Bio and CV
Veerta Kumar was born in India in 1999 and lives and works in Toronto. She considers the flux, chaos, and fragments of our perceptions to decolonize modes of re-presentation and re-creation. In the past year, she observed the interaction of paint and light and engaged in various modes of making and materials, including ornamentation, textiles, found materials, family album photos, personal photography, and digital manipulation.
Kumar completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting in 2023 from OCAD University. She received the John Madott Fine Art Award for her recent body of work Tedhi Nazar exhibited at Grad Ex 108.
Education
2023, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, OCADU, Toronto, ON.
Exhibitions
2023, Group Exhibition, Emerging Now |OCADU Drawing and Painting Class of 2023, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto ON.
2023, Group Exhibition, GradEx 108, OCADU, Toronto ON.
2023, Group Exhibition, Paraline, Shoes Off Collective, Midnight Market, Toronto ON.
2023, Group Exhibition, Awenda Inspired! OCADU, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto ON.
2023, Group Exhibition, Deep Down My Heart Sings, OCADU, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto ON.
2022, Group Exhibition, Metamorphosis, OCADU, Great Hall, Toronto ON.
2022, Group Exhibition, Blueprint for a Collective Home, Shoes Off Collective, OCADU, Toronto ON.
2021, Group Exhibition, Language of Abstraction | Selected-Works, OCADU (Kunstmatrix), Toronto, ON.
Awards & Grants
2023, John Madott Fine Art Award, OCADU, Toronto, ON.
2023, Anne Mirvish Bursary, OCADU, Toronto, ON.
2022, Andre Beaulieu Bursary for Young Visual Artists, OCADU, Toronto, ON.
Publications
2023, Group Exhibition, Entangle, GradEx 108, OCADU, Toronto ON.
2023, Group Exhibition, take ur shoes off! , Shoes Off Collective, Toronto, ON.