Nasim Makaremi Nia

Works

Secret of Carpet
Medium: Tampons, embroidery threads on canvas.
Dimensions: 36 .24 Inches
Year: 2021

Still...!
Medium: Drawing with Pencil and Colored Pencil on Paper.
Dimensions: 18.24 Inches
Year: 2025

Untitled
Medium: Photo transfer, oil paint, and drawing on folded canvas
Dimensions: 30.20.10 Inches.
Year: 2023

Secret Codes-3
Medium: Drawing with pencil on paper.
Dimensions: 8.8 Inches
Year: 2021

Partnership
Medium: Old Iranian photograph, Mixed media with oil paint, and pen drawing on canvas.
Dimensions: 36.36 Inches
Year: 2021

Tuckaway
Medium: Drawing with pencil on paper.
Dimensions: 7.7.7 Inches
Year: 2023

In the Warp and Weft
Medium: Hand embroidery on sanitary pad.
Year: 2021

Untitled
Medium: Drawing with pencil on folded paper.
Dimensions: 29.15.9 Inches
Year: 2024

Memory of Dome
Medium: Hand embroidery sanitary pads, Cut mirrors, and acrylic on canvas.
Dimensions:24 Inches in diameter.
Year: 2021

Tuckaway
Medium: Drawing with pencil on folded paper.
Dimensions: 7.7.7 Inches
Year: 2023

Hidden Layers-2
Medium: Old Iranian photograph, Mixed media with oil paint, and pen drawing on canvas.
Dimensions: 36.36 Inches
Year: 2023

Untitled
Medium: Drawing with pencil on folded paper, Cut mirror
Dimensions: 36.36 Inches.
Year: 2024

CV

Education

2025-2029: PhD (Interdisciplinary Studies), Memorial University, NL, Canada
2022–2024: MFA in Visual Arts, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, NL, Canada
2015–2017: M.Sc. in Solid State Physics, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran
2011–2015: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran

Certificates

2024: Teaching Skills Enhancement Program, Memorial University, NL

Mentorship

2024: VANL-CARFAC Mentorship Program, St.john's, NL (July–December)
2026: Newcomer Youth in the Arts Mentorship Program, Association for New Canadians, St.john's, NL (Winter-Spring)

Voluntary Activity

2022–2024: Board Member, Eastern Edge Artist-Run Centre, St. John’s, NL

Teaching Experience

2025: Instructor, “Two-Dimensional Art Practices,” Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL (Winter)
2024: Instructor, “Painting and Materiality,” Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL (Fall)

Awards and Grants

2025: ArtsNL Professional Project Grant
2025: City of St. John’s Individual Artist Grant
2024: Arts and Letters Award
ArtsNL Professional Project Grant
2023: ArtsNL Professional Project Grant
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
City of St. John’s Individual Artist Grant
10-Year Travel Bursary
The Very Reverend Edward and Marjorie Rusted Harlow Travel Award
2022: VANL-CARFAC Excellence in Visual Arts Award
City of St. John’s Individual Artist Grant

Solo Exhibitions

2025-2026: Entangled, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL (Nov 21 – Mar 2)
2024: Cryptic Dimensions, Craft Council Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Feb 17 – Mar 24)
2023: Refracted Secrets, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON (Oct 5 – Nov 19)
2021: Secret Code, David Tuck Memorial Library, St. John’s, NL (Jan 30 – Feb 30)

Curated Exhibitions

2026: Arts for Equity, Scotiabank Exhibition Space, Curated by Bruno Vinhas, St. John’s, NL (Feb 13– Mar 7)
2025: Atlantic Zone, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Curated by Bushra Junaid, Toronto, ON (Jul 11–13)
2022: Between Here and There, Curated by Bushra Junaid, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Jan 28 – Mar 5)
2021: Me <—> You, Curated by Mireille Eagan, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL (Oct 23 – Jan 30)

Juried Exhibitions

2024: Drawing Exhibition, Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi, Finland (Dec 13 – Jan 25)
Arts and Letters, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL (Apr 19 – May 19)
Construct Obstruct, Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL (Mar 15 – Mar 30)
2023: Fresh Paint/New Construction, Art Mur, Montreal, QC (Jul 15 – Aug 26)
Past Present Future, Grenfell Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL (Mar 16 – May 1)
Living Light, Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL (Mar 9 – Mar 29)
Wake Up Inspired, rOGUE Gallery, Eastern Edge, St. John’s, NL (Mar 10 – Apr 10)
2022: Arts and Letters, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL (Apr 23 – May 15)
2021: Measures of Absence, Inverness County Center for the Arts, NS (Jan 28 – Feb 28)
Identity, The Holy Art (Virtual), London, UK (Jan 29 – Feb 7)
2020: Small Painting Art, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran (Feb 13 – Mar 13)
Second Coronaism, Virtual Exhibition, Ardabil, Iran (Jun 1 – Jun 30)
First Coronaism, Virtual Exhibition, Ardabil, Iran (Jul 1 – Jul 30)
2018: My Point of View with Contemporary Approach (Death), Ghavameddin Ardabili Art Gallery, Fadak Cultural Complex, Ardabil, Iran (Apr 20 – Apr 28)
780 Days Later, Ghavameddin Ardabili Art Gallery, Fadak Cultural Complex, Ardabil, Iran (Oct 20 – Oct 28)
2017: The First Symposium of Ardabil Visual Art ORDIBEHESHT, Ghavameddin Ardabili Art Gallery, Fadak Cultural Complex, Ardabil, Iran (Apr 24 – Apr 30)
2016: Start, Ghavameddin Ardabili Art Gallery, Fadak Cultural Complex, Ardabil, Iran (Aug 15 – Aug 23)

MFA Exhibition

2024: Shapes and Shadows (MFA Grad Show), Grenfell Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL (May 27 – Jun 28)

Member's Exhibitions

2025: Everybody Eats, Members’ Show, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Jul 18 – Aug 28)
2024: Loot Bag, Member’s Show, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Jul 20 – Aug 31)
2023: Boil-Up, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Jun 30 – Aug 12)
2022: Member’s Show, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL (Aug 6 – 31)
Potluck, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Jul 8 – 20)
2021: Hands Dancing, Inverness Center for the Arts, Inverness, NS (Jul 1 – 30)
Member’s Show, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL (Aug 10 – 30)
Member’s Show, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Jul 3 – Aug 7)

Screening

2025: Holdfast Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Aug 9)

Residencies

2026: Nexus Centre For Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL (Jan 7 – April 29)
2025: Leighton Artist Studios, Banff Centre, Banff, AB (Feb 2 – Mar 2)
Elbow Room Residency, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL (Aug 1 – Nov 15)
2024: Craft Council Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Jan 13 – Mar 24)
2023: Live Textiles, Codroy Valley, NL (Jun 26 – Jul 1)
Union House Arts, Port Union, NL (Jul 26 – Aug 18)
Mainframe Residency, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Jan 13 – Feb 26)
2022: Art as a Tool for Change, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Oct 25 – Mar 5)
Local Visiting Artist, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL (Apr 1 – 30)
2021: FARR Residency, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Mar 1 – Apr 15)

Collections

2025: The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
2024: City of St. John’s, St. John’s, NL
Provincial Art Bank, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
2023: City of St. John’s, St. John’s, NL
2022: The Rooms, St. John’s, NL
2021: City of St. John’s, St. John’s, NL
The Rooms, St. John’s, NL

Festivals

2021: CB Nuit Festival, Corner Brook, NL (Sep 28)
2017: Performance and Environmental Art Festival, Ardabil, Iran (Jun 6)

Artist Talks & Presentations

2026: Artist Talk, Sharing Your Culture Through Art, Arts For Equity Symposium Panel Discussion, Alt Hotel, St. John’s, NL (Feb 27)
2026: Artist Talk, Artist Talk-Nasim Makaremi Nia, Nexus Centre For Humanities and Social Sciences Research, St. John’s, NL (Feb 20)
2026: Artist Talk, Entangled, The Rooms, St. John’s, NL (Jan 28)
2024: Artist Talk, Cryptic Dimensions, Craft Council Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Mar 21)
2023: Artist Talk, Refracted Secrets, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON (Oct 5)
Artist Talk, Mainframe Residency, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Feb 22)
2022: Artist Talk, Art as a Tool For Change Symposium, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (Feb 23)
2021: Artist Talk, FARR Residency, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL

Workshops

2025: Life Drawing Workshop, Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL (Jan 7, 14, 21)
2024: Life Drawing Workshop, Rotary Arts Centre, Corner Brook, NL (Nov 12, 19, 26)
2022: Embroidery Workshop, Eastern Edge Gallery, St.John's, NL (Mar 3)

Publications

2026: Entangled: Fragile and Complex Truths Reflected in Art, Media feature on exhibition, by Rhea Rollmann, Local Journalism Initiative, January 12, 2026
2024: Cryptic Dimensions, Exhibition Review by Meagon Eve Cole, Riddle Fence
2023: Refracted Secrets, Exhibition Catalog, Ottawa School of Art
Art as a Tool for Change, Eastern Edge Artist-Run Centre
Dreaming Beyond Place, Visual Arts News, Spring Issue
2022: Between Here and There, Review by Prajwala Dixit, Riddle Fence, Issue 44

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