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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022  Shippo, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2021  Wagara, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California, United States

2019  Passementerie, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California, United States

2015  Starry Night, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2013  Tessellations, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2010  Shades of Time, ACME., Los Angeles, California, United States

2009  New Paintings, CTRL Gallery, Houston, Texas, United States

2008  Commingle, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2007  Affinity, Loop Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2006  Click, Loop Gallery. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024  Dreams and Reflections, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California, United States

2020  Black & White vs. Color, curated by Richard Heller, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, California, United States

2018  Multi Layered Surfaces, curated by Daisuke Takeya, Embassy of Canada, Tokyo, Japan

2017  Underlying System Is Not Known, curated by Scott Speh, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2016  Fixations and Saccades, curated by Ivan Jurakic, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2015  Common Thread, curated by Heather Bhandari, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, New York, United States

2014  Who’s Afraid of Purple, Orange and Green?, curated by Jennifer Matotek, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

2014  Der Garten der Pfade, die sich verzweigen. II, curated by Gunna Schmidt, Nicola Stäglich and Anke Völk, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany

2013  The Thick of It, curated by York Lethbridge, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Jessica Bradley Annex, curated by Jessica Bradley, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  trans/FORM, curated by David Liss, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Paint as Object, curated by Jessica Bradley, Jeremy Hof and Sasha Pierce, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Post, curated by Ivan Jurakic, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2011  The Most She Weighed/The Least She Weighed, curated by Jen Hutton, Susan Hobbs, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2010  None-Identical Abstraction Engine, curated by Jan Tumlir, ACME., Los Angeles, California, United States

2009  Eleventh RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Musée D’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Québec, Canada; and Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2009  Showcase.09, Cambridge Galleries, curated by Ivan Jurakic, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

2008  Retelling Anne, curated by Dawn Owen, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

2006  New Models for Abstraction, curated by Robert Linsley, Hacienda Sarria, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

2006  art: to ease crappy conversation, curated by Sasha Pierce, Loop Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ART FAIRS

2023  Art Toronto, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2023  Expo Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2022  Art Toronto, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2022  Papier, Zalucky Contemporary, Montréal, Québec, Canada

2020  Future Fair Online, Richard Heller Gallery, artsy.net

2019  Expo Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2019  Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States

2018  Untitled Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States

2016  Expo Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2016  Seattle Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Seattle, Washington, United States

2016  Volta Basel, Richard Heller Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2015  Untitled Art Fair, Richard Heller Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States

2015  Expo Chicago, Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2015  Frieze New York, Jessica Bradley Gallery, Randall’s Island, New York, United States

2015  Papier15, Jessica Bradley Gallery, Montréal, Québec, Canada

2014  Frieze New York, Jessica Bradley Gallery, Randall’s Island, New York, United States

2012  Art Toronto, Jessica Bradley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2009  Art Toronto, 11th RBC Canadian Painting Competition Showcase, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2008  New Art Dealers Alliance Art Fair, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida, United States

2008  NEXT Art Fair, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2008  UpART Fair, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

COLLECTIONS

BMO Collection – Canada

Cleveland Clinic Art Collection – United States

Collection of the Canada Council Art Bank

Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough – Canada

RBC Collection – Canada

Scotiabank – Canada

TD Collection – Canada

The Donovan Collection, University of Toronto – Canada

The Progressive Art Collection – United States

EDUCATION

2004  Master of Fine Arts Degree, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

1997  Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

AWARDS 

2015  Laura Ciruls Painting Award, Ontario Arts Foundation           

2009  Honourable Mention Award, Eleventh RBC Canadian Painting Competition

2003  Sylvia Knight Graduate Award in Fine Arts, University of Waterloo

FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

2022  Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

2021  Canada Council for the Arts Visual Artist Explore and Create

2021  Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Grant – Mid Career

2020  Vermont Studio Center Fellowship

2018  Canada Council for the Arts Visual Artist Explore and Create

2018  Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Grant – Mid Career

2018  K. M. Hunter Artist Award finalist

2017  Toronto Arts Council Visual Artist Grant – Mid Career

2016  Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Grant – Mid Career

2016  Ontario Arts Council Community Outreach Grant, Sol Express, L’Arche

2016  Vermont Studio Center Fellowship

2016  Chalmers Art Fellowship – Research the art practice and writing of Anni and Josef Albers

2014  Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Grant – Mid Career

2014  Toronto Arts Council Visual Artist Grant – Mid Career

2012  Canada Council for the Arts Visual Artist Project Grant

2012  Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Grant – Mid Career

2012  Toronto Arts Council Visual Artist Grant – Mid Career

2012  Ontario Arts Council Community Outreach Grant, Sol Express, L’Arche

2010  Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Grant

2010  Toronto Arts Council Visual Artist Grant

2009  Canada Council for the Arts Visual Artist Project Grant

2009  Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant, ACME., Los Angeles

2009  Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Grant

2008  Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

2007  Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

2007  OSEB Recipient (Visual Artist), Toronto Business Development Centre

2006  Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

2006  SSHRC and PREA Research Fellowship, New Models For Abstraction, directed by Robert Linsley

2005  Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

2004  University of Waterloo Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship

2003  Shantz Fellowship Scholarship, University of Waterloo

2003  Senate Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo

2003  University of Waterloo Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship

1997  Gordon Couling Scholarship, University of Guelph

1996  Michael Scotchmer Scholarship, University of Guelph

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2020  Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont, United States

2019  HEREKEKE Art Center, Questa, New Mexico, United States

2016  Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont, United States

2016  Digital Painting Atelier, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2014  Visiting Artist Residency, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2006  New Models For Abstraction, directed by Robert Linsley, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

PRESS

2023 Clarke, Bill, Sasha Pierce, Border Crossings, Issue 162, p.205-207

2019  Rubin, David, Sasha Pierce, Editorial Features, www.visualartsource.com, February 27

2015  Halpert, Juliana, Common Thread, Critics’ Picks, Artforum, August

2015  Stevenson, Jonathan, Warp and Weft: The grid at Mixed Greens, Two Coats of Paint, July 31

2014  Goodden, Sky, Modernism Revisited-With a Prairie Twist, Canadian Art Online, June 30

2014  Gazolla, Bart, Modern Women, Magenta Magazine, Spring Issue

2013  Jazvac, Kelly, Sasha Pierce: Tessellations, Canadian Art Online, December 17

2013  Whyte, Murray, Sasha Pierce at Jessica Bradley Projects, Toronto Star, December 14

2012  Smith, Pete, Jeremy Hof and Sasha Pierce, Canadian Art, Summer Issue, p.120

2012  Vaughan, R.M., trans/FORM: Matter as Subject > New Perspectives, at MOCCA, The Globe and Mail, July 14

2012  Dick, Terence, trans/FORM & Shape of Things at MOCCA, Akimblog, akimbo.ca, July 10

2012  Whyte, Murray, “trans/FORM” at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art: Review, The Toronto Star, July 3

2012  Bruneau, Benjamin, MOCCA Reflects Trending Return to Material Media with trans/FORM, ArtInfo.com, June 28

2012  Vaughan, R.M., Eye Candy – and food for thought, too, The Globe and Mail, February 4

2011  Editors’ Pick, The Most She Weighed/The Least She Weighed, Magenta Magazine Online, Volume 2, No.3

2010  Schad, Ed, Abstraction at ACME., ArtSlant.com, January 12

2009  Klaasmeyer, Kelly, Sasha Pierce: New Paintings, Houston Press, September 22

2009  Tucker, Rebecca, Where Emerging Artists Can Shine, The National Post, September 3, p.TO4

2009  Reid, Robert, The Best and Brightest, The Record, Kitchener, Oct 8

2008  Enright, Robert, Textural Piercings, Border Crossings, Issue 105, p.24

2008  Dault, Gary Michael, Sasha Pierce at Greener Pastures, The Globe and Mail, August 23

2006  Jager, David, Sasha Pierce brings together sculptures that go from silly to profound, Now Magazine, December 14

2006  Olejnik, Wojciech, New Research in Abstraction Exhibition, www.abstraction.uwaterloo.ca

CATALOGUES AND EXHIBITIONS TEXTS

2015  Jazvac, Kelly, Thin, Not Flat, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2015  Matotek, Jennifer, Who’s Afraid of Purple, Orange and Green, Dunlop Art Gallery, Black Dog Publishing, London, England

2015  Reflections on the Lagacy of Canadian Women Artists, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2013  Henderson, Lee, A Cloude of Unknowyng, On The Art of Sasha Pierce, Old Mill Books, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

2013  RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Fifteen-Year Anniversary, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Jurakic, Ivan, Post, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2012  Liss, David, trans/FORM, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Sawtell, Scott, 60 Painters, Lakeshore Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Tumlir, Jan & Linsley, Robert, The Non-Identical Abstraction Engine, Old Mill Books, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2010  Donovan, Daniel, The Donovan Collection, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2009  Owen, Dawn, Retelling Anne, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

2009  RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

LECTURES

2016  Panel Talk, Fixations and Saccades, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2016  Artist Talk and Seminar, Barbara Balfour’s MFA and PHD candidates, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2016  Artist Talk, Digital Painting Atelier, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2015  Artist Talk, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

2014  Artist Talk, University of Toronto, Shirley Wiitasalo’s undergrad painting class, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2013 Artist Talk and Seminar, Kelly Jazvac’s MFA grad students, University of Western, London, Ontario, Canada

2013  Artist Talk, Art Now! Speaker Series, University of Western, London, Ontario, Canada

2013  Artist Talk, Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada

2012  Artists-on-Artists #2 with Saelan Twerdy and Niall McClelland, MOCCA, trans/FORM, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Artist Talk, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  Artist Talk, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2012  Artist Talk, Anders Oinonen’s colour theory class University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

2006  Panel talk on New Models for Abstraction, moderated by Jan Tumlir, ACME., Los Angeles, California, United States

TEACHING

2018  University of Guelph Specialized Studio Experiential Learning Artist Mentor Internship, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

2015  University of Guelph Specialized Studio Experiential Learning Artist Mentor Internship, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

2014  Parkdale Art Mentorship Program, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2013  Abstract Painting, Fall Semester, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012  University of Guelph Specialized Studio Experiential Learning Artist Mentor Internship, Toronto, Ontario, Canada