OCAD UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ART & DESIGN RESIDENCY 2023

The International Summer Art & Design Residency program was born out of the desire to create a studio experience for visiting international students interested in spending time at our main OCAD University campus while immersing themselves in all that the city of Toronto has to offer.

Over 3 weeks in July 2023, residency participants from around the globe created original multidisciplinary art and design work uncovering personal ideas of “place" inspired by the residency's theme, "Wanderlust." Below are some examples of their self-directed projects culminating in the form of an exhibition at OCAD University's Ada Slaight Gallery.

Sophie KutcherMuliebrity, Mixed media
Mere Fenn | Mixed media
Erika Logofet | Digital animation, projection, mixed media
Yi-Jia Pan | He is homogenizing…, Clay, cardboard
Nikki Bahrami | Freedoms Wanderlust, Cardboard, paper, acrylic paint
Ariana Olavarría | Venezuela Battles of Womanhood, Poetry, collage, and video
Mariana Güiza Barbosa | Digital animation
Mika Tappan | Floppy Fish, Mixed media
Mia Cruz | The Art of Memories, Mixed media
Hailey TrecoThe Brain's Water, Acrylic paint on canvas board

To learn more about this program, visit, admissions.ocadu.ca.