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)