Education
Bard College Avery Milton Graduate School of the Arts, New York — MFA Candidate 2027
Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U), Toronto, ON — BFA 2016
Awards & Scholarships
2021 New Generation Photography Award, National Gallery of Canada
2020 Art Gallery of Ontario Artist Support Initiative
2017 Emerging Artists Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2016 TAC (Toronto Arts Council) Visual and Media Arts Project Grant
2015 Dorothy Hoover Research Award
2015 OCAD University Photography Faculty and Friends Award
Two Person & Solo Exhibitions
2025 Forthcoming Patel Brown, Toronto, ON.
2024 A.I.R Presentation, Hart House University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
2020 Handle With Care; Adrinne Elise Tarver & Dainesha Nugent-Palache, Wedge Curatorial Projects, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON.
2019 Multiple Selves––an exploration of Identity; Dainesha Nugent-Palache & Farihah Aliyah Shah, (private corporate exhibition), Curated by K+D, Toronto, ON.
Group Exhibitions
2023 AGO ArtBash: Press Play, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
2023 Échos, Art Convergence at EY Montréal, Montréal, QC.
2022 Movers and Makers, The McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON.
2022 Giving Entry, NAMARA Projects, Toronto, ON.
2022 Descendance, SPAO Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
2022 VIEW FIND(H)ER, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON.
2022 Family Album, Capture Festival of Photography, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver B.C.
2022 Re/flex, Patel-Brown, Toronto, ON.
2021 Artifacts of the Horizon: Part II, Patel Brown, Toronto,ON.
2021 New Generation Photography Award, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
2021 In Keeping With Myself, Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
2021 New Generation Photography Award, Scotiabank CONTACT, Ryerson University, Toronto ON.
2021 Movers and Makers, Prefix Gallery, Toronto ON.
2020 Pit, Seeds, the plumb, Toronto, ON.
2019 Undomesticated, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2019 The Light That Grows The Tree, Aurora Cultural Center, Aurora, ON.
2018 Ineffable Blaze, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON.
2017 (Un) Othered Bodies, OCAD University Graduate Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2017 The Light That Grows The Tree, BAND (Black Artist Network in Dialogue), Toronto, ON.
2017 GuestRoom: Selections by Hester Keijser, Der Greif, Munich Germany/ Online
2016 Femme Wave: This is what Makes Our Guts So Vibrant, Truck Contemporary, Calgary, AB
2016 AGO First Thursdays, AGO, Toronto, ON.
2016 Fly By Night, Nuit Blanche, The Gladstone,Toronto, ON.
2016 UN PLURAL+ Film Festival, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, New York, NY.
2016 Future 33,Younger Than Beyonce Gallery (YTB), Toronto, ON.
2016 INTAC: Desire The Double Edged Sword, Valokuvakeskus Nykyaika, Finland.
2016 INTAC: Desire, The Double Edged Sword, Ada Slaight Gallery,Toronto, ON.
2016 Nice Pile of Bricks, House of Vans Toronto, Toronto, ON.
2016 Eulogies, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2015 Those That Belong to the Emperor, OCAD U Student Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2015 Scratching Where it’s Itching, Younger Than Beyonce Gallery (YTB), Toronto, ON.
2015 The Fortune of Having Been There Vol. II: Double Take, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2015 OCAD U 100th Annual Grad Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
2015 Black Future Month 3015: The 3rd Annual Afrofurism Art Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
2015 The Artist Project: Untapped, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON.
2015 HERE, Autumn Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2014 First Ever Queenburn Theatre, Queenburn Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Fairs
2023 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Presented by Patel Brown, Montreal, QC.
2022 Art Toronto, Presented by Patel Brown, Toronto, ON.
2022 Papier Art Fair, Presented by Patel Brown, Montreal, QC.
2022 NADA NY, Presented by Patel Brown, New York, NY.
Professional Experience
July 2020 - Present Founding Collective Member, the plumb, Toronto, ON.
April 2020 - December 2021 Assistant Curator of Education & Exhibitions, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON.
October 2017- March 2020 Education and Exhibitions Coordinator, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON.
January 2017 - October 2017 Gallery Attendant, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON.
May 2016 ‐ 2018 Art Assistant, Aleesa Cohene, Toronto, ON/ L.A.
June 2014 ‐ August 2014 Archival Intern, Saatchi and Saatchi, Toronto, ON.
Other Professional Activities
2023 Explore and Create Peer Assessor, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON.
2023 Overlea Boulevard & Bridge Public Art Competition Selection Jury, City of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
2023 Benefête Art Auction Annual Fundraiser, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON.
2023 SNAP Art Auction Annual Fundraiser, The AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), Toronto ON.
2023 CaptureAuction Annual Fundraiser, Vancouver Association For Photographic Arts, Vancouver BC.
2022 Smokestack Quarterly, Annual Fundraiser, Smokestack, Hamilton, ON.
2021 UNLOCKED Artist Selection Jury, National, Canada
2021 New Generation Photography Award 2022 Selection Jury, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
2020 Swan Song, Feature Film, Artwork appearance, Burnaby, B.C./ Los Angeles, CA.
2019 Community Arts Projects Selection Jury, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, ON.
2018 Silver Editions 2018 Annual Fundraiser, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON.
2017 Photorama 2017 Annual Fundraiser, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON.