About Me
Sierra Peca is a Canadian artist and art historian. She has completed graduate studies in Art History at the University of Toronto with an interest in feminist and decolonial theory. With a focus on oil painting, Peca's art practice combines painting, drawing, print, and photography to reflect on her cultural identities, nostalgia, and banality. Though often exploring figures in situ, the artist also seeks to explore nature and textiles in more recent work. Her art has been exhibited at the Women’s Art Association of Canada, the Blackwood Gallery, Erindale Theatre, and Visual Arts Mississauga. She has held residencies at Visual Arts Mississauga and Gozo Contemporary (Valletta Contemporary) and was a finalist for the Emerging Visual Artist category at the Mississauga Arts Awards.
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EDUCATION​
2025 – University of Toronto, MA, Art History
2023 – University of Toronto, HBA in Art & Art History and Professional Writing & Communication
2023 – Sheridan Institute of Advanced Learning, Diploma in Painting (Art & Art History, joint program)
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CONFERENCES
2026 Northeast Modern Language Association, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Paper: Reclaiming Indigenous Methodologies Through Protest Art: Onaman Collective
2025 Universities Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Paper: Mustafa al-Hallaj and the Mobility of Palestinian Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Fragility of Identity, Ascent Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS​​
2025 Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
Shifting Forms, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
2024 Faces in Places, VAM Creative Resident Show, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
World Art Day, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
Why Do You Create? Juried Show, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
2023 Portraits of Mississauga, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
Instructors Show, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
The Middle Child, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
Aurora Exhibition, Health and Humanities, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada
Everyday Encounters: Recent Points of View, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Canada
Chromafilia, Erindale Theatre, Mississauga, Canada
Why Do You Create? Juried Show, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
2022 Raw Artists Portal, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada
The Middle Child, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
2021 PandeMINIum, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada
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ARTIST TALKS & TOURS
2026 Artist Talk, Art Gallery of Mississauga Annual Juried Show, Mississauga, Canada
2025 Guided Tour for Canadian Confederation of University Women, The Fragility of Identity, Ascent Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Artist Talk, The Fragility of Identity Exhibition Opening, Ascent Gallery, Toronto, Canada
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RESIDENCIES​
2024 Gozo Contemporary Residency, Gozo, Malta
Visual Arts Mississauga Creative Residency, Mississauga, Canada
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CURATION​
2024 World Art Day, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
Now Streaming, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada
2023 Chromafilia, Erindale Theatre, Mississauga, Canada
2022 Art at Hart, Hart House Art Committee, Toronto, Canada
Arbour Room Magazine, Hart House Art Committee, Toronto, Canada
The Middle Child, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada
PandeMINIum, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada
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AWARDS​​
2024 Dr. Annie Smith Graduate Scholarship, Sheridan College
Finalist, Emerging – Visual Arts: Traditional Forms, Mississauga Arts Awards (MARTYS)
2023 Faculty Award for Excellence in Painting 4, University of Toronto and Sheridan College
2020-23 Dean’s List Scholar, University of Toronto
2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Painting 3, University of Toronto and Sheridan College
Dr. Annie Smith Travel Scholarship, University of Toronto and Sheridan College
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ART PUBLICATIONS​
2021-24 BUFF
2023 Aurora Exhibition Guidebook
2021 Arbor Room Magazine