Still / Moving Image
Multidisciplinary artist working in film, photography, & watercolour painting.
Bea Scharf-Pierzchala
Filmmaker, photographer, and painter based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal.
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Bea's work spans cinematography and film montage, photography, and painting, contributing to award-winning independent films such as The Diabetic (2022), and working with notable musicians including Patrick Watson, Basia Bulat, and Yes McCan. Drawn to intimate human experiences and currently pursuing graduate studies in Art Therapy, Bea is passionate about the healing potential of creative process and creates playful and inclusive work with an emphasis on themes of love, magic, and the surreal qualities of everyday life.


Photo by Fatine-Violette Sabiri

CV
Education
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2025 - Grad. Cert: Play Therapy. Concordia University, Montreal, QC
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2025 - MA: Art Therapy. Concordia University, Montreal, QC
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2017 - BFA: Film Production. Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal, QC
Grants & Awards
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2024 - Glay Sperling Scholarship
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2023 - Concordia Fine Arts Scholarship
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2016 - FASA Small Grants Fund
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2016 - Sean Wall Award
Exhibitions & Festivals
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2024 - MUTEK
Large-scale multi-screen video loop installation for G L O W Z I
as part of NOCTURNE 4
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2022 - Fantasia Film Festival
The Diabetic screening + Q&A
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2021 - Closet Gallery
Magic Lantern Slide Photography Exhibition
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2019 - Lino Kino Foreign Exchange Festival
Sun Stealer // True Believer screening
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2019 - Neighbourhood Film Festival
Sun Stealer // True Believer screening
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2019 - Shoe Box Cinema
Rigor Mortis: I Killed Myself Over a Dude (Collaboration with Arizona O'neill) six part video installation
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2018 - The Letter Bet
Me vs Others (Collaboration with Laurence Philomene
& Arizona O'neill) video installation
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2017 - TIFF Wavelengths Programming
Wholly Holy (Collaboration with Richard Kerr) screening as part of CRISIS, COLLISION, RESOLVE: The Films of Richard Kerr
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2017 - TIFF Bell Lightbox
Wholly Holy (Collaboration with Richard Kerr) loop video installation
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2017 - Art Matters Festival / Studio XX
Kettle Study video installation as part of Wire Forest
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2016 - VAV Gallery
Parallelogram video installation as part of Deep Focus
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2013 - Galerie LOCK
Jack Deals With Death (Collaboration with Jack Zeppetelli) screening as part of VL Instalment 1
PRINT / PUBLICATIONS
2021
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Rat Chat Magazine - "Special Spot" Portrait Series
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Also Cool Magazine - "Secret Garden" Photo Series
2020
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Magic Lantern - Mystery Roll Photo Series
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Handy - Photo Book (available at La Grande Bibliothèque)
2019
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Somewhere Vol.1 - Photo Book