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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. She is currently pursuing her MFA from OCAD University. 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

2020
Conscious
  • Afifa Bari
  • 48" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $5000 buy — $150 try
#fabric #blue #pastels #pink #landscape
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 24" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $3000 buy — $100 try
#pink #blue #fabric #portrait #people
Tinged
  • Afifa Bari
  • 36" x 36" x 1.5"
  • $3500 buy — $150 try
#pastels #bright #blue #pink #still-life
Elle
  • Afifa Bari
  • 30" x 30" x 1.5"
  • $2000 buy — $100 try
#blue #yellow #pink #contemporary #still-life
Vogue
  • Afifa Bari
  • 30" x 30" x 1.5"
  • $2000 buy — $100 try
#fabric #pastels #still life #denim #pinks
Denim on Denim
  • Afifa Bari
  • 12" x 18" x 1.5"
  • $350 buy — $25 try
#blue #people #pink #denim
Impulsive
  • Afifa Bari
  • 18" x 24" x 1.5"
  • $500 buy — $75 try
#bright #pink #portrait #blue #people
Denim II
  • Afifa Bari
  • 12" x 24" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#blue #denim #still life #fabric
Lost and Found
  • Afifa Bari
  • 18" x 24" x 1.5"
  • $400 buy — $25 try
#pink #blue #bricks #people #fabric
2021
Conscious II
  • Afifa Bari
  • 36" x 18" x 1.5"
  • $3000 buy — $100 try
#purple #silhouette #green #lake #figure
2019
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 8" x 8"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#pink #bed #still life #comfort #teddy bear
2022
No Longer Blue
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#bright #pink #abstracts #blue
No Longer Blue II
  • Afifa Bari
  • 20" x 20" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#contemporary #blue #pink #abstract
No Longer Blue IV
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#oil paint #bright #abstract
No Longer Blue VI
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#oil paint #abstract #bright
No Longer Blue III
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#blue #abstracts #pink #bright
No Longer Blue V
  • Afifa Bari
  • 16" x 16" x 1.5"
  • $800 buy — $40 try
#abstracts #pink #bright #blue
Embroidered
  • Afifa Bari
  • 10" x 10" x 1.5"
  • $300 buy — $30 try
#blue #abstract realism #landscape #hand #sky
2023, Wilderness Collection
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#bright #landscape #oil paint
Untitled
  • Afifa Bari
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#landscape #bright
2024, Wilderness Collection
Fishing Line I
  • Afifa Bari
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#environment #minimalist #activist art #bright #oil paint
Fishing Line II
  • Afifa Bari
  • 5" x 5" x 1.5"
  • $250 buy — $25 try
#activist art #landscape #oil paint #bright

Inside the Studio

Q+A

Favourite book

Currently:Sapiens

Best season of the year in Toronto

Spring

Beverage of choice

Passion Tea

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

Favourite medium

Oil Paint

MOST VIEWED
7800
Denim on Denim
Afifa Bari
Upcoming Exhibitions
2022-06-08

Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto
#TOAF61

Select Past Exhibitions
2022

Remote Gallery, Toronto
Everything Can Be

2021

Summerville Pool, Toronto
The Echoes of Community- Akin x BigArtTO w/ ArtworxTO

2021

Gallery 1313, Toronto
School Times

2021

Collision Gallery, Toronto
Miss-Understood

2021

Gallery 1313, Toronto
Toronto Emerging Arts Exhibit

2020

Open House, York University, Toronto
Coalition

2020

Gallery 1313, Toronto
Ephemeral

2019

Earles Winter Art Gallery
Open Gallery

2019

Open House, York University, Toronto
Super Mega Ultra

2019

Gales Gallery, Toronto
Painting Area Show

2019

Special Projects Gallery, Toronto
The Collective

2019

Gallery 1313, Toronto
The Collective

2018

Earles Winter Art Gallery
Open Gallery

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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