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OCAD University

Toronto, Ontario

Welcome to the OCAD University Artist Showcase, where you can discover works available for rent or sale by current OCAD U students and recent graduates.

OCAD University is the largest and most comprehensive art, design and media university in Canada. The OCAD U Artist Showcase on Partial makes it simple to support the creative practices and careers of our artists and designers. Get a head start on viewing and collecting the incredible work produced by our top creative talent.

The emerging artists and designers featured on the OCAD U Artist Showcase have undergone a juried selection process. Noted for their standout skills and dedication, their work has been specifically chosen for this showcase.

Meet Our Artists

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Alex Hall
OCAD U Feature Artist
Alex Hall is a lens-based Chinese Canadian artist working in Toronto, Canada. She specializes in analog photog...
Aleksandra Blazevski
OCAD U Feature Artist
Aleksandra Blaževski is an artist based in Tkaronto (Toronto), and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours...
Carmen Mahave
OCAD U Feature Artist
Carmen Mahave is a Toronto-based sculptor, and multimedia artist, specializing in mouldmaking and casting. She...
Xintong Zuo
OCAD U Feature Artist
Xintong Zuo is a fine art and experimental illustrator whose work explores the emotional connections between p...
Grace Vali
OCAD U Feature Artist
Grace Vali is a multidisciplinary illustrator based in Toronto and Mississauga. Grace carries a Bachelor of D...
Tia Babbar
OCAD U Feature Artist
Tia Babbar (b. 2003) is a Toronto-based contemporary oil painter whose practice investigates themes of collect...
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Featured Works

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Born Yesterday
  • Rick Palidwor
  • 18" x 24"
  • $500 buy — $50 try
#yellow #blue #figure #abstract #white
Genèse / Genesis
  • Marc Thivierge
  • 60" x 30"
  • $3500 buy
#abstract
String of Pearls
  • frances ferdinands
  • 30" x 24"
  • $4300 buy
#representational #pearls #binoculars #tropical fish #stylized palm trees
Blakiston River, Waterton Lakes National Park
  • Susan Ross
  • 24" x 48" x 1.5"
  • $1600 buy — $80 try
#contemporary #mountains #landscape #impressionism #canadian
Glowing 4 (framed)
  • Marianne Sung
  • 9" x 12"
  • Sold
#landscape #pink #tree #yellow #neon
Salt
  • Mina Nowzari
  • 22" x 18"
  • Unavailable
#cinema #photography #35mm #beach #sunset
nature/nurture
  • Alexandra Marcuzzi
  • 6" x 8" x 1.5"
  • $350 buy
#small #representational #modern #black and white #boxers
Renna
  • Elizabeth Forrest
  • 13.5" x 17" x 1"
  • $175 buy
#carefree #warm subtle pink #ink jet pigment print #figurative
Autumn Energy
  • Jim Pescott
  • 12" x 12" x 1.5"
  • Sold
#dots #autumn #treescape #autumn colour #pointillism
Night Visions
  • April Pyne
  • 14" x 11"
  • Unavailable
#drawing #gray #geometric #hard edge #collage
Leave
  • Donny Nie
  • 29.5" x 41"
  • $1200 buy
#colour #abstract
Lost and Meander - (Q series)
  • Harley Yang
  • 24" x 34" x 2"
  • $2600 buy
#yellow #photography #abstract
Crow Iconica 2
  • Suzanne Tevlin
  • 9" x 12" x 1"
  • $1250 buy — $155 try
#crow paintings
Pond Mini
  • Eri Ishii
  • 28" x 22" x 2.5"
  • $1700 buy
#gardens #landscape painting #pond #water
SOLD Spirit in the Sky
  • Montina Hussey
  • 10" x 10" x 1.5"
  • Sold
#sky
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Bear on a Treestump
Linda DeLuca
Latest News
September 2022

Career Launcher Recipient Kasra Goodarznezhad Wins EQ Bank's Emerging Digital Artist Award

The Emerging Digital Artists Award (EDAA) is Canada’s award for critical experimentation in digital media, proudly presented by EQ Bank and Trinity Square Video. Launched in 2015, the award celebrates the contributions of artists working exclusively in virtual space. Kasra Goodarznezhad was selected for his work Evolving Maps: A Collective Memory, 2022.

August 2022

Announcing the latest recipients of the Partial Artist Showcase.

Vridhhi Chaudhry, Sara Shoghi, Helio Eudoro, Kaspian Kondrat, Helen Tran, Grace Hotchkiss, Alessandra Singh, Anam Feerasta.

Announcing  Clara Kim as a recipient of the Slate Asset Management 2022 Career Launcher public art exhibit in the lobby of 2 St. Clair West.

We're excited to announce Irene Lee as the recipient of the Programs, Publications and Shop Assistant Career Launcher at Art Metropole ; a non-profit visual arts centre with a focus on contemporary art in formats predisposed to circulation and dissemination.

We're thrilled to announce the five new artists who will be working closely with NEO Exchange over the next year to create commissioned works of art to commemorate a new listing or a new fund on the NEO stock exchange.

Kristen Qing, Brian Jiang, Olivia Aguiar, Sara Shoghi, Trinity Leon

Congratulations to Tizzi Tan, Mina Nowzari and Briar Tawse-Smith on being the recipients of the Membership Career Launcher at Gallery 44 which is committed to programs that reflect the continuously changing definition of photography.

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