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. 

Education

• 2014 - 2017 Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema

Grants & Awards 

• 2016 - FASA Small Grants Fund

• 2016 - Sean Wall Award

Exhibitions & Festivals

• 2021 - Closet Gallery
  Magic Lantern Slide Photography Exhibition 
   

• 2019 - Lino Kino Foreign Exchange Screening
  Sun Stealer // True Believer (Video for Mal) screening
   

• 2019 - Neighbourhood Film Festival
  Sun Stealer // True Believer (Video for Mal) 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 Philomen
  & 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
   

• 2017 - Eastern Bloc
  UNTITLED 3 (Collaboration with Jack Zeppetelli) video installation as part of Four Hundred
   

• 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

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)

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2019

• Somewhere Vol.1 - Photo Book