Samar Hejazi (b. California, 1987) is a Palestinian-Canadian visual artist whose diverse practice encompasses textiles, sculpture, installation, and printmaking. Her work explores the possibilities of expanding the internalized boundaries of meaning-making.
Drawing inspiration from various craft traditions, she employs elements such as light, shadow, reflection, and movement to create immersive multidimensional experiences. Through these, she investigates the ever-shifting nature of perception in reality. Her artistic process continuously engages with diverse materials and forms to deepen this exploration.
Samar has held numerous solo exhibitions including ‘An Unravelling', Toronto Palestine Film Festival, The Plumb, Canada (2020); ‘Geometries of Difference’, Open Studio Project Space, Toronto, Canada (2022); ‘Illusions of Separation’, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, Canada (2023).
She participated in several national and international group exhibitions, including Women in War, Intisar Foundation,Kuwait (2024); Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE (2023); Fragility, MIA Art Collection, Canadian University, Dubai, UAE (2022); As They Gaze Upon Us, Banat Collective and Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2021);
Ghostly Makers, Burnaby Art Gallery, Canada (2023); And Yet it Rises, Cassanda Cassandra, Toronto, Canada (2021); And Other Monuments, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada (2021); Legacy Trilogy, ArteEast Benefit Exhibition, New York, U.S.A. (2021); International Women’s Day Exhibit, Embassy Culture House, London, Canada (2021); Empire, ‘Awakenings’, VR Exhibit, Toronto History Museums, Canada (2021); International Peace Festival, Toronto, Canada (2020); Hard Twist 14: Entwined, Toronto, Canada (2019); Motion Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (2019); Holding Patterns, Toronto, Canada (2018); Hard Twist 13: Thread, Toronto, Canada (2018); Re-Presentando, Decentered Gallery, Puebla, Mexico (2018); Recap, VucoArtspace, Toronto, Canada (2018); Mind Blend, Blank Canvas Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2018); Dear World, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2018); Annual Juried Art Exhibition, QuestArt, Midland, Canada (2017); VUCO No. 1, Toronto, Canada (2017); STIMMING, 2nd Floor Events, For The People, Toronto, Canada (2017); MECHANAECIA, 2nd Floor Events, For The People, Toronto, Canada (2017); Perceptions, Possum Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2016); New Divisions, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2016); Senseless, For The People, Toronto, Canada (2016); The Brain Project, Toronto, Canada (2016); Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada (2015); Recess, Nest Collective, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, Canada (2015); Intersection 1173, InLightStudio + Working Proof Studio, Toronto, Canada (2015); This is Not For You, Creatures Creating Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2014); The Artist Project, Better Living Space Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada (2014); This Is Not A Club, This Is Not a Toy, Design Exchange after party, Toronto, Canada (2014); NUDE Vol.3 and Lex Artis: Art Party, Toronto, Canada (2014); This Is Not For You, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2014); InLight Studio Launch Party, Toronto, Canada (2014); Meta 2013, Arta Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2013); Collective Consciousness, Toronto, Canada (2013); Maximum Exposure, Ryerson Image Arts, Toronto, Canada (2013); Configuration, Al Green Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2013); An Internal Affair, Toronto, Canada (2013).
She has participated in art residencies at Arquetopia in Oaxaca, Mexico, Cusco, Peru, and Puebla, Mexico, where she was awarded scholarships. Her work has been featured in multiple publications, including Blackflash Magazine, Create! Magazine, Art Queens Volume II, and Studio Magazine’s spring issue in 2023.
Samar has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media from Ryerson University, Toronto (2013) and her work is part of numerous international private collections.