Mahsa Merci

Born 1990 in Tehran, Iran

Lives and works in Toronto, Canada

Mahsa Merci received her BA in Graphic design from Tehran University of Art and MA of Painting at Azad University in Iran. Currently, Mahsa is studying MFA at the University of Manitoba in Canada. She is a multidisciplinary artist who works with different media and a diverse range of techniques to communicate the concepts of her works. She expresses her ideas through painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, photography, installation and video. Mahsa Merci exhibited her works in more than 35 solo and group shows in the USA, Italy, UAE, India, Cyprus, Canada and Iran. One of her Video animation was exhibited in Miami art fair in 2018. In 2019, ABC news interviewed with her to show her works in the channel in Australia. She nominated to interviewed with Art Habens magazine to published a lengthy interview and introducing her works in London in 2019. Her work has appeared in a variety of print media.

Exhibitions

An Average Comet

July 20 - Aug 30, 2024

Education

2021
Master of Fine Arts
University of Manitoba, Canada
2017
Master of painting
Art and Architecture Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2012
Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design
Art university of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Solo

2021
Mayten’s Project
Toronto, Canada
2019
Etemad Gallery
Tehran, Iran

Group

2024
Harkawik Gallery, New York, NY
Martini
Shebam Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
Soft Edge of a Blade II
Zaal Gallery x Dastan Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2023
Soft Edge of a Blade I
Zaal Gallery x Dastan Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2022
Unit One Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Crossing
V.O Curations Angel, London, United Kingdom
2021
Shape of an Image
Curated by Sasha Bogojev, Waow Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Discover Towards Utopia, an online exhibition
Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2020
Limbo
Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
GIFC
Online Exhibition, Oslo, Norway
Anything-whatever
Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Portrait:Identity and expression
Site Brooklyn Gallery, New York, NY
Floorr
Online Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
2019
All-Iranian Women
Tache Art Gallery of University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
2017
Opening Exhibition
Drawing Museum ,Tehran ,Iran
Episode 02
Mohsen Gallery ,Tehran ,Iran
Pure Drawing
Spazio Nour Gallery, Milan, Italy
Food
Contemporary art museum of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2016
Identity
Jorjani Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Tehran Experimental Art Week
Niyavaran Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
Art in Secret
Showcase Gallery, Dubai, the U.A.E
2015
Peace
Lajevardi Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2014
New generation
Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Action,Expression, Creativity
Mahe Mehr Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2013
Art walk
Saadabad Museum, Tehran, Iran
The Other
Shirin Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Color and Sketch
Hoor Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009
100 artworks 100 Artists
Golestan Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Art Fair

2024
Contemporary Art Now
Shebam Gallery, Ibiza, Spain
Foundation Online Fair
Artsy x Filo Sofi
2023
Art Toronto
Zaal Gallery x Dastan Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Spring Break
Filo Sofi, New York, NY
2022
Art Toronto
The Next Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2021
Art Toronto
Mayten’s project, Toronto, Canada
The Other Art Fair
Los Angeles, California
2020
MayFair Art Weekend Showreel
London, United Kingdom

Residencies

2024
(upcoming), Wolf Hill, New York
2025
(upcoming), La Chambre Blanche, Quebec, Canada

Awards & Grants

2022
Winner of Animated Short: Limbo 2, Toronto Independent Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Honorable Mention Animation Limbo 2, Supernova 7th Dimension Digital Animation Festival, Denver, Colorado
Selected as of the 5 Rising Painters to Discover in 2022 by Artsy campaign and been digitally displayed in NYC subway stations and train cars for a whole month of February, New York, NY
Innovative grant, New York
2021
Lambda Scholarship Foundation Canada - Les McAfee Memorial Award, Manitoba, Canada
2020
Manitoba scholarship, Manitoba, Canada
2019
MGS award, Manitoba, Canada