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

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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