Education

OCAD University Masters of Fine Arts (2024-2026)

Masters of Fine Art in Masters of Interdisciplinary Arts Media and Design

Emily Carr University of Art and Design BFA (2016-2020)

Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in Critical and Cultural Practice with a studio focus in Illustration. 

York University MFA (To begin in fall of 2022)

Graduate studies program to begin in the fall of 2022, focusing on research based practice. 

Exhibitions

2026/3 - Dear Ms. Margaret - Solo Exhibition - Ada Slaight, OCADU

2025/3 - In The Making - The Great Hall, OCADU

2024/10 - Who Are You From? - Graduate Gallery, OCADU

2023/9 - Intro Grad Show - Gales Gallery, York University

2022/2 - Black History Month Exhibition, Richmond Cultural Centre

2021/8 - Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through The Black Continuum, Entrance Hall, Royal BC Museum

2020   “BLACK”, Porch Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver (Curator / Artist)

2021  “Safe Home Sarah”, The Cheeky Proletariat, Vancouver BC. (Curator / Artist)

Publications (Visual Art)

MangoSweet, “Hot Fruit Zine”, Vancouver Pride Society, August 2019

Alexis, Sade & Diab, Ana & Craig, Natalie,  Anti-Racist Pedagogy, ECUAD Guides, August 2020 

https://guides.ecuad.ca/antiracism

MangoSweet, Hot Fruit 5G Zine, Vancouver Pride Society August 2020 

Collections 

Black Lives Matter Vancouver 

Kali Works, Vancouver BC

Vancouver Pride Society

Gordon Neighbourhood House, Vancouver BC. 

Private Collections, Vancouver BC.

Texts 

Alexis, Sade & Diab, Ana & Craig, Natalie,  Anti-Racist Pedagogy, ECUAD Guides, August 2020 

Alexis, Sade, Dear Ms. Margaret. OCADU Open research repository. 2026

https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/5017

Teaching

Teaching Assistant - 2024-225 OCAD U (Expanded worlds, and Visual Culture, Contemporary Art and Design)

Instructor, Britannia Elementary, 2017-2020 (Art programs for Vulnerable Youth)

Guest Speaker, Sutherland Secondary, December 2020 (Artist Talk to High school students)

Instructor, Champlain Heights Community Centre, 2020 (Art programs for youth with Disabilities)

Guest Speaker, Emily Carr University, January 2021 (Part of “Be your own Art Historian series)

Grants

2024/9 - 2026/5 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - OCADU

2024/9-2025/5 Presidents Award - OCADU

2023/1 Masters scholarship - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

2022/9 - 2024/5 Domestic Master's Fellowship - York University

2022/9 Graduate Scholarship -York University

2020/11 Black Arts Vancouver Micro Grant - Black Arts Vancouver

Press

2021 CBC Interview: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/black-artists-exhibit-royal-bc-museum-1.6162833

2021 Interview with Stir Magazine: https://www.createastir.ca/articles/hope-meets-action-sade-alexis-bc-black-history-awareness-society