ABOUT
Beatrice Scharf-Pierzchala
Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist working predominantly in film, photography and painting.
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Since graduating from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Bea has worked on videos for artists such as Ouri, No Joy, Yes Mccan and Patrick Watson. Her photographs have appeared in magazines and she has had collaborative work featured in TIFF's Wavelengths programming. Drawn to intimate human experiences, her focus is to create playful and inclusive work with a strong emphasis on visual experimentation while exploring themes of love, magic, and the surreal qualities of everyday life.
Photo by Fatine-Violette Sabiri
CV
Education
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2014 - 2017 Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Grants & Awards
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2016 - FASA Small Grants Fund
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2016 - Sean Wall Award
Exhibitions & Festivals
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2021 - Closet Gallery
Magic Lantern Slide Photography Exhibition
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2019 - Lino Kino Foreign Exchange Screening
Sun Stealer // True Believer (Video for Mal) screening
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2019 - Neighbourhood Film Festival
Sun Stealer // True Believer (Video for Mal) 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 Philomen
& 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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2017 - Eastern Bloc
UNTITLED 3 (Collaboration with Jack Zeppetelli) video installation as part of Four Hundred
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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
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
