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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. ​​

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Photo by Fatine-Violette Sabiri

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CV

Education​

  • 2025 - Grad. Cert: Play Therapy. Concordia University, Montreal, QC

  • 2025 - MA: Art Therapy. Concordia University, Montreal, QC

  • 2017 - BFA: Film Production. Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal, QC

 

Grants & Awards 

  • 2024 - Glay Sperling Scholarship

  • 2023 - Concordia Fine Arts Scholarship

  • 2016 - FASA Small Grants Fund

  • 2016 - Sean Wall Award

 

Exhibitions & Festivals

  • 2024 - MUTEK
    Large-scale multi-screen video loop installation for  G L O W Z I 
    as part of NOCTURNE 4
     

  • 2022 - Fantasia Film Festival
    The Diabetic screening + Q&A
     

  • 2021 - Closet Gallery
    Magic Lantern Slide Photography Exhibition 
     

  • 2019 - Lino Kino Foreign Exchange Festival
    Sun Stealer // True Believer screening
     

  • 2019 - Neighbourhood Film Festival
    Sun Stealer // True Believer screening
     

  • 2019 - Shoe Box Cinema 
    Rigor Mortis: I Killed Myself Over a Dude (Collaboration with Arizona O'neill) six part video installation
     

  • 2018 - The Letter Bet
    Me vs Others (Collaboration with Laurence Philomene
    & Arizona O'neill) video installation
     

  • 2017 - TIFF Wavelengths Programming
    Wholly Holy (Collaboration with Richard Kerr) screening as part of CRISIS, COLLISION, RESOLVE: The Films of Richard Kerr
     

  • 2017 - TIFF Bell Lightbox 
    Wholly Holy (Collaboration with Richard Kerr) loop video installation
     

  • 2017 - Art Matters Festival / Studio XX
    Kettle Study video installation as part of Wire Forest
     

  • 2016 - VAV Gallery
    Parallelogram video installation as part of Deep Focus
     

  • 2013 - Galerie LOCK
    Jack Deals With Death (Collaboration with Jack Zeppetelli) screening as part of VL Instalment 1

PRINT / PUBLICATIONS

2021

  • Rat Chat Magazine - "Special Spot" Portrait Series
    (stocked at Centre Phi)

  • Also Cool Magazine - "Secret Garden" Photo Series

 

2020

  • Magic Lantern - Mystery Roll Photo Series

  • Handy - Photo Book (available at La Grande Bibliothèque)

2019

  • Somewhere Vol.1 - Photo Book

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