Ariel Bader-Shamai
Education
2015-17 MA, Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
2009-13 BA, Art History and Communication Studies, McMaster University
Curatorial Projects
2019 I Shine, You Shine, We All Shine! Co-curated with Sahra Soudi, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
2019 Sonic Art Series, Various Locations, Hamilton, ON
2016 150, CONTACT Photography Film Festival, The Image Centre, Toronto, ON
2015 Scars: Alternative Photographic Practices by Raquel Moliterno, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
2014 Welcome to Yesterday, group photography exhibition, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
Exhibitions (solo)
2019 Untitled, Anne Foster Windows, Hamilton, ON
2017 Golden Hour, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
Exhibitions (group)
2025 Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, curated by Sahra Soudi, Orchid Contemporary, Hamilton, ON
2017 Nodality, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
2016 Darkroom 5.0, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, ON
2015 Salon of Inclusiveness, The Black Cat, Toronto, ON
2015 Living Arts Symposium, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
2014 The Cocoon, Supercrawl Festival, Hamilton, ON
2013 Steeltown Views, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton, ON
2012 Manifest, HAVN, Hamilton, ON
2011 History that Happened or was Dreamed, Temporary Projects, Hamilton, ON
Publications
2025 Needlebound Volume 2, Montréal, QC.
2017-19 Solecism Volumes 1-3, Toronto, ON
Bibliography
2020 CBC Arts, Online, June 2020, Can you weave a landscape? A poem? A Memory? , written by Chris Hampton
Panels, Presentations & Workshops
2025 Photographing Your Artwork, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON
2024 Space for Artists: On the Cost of Living Crisis and Disappearing Space, Hamilton Artist Inc.
2023 Book Fair, featuring local presses and Tomson Highway, POP! Montréal Children’s Festival Programming, Montréal, QC
2022 Puppet-making and Mile End Parade, POP! Montréal Children’s Festival Programming, Montréal, QC
2017 Chemigram Workshop, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
Screenings & Film Festivals
2020 Gathering Wool, Filmmaker Sessions, UK
2020 Gathering Wool, Rollout Queer Film Festival, Kingston, ON
2020 Gathering Wool, Factory Media Film Festival, Hamilton, ON
Awards & Grants
2018 Creation & Presentation, City of Hamilton Enrichment Fund
2017 Creation & Presentation, City of Hamilton Enrichment Fund
2014 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council