Bio
Pixel Heller is a multidisciplinary artist and designer currently based in Toronto, Canada. She delves into various mediums including paintings, drawings, performance, and textiles. Her creative journey is deeply influenced by her identity as a woman of Afro-Caribbean descent. Pixel explores themes of Black identity, carnival masquerade, cultural fluidity, and the preservation of cultures. She will be graduating from OCAD University in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in cross disciplinary studies with a specialization in life studies.
Pixel has exhibited at Gallery 1313, Meridian Arts Center, Yonge and Dundas Square and internationally at the Black Brazil Art Biennial. She has done performances at Artist Project and the Waterloo Region Museum. She’s worked with HERMÉS Canada and was a part of Vibe Arts NExT: Cohort 5.0.
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Education
2024 BFA Ontario College for Arts and Design University
Group Exhibitions
2024 Black Brazil Art Biennial. Black Brazil Art Institute. Rio de Janeiro, BR
2024 NExT: The Future of Art. Meridian Arts Center. Toronto, ON
2024 Defined Oddities. Gallery 1313. Toronto, ON
2024 Reignite & Reinvent. OCAD U Front Lobby. Toronto, ON
2024 Crossroads. OCAD U Great Hall. Toronto, ON
2023 New Vistas: Next Steps. Etobicoke Civic Center Art Gallery. Etobicoke, ON
2023 Here Now & Everywhere in the Future. OCAD Black Homecoming. Toronto, ON
2023 The Art of Celebration Installation. SugarKane Restaurant. Toronto, ON
2023 The Art of Celebration. Ada Slaight Gallery. Toronto, ON
2023 Yonge & Dundas Square Black History Month Digital Exhibition. Toronto, ON
2023 ALMEDA: Up to The Sky. OCAD U Great Hall. Toronto, ON
2022 Off The Wall. Propeller Art Gallery. Toronto, ON
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Mask on. Ada Slaight Gallery. Toronto, ON
Performances
2024 Artist Project, Opening Night. Toronto, ON
2024 Black History, Black Heritage, Black Futures. Waterloo Region Museum, ON
2023 Afraspektion. OddSide Arts Collective. Toronto, ON
Awards & Grants
2023 Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation Scholarship in Life Studies OCAD U
2023 OCAD U Diversity, Equity and Sustainability Initiatives Grant
2023 OCAD U Student Union Micro Grant
2022 Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation Scholarship in Life Studies OCAD U
2020 Clare McCulloch Memorial Award for Art
2019 Iris Gilmour Memorial Scholarship Winnipeg Art Gallery
Media
2024 CBC Arts
2024 Artist Project
2024 TOLive
2023 Toronto Guardian
2023 Meavz Collective Magazine
2023 Yonge-Dundas Square
Artist Talks
2024 NExT: The Future of Art. Meridian Arts Center. Toronto, ON
2024 Defined Oddities. Gallery 1313. Toronto, ON
2024 Art of the Black Diaspora, OCAD U, Toronto, ON
Professional Experience
2024 Camille Turner Assistant
2023 Onsite Gallery Installation Technician
2023 Ignite Gallery Assistant
2023 Patel Brown Installation Technician
2023 Hermès Astonishing Paper Fantasia Artist Assistant
2023 Jason Lujan and Maria Hupfield Artist Assistant
2023 Bentway Staging Grounds Eco Workshop Artist Assistant
2023 Kensington Market Street Mural "Future Without Oppression"
Community Service
2024 ALMEDA: Black Was, Is, and Will exhibition volunteer
2023 Blue Sea Devil Mas Camp Co-Manager
2023 BIPOC Student Representative OCAD U
2023 Vibe Arts Carnival Bra Making Workshop
2023 Crown Mas Production
2023 Canada’s Democracy Summit Democracy X Change
2023 Artist Alley
2022 ALMEDA Collective OCAD U Vice President