BIO
Sarah Alinia Ziazi is a Toronto based Illustrator and Muralist who holds a BDs in Illustration from OCAD University. She is passionate about creating images from personal experiences to conceptual narratives. Reoccurring themes of identity and nostalgia are used to provide engaging connections through the use of traditional and digital mediums. She is a recipient of numerous awards and has exhibited artworks in several Canadian galleries. As a freelance illustrator, she has worked for reputable international clientele and has showcased her work in published forums and magazines.
Please get in touch through sarahaliniaziazi@gmail.com
CLIENTS
Drake Hotel Properties. Scarborough Arts. Variety Magazine. StreetARToronto. Mural Routes. Xpace Cultural Centre. OCAD University Student Union. Nuance Publication powered by Medium.com. Never Later Events. SmART Magazine.
PRESS
THE DRAKE • TORONTO GUARDIAN • AUBURN LANE • IT'S NICE THAT • VICE MAGAZINE: CREATORS • ON ART AND AESTHETICS • BIRD IN FLIGHT • JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE • SHE DOES THE CITY
EDUCATION
2017 Bachelor of Design in Illustration, OCAD University
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2017 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition
2017 The Jonathan LeVine Gallery Blurred Line Scholarship Award
2017 American Illustration 36, Chosen
2017 Plex Gallery, ArtCube Series Competition, Second Runner-Up
2016 Artscape Gibraltar Point: Student Gallery Island Residency, Artist in Residence
PUBLIC ART
2021 Drake Hotel Properties, Primary Idols, Modern Wing Extension, 3 hand-painted murals and vinyl cutouts
2021 Mural Routes, In Our Nature, The Toronto Zoo, 5 hand-painted portrait murals
2021 Dance Together Festival, Mimico Square Dancers, Amos Waites Park, hand-painted ground mural
2021 Bell Box Murals Project, York Centre: Duke Heights BIA, Mid-Century Modern Furniture, hand-painted traffic signal box
2021 Bell Box Murals Project, Agincourt North, TTC Design, hand-painted traffic signal box
2021 StreetARToronto, Outside the Box, Women Surrounded by Flowers, hand-painted traffic signal box
2021 StreetARToronto, Richmond Street Cycle Track Barriers, Cycling Is Elemental: Air, 4 hand painted cycle barriers
2020 StreetARToronto, Scarlett Road Cycle Track Barriers, Stories On Scarlett: Fauna, 2 hand painted cycle barriers
ART SCREENINGS
2022 Peel Environmental Youth Alliance, Connected Through Nature, PEYA’s Art Showcase & Open Mic
2019 Artsideout, In Between, University of Toronto: Scarborough Campus
2019 Womxns Collective Show, Amor, Knxw Love Gallery
2018 Artsideout, Rebirth, University of Toronto: Scarborough Campus
2017 Lucid Dream, Artists in Wonderland, OCAD U: The Great Hall
2017 Greenhouse Art Show, Iridescence, Civis Toronto
2017 Xpace Fundraiser Exhibition & Sale, Xpace Art Centre
2015 Boner Kill Feminist Collective Screening, Art Gallery of Ontario
2015 Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), Toronto Reference Library
SOLO EXHIBITION
2019 Illustrative Works on Paper, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019 Where We Are, Group Exhibition & Market, Beaver Hall Gallery
2017 Who’s Mxns, Collective, 187 Augusta Avenue
2017 American Illustration 36, Canadian Winners Exhibition, Northern Contemporary Gallery
2017 Swash & Serif, Design Directory, Northern Contemporary Gallery
2017 Student Scholarship Show, Society of Illustrators, Society of Illustrators Gallery, NYC
2017 Miscontraception, OCAD U Annual GradEx 102, OCAD University
2016 OCAD U, Pride: Student Exhibition, OCADU: The Great Hall
2016 Hold On To Me, Heart On, Xpace Art Centre
2016 Homework: Illustrative Drawing and Painting Exhibition, Artscape Youngplace
2015 Scotibank‘s Student Contact Photography Festival, OCADU: The Great Hall
2015 Fake Geek Girls Like Us, Pop Up Event, Annex Art Centre
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2022 LISTEN. LEARN. ACT. Zine, Part 3. Curated by ARTWORXTO. (forthcoming)
2021 Wandering Autumn Magazine, International Women’s Day. Curated by Melanie Kenny.
2017 21 Missed Connections. Curated by Kendra Yee.
2017 Duty Free Zine. Curated by Misbah Ahmed.
2016 LooseLeaf Magazine, 2nd Issue.
2016 Theory Boner Zine, 2nd Issue: Manifesto.
2015 Patterns Magazine, 1st Issue: Apathy.
2015 Boner Kill Feminist Collective Zine, 1st Issue: Sexy Back.
