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Aashna Pujara, b.2002

Aashna Pujara is a South-Asian multidisciplinary artist from Hamilton, Ontario, currently studying at OCAD University in Toronto. Their work consists of printmaking and textiles, and often a harmonious collaboration of the two mediums. In their practice, they are currently exploring how environments and surroundings affect sentient beings through material research of working with elements from the earth, and exploring natural imagery through textures. Aashna has exhibited at various artist spaces in Ontario, including Tap Centre for Creativity (London, Ontario), Gallery 35 (Brampton, Ontario), Bevy (Toronto, Ontario), Midnight Arcade (Toronto, Ontario), OCAD University (Toronto, Ontario), and InPrint Collective (Toronto, Ontario). Aashna has also been awarded a TSA summer bursary from OCAD University, and is currently a studio assistant at Centre[3], a printmaking studio in Hamilton, Ontario. After receiving their BFA, Aashna hopes to be a part of the printmaking community in both Toronto and Hamilton, and develop their practice through applying to residencies. 

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Education

2022-2025   OCAD University, BFA, Printmaking and Publications

Group Exhibitions

2024/25    Grimsby Public Art Gallery, On Paper, Grimsby, Ontario

2024/25    Contemporary Textile Course, Material Fragments: a space for you     and i, OCADU Library, Toronto, Ontario

2024    Print London, ‘TOMPE’, Tap Centre for Creativity, London, Ontario

2024    ShoesOff Collective, Chosen Family, Bevy, Toronto, Ontario

2023    VASA Arts, Of Catharsis and Healing, Gallery 35, Brampton, Ontario

2023    ShoesOff Collective, Paraline, Midnight Arcade, Toronto, Ontario

2022    OCADU, In the Flesh, Toronto, Ontario

Exchanges

2024   Zine Exchange, Inprint Collective, Toronto, Ontario

2024   Printmaking Department Print Exchange, OCADU

2023   Printmaking Department Print Exchange, OCADU