Mia Sandhu is a multidisciplinary artist, currently residing in Toronto, Canada. Sandhu received her BFA from NSCAD University in 2009. Her paper and gouache/watercolour-based works explore her fascination with cultural hybridity, gender, sexuality, familial and personal narratives. Expressed through her playful paper and gouache/watercolour-based works, Sandhu seeks to examine inner conflicts seemingly intrinsic to womanhood while also challenging more abstract concepts like unrequited assimilation and cultural dysphoria. Sandhu’s work has exhibited in Toronto, Kingston, Halifax and Hamilton.
Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Salon, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, USA (2027); The Sky in Green, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto ON (2026); Mourning Glory, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto ON (2024); Night of Day, Smokestack Gallery, Hamilton ON (2023); Seeing You, Seeing Me, Seeing You, Patel Brown Gallery, Montreal QC (2022); Above the Fold, Jonathan Hopson Gallery, Houston TX (Dual Exhibition) (2022); Golden Girls, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto ON (2020); Soft Kaur, Assembly Gallery, Hamilton ON (2018); Hamilton Artists Inc., Im Right Where You Left Me, Hamilton ON ( Dual Exhibition) (2017); Planted, Union Gallery, Kingston ON, Solo Exhibition (2014); Illuminated Mythologies, Mark Christopher Gallery, Toronto ON ( Dual Exhibition) (2013); Culturally Bound, Fine and Dandy Gallery, Toronto ON (2012); Flesh and Blood, Fine and Dandy Gallery, Toronto ON (2011); Sikhing, Modern Fuel, Kingston ON (2010)
Group exhibitions include Lines in the Snow: Contemporary Canadian Drawing, New Arts Projects, St. Johns NF (2026); TBD, Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives, Brampton, ON (2026); Collaboration and Community, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto, ON (2025): Echo Without Origin, Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto, ON (2025); Lines in the Snow: Contemporary Canadian Drawing, New Arts Projects, London UK (2022) Crossroads, Patel Gallery, Toronto ON (2020); Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2020 Art Sale, Hamilton ON (2020); 20/20, Assembly Gallery, Hamilton ON (2019); Sex Life, Gallerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa ON (2019); A Bigger Splash, Assembly Gallery, Hamilton, ON (2019); 10 Years Ago Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, Toronto ON (2019); Hey Y’all, Only One Gallery, Toronto ON (2018) The Spirit of the Sikhs, Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives, Brampton ON (2015)
Highlights and Collections
In 2024 Mia Sandhu was awarded the Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Creation Grant. Previously she has also been awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create Concept to Realization Grant and Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Creation Grant in 2022 as well as the Toronto Arts Council, Individual Artists Project Grant in 2021 and Ontario Arts Council Visual Artists Creation Grant in 2019. Sandhu has also participated in several residencies, including the Smokestack Studios Collaborative Print Residency Project, Residency Program (2022) McMaster Universities Visiting Artists Program, Artists Presentation (2018) Hamilton Artists Inc. Cotton Factory Residency Program (2016-17) Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Contemporary Art Studies Program, Artists Presentation (2015).