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Afifa Bari

Artist member since 2021
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Toronto, Ontario

(B.1997) Afifa Bari is an interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto. She earned her BFA from York University in 2020, and her MFA from OCAD University in 2024. Through representational art, she examines the contemporary world through the lens of capitalism, uncovering consumerist values in her work. Her work focuses on material possessions and the desire for materialism in the newly advancing society. She discusses evolving ideas of luxury in modern society from a socio-political and environmental outlook. Her work also focuses on ideas surrounding slow art and slow living in an anti-capitalist approach against hustle culture.

Work

2019
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 10" x 12"
  • $150 buy — $25 try
#bright #landscape #oil paint
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 8" x 8"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#teddy bear #bed #still life #comfort #pink
2020
Conscious
  • Afifa Bari
  • 48" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $5000 buy — $150 try
#landscape #fabric #pastels #pink #blue
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 24" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $3500 buy — $175 try
#people #portrait #pink #fabric #blue
Tinged
  • Afifa Bari
  • 36" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $4000 buy — $200 try
#pink #blue #bright #pastels #abstract
Elle
  • Afifa Bari
  • 30" x 30" x 1.5"
  • $2000 buy — $100 try
#still-life #yellow #blue #pink #contemporary
Vogue
  • Afifa Bari
  • 30" x 30" x 1.5"
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#pinks #yellow #fabric #blue #denim
Denim on Denim
  • Afifa Bari
  • 12" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $350 buy — $25 try
#people #pink #blue #denim
Impulsive
  • Afifa Bari
  • 18" x 24" x 1.5"
  • $500 buy — $75 try
#portrait #people #bright #blue #pink
Retail Therapy
  • Afifa Bari
  • 12" x 12" x 1.5"
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#retail #blue #shopping #pink #bright
Abandoned
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 12" x 1.5"
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#retail #abondoned #pink #bright #blue
Denim II
  • Afifa Bari
  • 12" x 24" x 1.5"
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#fabric #still life #denim #blue
Lost and Found
  • Afifa Bari
  • 18" x 24" x 1.5"
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#bricks #pink #portrait #people #blue
2021
Conscious II
  • Afifa Bari
  • 36" x 18" x 1.5"
  • $3000 buy — $100 try
#figure #green #silhouette #lake #landscape
2022
No Longer Blue
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#bright #abstracts #pink #blue
No Longer Blue II
  • Afifa Bari
  • 20" x 20" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#contemporary #blue #abstract #pink
No Longer Blue IV
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#bright #oil paint #abstract
No Longer Blue VI
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
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#bright #oil paint #abstract
No Longer Blue III
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#pink #blue #abstracts #bright
No Longer Blue V
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#blue #bright #pink #abstracts
Embroidered
  • Afifa Bari
  • 10" x 10" x 1.5"
  • $300 buy — $30 try
#hand #sky #embroidery #blue #landscape
2023, Wilderness Collection
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#oil paint #bright #landscape
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#landscape #bright
2024, A Broken Palace
SURPLUS ENJOYMENT
  • Afifa Bari
  • 48" x 48" x 1.5"
  • $5000 buy — $250 try
#abstracts #blue #words #bright #pink
2024, Wilderness Collection
Fishing Line I
  • Afifa Bari
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#landscape #oil paint #bright #minimalist #activist art
Fishing Line II
  • Afifa Bari
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#activist art #oil paint #landscape #bright

Inside the Studio

Q+A

What do you listen to when you work?

Indie/Pop music & Podcasts

Favourite artist(s) right now

Ines Longrevial, Chloe Wise, Henni Alftan, Caleb Hahne, David Hockney

MOST VIEWED
7856
Denim on Denim
Afifa Bari
Upcoming Exhibitions
2025-08-01

She Said Gallery, Toronto, ON
Accolades
2022

City of Toronto and ArtworxTO:Toronto Year of Public Art
ArtworxTO Emerging Artist Spotlight

Residencies
2022

Toronto, ON
Steps Public Art Forum (virtual)

2022

AUTO Bldg - MOCA, Toronto
Akin Studio Program at AUTO bldg- MOCA

2020

Collision Gallery, Toronto
Akin x Collision Gallery

Education
2024

OCAD University
Master of Fine Arts

2021

Ontario Museum Association
Certificate of Museum Studies

2020

York University
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Spec.Hons Visual Arts

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