Samar Hejazi (b. California, 1987) is a Palestinian-Canadian visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans textiles, sculpture, installation, and printmaking. Drawing on diverse global craft traditions, she investigates the shifting nature of perception and meaning-making. Her work often plays with light, shadow, reflection, and movement to create immersive experiences that explore memory, identity, and inner landscapes.
Hejazi’s recent solo exhibitions include Illusions of Separation at the Aurora Cultural Centre, Canada (2023); Geometries of Difference at Open Studio Project Space, Toronto (2022); and An Unravelling at The Plumb as part of the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (2020).
Her work has been featured in major international group exhibitions, including Women in War by the Intisar Foundation, Kuwait (2024); Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Sharjah Art Museum, UAE (2023); Ghostly Makers, Burnaby Art Gallery, Canada (2023); Fragility, MIA Art Collection, Canadian University Dubai (2022); and As They Gaze Upon Us, Banat Collective and Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi (2021).
She has also participated in residencies at Arquetopia in Oaxaca, Puebla, and Cusco, receiving multiple scholarships in recognition of her contributions to contemporary craft-based practices. Her work has been featured in publications such as Blackflash Magazine, Create! Magazine, Art Queens Volume II, and Studio Magazine (2023).
Hejazi holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media from Ryerson University, Toronto (2013). Her work is part of numerous international private collections, and she continues to develop a visual language rooted in the personal, the poetic, and the perceptual.