Nadia Belerique (b. 1982, Toronto, Canada) received her MFA from the University of Guelph. Her work was included in the Walk&Talk biennial in the Azores, curated by Claire Shea, Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy, Liliana Coutinho, and Jesse James (2025); the Toronto Biennial of Art (2022),curated by Candice Hopkins, Tairone Bastien and Katie Lawson; and the New Museum Triennial (2021), curated by Margot Norton and Jamillah James. Recent solo exhibitions include: I Love You This Much at Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2024); Slice at David Dale Gallery, Glasgow (2022); Body in Trouble at Fogo Island Arts, Newfoundland and Labrador (2022); On Sleep Stones at Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (2018), and The Weather Channel at Oakville Galleries (2018). Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as PSM Gallery, Berlin (2026); Margot Samel, New York (2024); Pangée, Montreal (2025; 2024); Frac île-de-france, Paris (2022); Kunstverein Braunschweig (2020); Lyles & King, New York (2019);Arsenal Contemporary, New York (2018); Vie d’ange, Montreal (2017); Tensta Konsthall,Spånga (2016); The Power Plant, Toronto (2015); and Kunsthalle Wein, Vienna (2014). Her work was included in La Biennale de Montreal (2016), curated by Philippe Pirote, and the Gwangju Biennale (2016), curated by Maria Lind. Belerique was long-listed for the 2017 Sobey Art Award and has completed residencies at Walk & Talk (The Azores, Portugal) and Fogo Island Arts (Fogo Island, Newfoundland), among others. Her collaborative public sculpture with Tony Romano for the Lassonde Art Trail, Toronto, will be unveiled in summer 2026.

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