Samar Hejazi USA, b. 1987

Overview

Samar Hejazi (b. California, 1987) is a Palestinian-Canadian visual artist whose diverse practice encompasses textiles, sculpture, installation, and printmaking. Her work explores the possibilities of expanding the internalized boundaries of meaning-making.

Drawing inspiration from various craft traditions, she employs elements such as light, shadow, reflection, and movement to create immersive multidimensional experiences. Through these, she investigates the ever-shifting nature of perception in reality. Her artistic process continuously engages with diverse materials and forms to deepen this exploration.

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Biography

Samar Hejazi (b. California, 1987) is a Palestinian-Canadian visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans textiles, sculpture, installation, and printmaking. Drawing on diverse global craft traditions, she investigates the shifting nature of perception and meaning-making. Her work often plays with light, shadow, reflection, and movement to create immersive experiences that explore memory, identity, and inner landscapes.

Hejazi’s recent solo exhibitions include Illusions of Separation at the Aurora Cultural Centre, Canada (2023); Geometries of Difference at Open Studio Project Space, Toronto (2022); and An Unravelling at The Plumb as part of the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (2020).

Her work has been featured in major international group exhibitions, including Sila, Maraya Art Centre, Al Qasba, Sharjah, UAE (2025); Whispers of the Past, Sotheby’s, Dubai ,UAE (2025); Women in War by the Intisar Foundation, Kuwait (2024); Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Sharjah Art Museum, UAE (2023); Ghostly Makers, Burnaby Art Gallery, Canada (2023); Fragility, MIA Art Collection, Canadian University Dubai (2022); and As They Gaze Upon Us, Banat Collective and Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi (2021).

She has also participated in residencies at Arquetopia in Oaxaca, Puebla, and Cusco, receiving multiple scholarships in recognition of her contributions to contemporary craft-based practices. Her work has been featured in publications such as Blackflash Magazine, Create! Magazine, Art Queens Volume II, and Studio Magazine (2023).

Hejazi holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media from Ryerson University, Toronto (2013). Her work is part of numerous international private collections, and she continues to develop a visual language rooted in the personal, the poetic, and the perceptual.

Samar has also participated in Art Fairs such as "Interwoven Realities", Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2025); and Editions Art & Design Fair, Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE (2024)

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