Toronto

Award Winners of 2013 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, FCP Gallery, Toronto

2013

Contact Festival: Portmanteau OCAD U Photography, Gallery 345, Toronto

98th Annual OCAD University Graduate Exhibition, OCAD U, Toronto


ART FAIRS

2022

Art Toronto, Smoke the Moon, Metro Toronto Convention Centre

2015

Art Toronto, VERGE Video Artist, Metro Toronto Convention Centre

2013

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square


PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Ongoing

Donations of art work to charitable auctions and fundraisers, including Art Gems, C Magazine, The People's Voice, Bunker 2 Projects and OCAD U

2015-Present

Commercial Photographer, including documentation of art work for artists, commercial galleries and auction houses


WRITING

2022

Exhibition Essay: XPACE Cultural Centre,  Elham Fatapour / soil, sand, salt

Article: BlackFlash Magazine,  Going Down Memory Lane While Reading About Islamic Art in Canada

Exhibition Review: C Magazine,  “Revolution Must Mean Life” by Maysam Ghani

2020

Article: Canadian Art Magazine, ‘Why I Tallied BIPOC Artists Represented by Commercial Galleries—and What I Hope Comes Next’


PUBLICATIONS

2022

CanCulture Magazine: ‘Painting pieces of Canadian past with local artists at Art Toronto' by Teresa Valenton

2021

Newest Magazine: Commissioned cover for 'A Bouquet Of Flowers': In Conversation with Ibrahim Abusitta & Abdelrahmen Kamel 

2020

CBC News: 'Better than a black square': Toronto galleries were called out on Instagram, but what comes next?

CBC News: 'They're not alone': Seniors get unexpected gifts from Canadian artists during pandemic

2016

Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection: Palestine - Contemporary Art from within and beyond the border

2014

Shift: Exchanges | foreword by Micah Lexier, published by OCAD U Student Press, Toronto


AWARDS

2013

OCAD University Graduate Show: Project 31 Award

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition: Best in Exhibition (Student)

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition: Best in Photography (1st Honourable Mention)

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