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
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