2026 University of Toronto Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition
Works by Sofia Lebovics, Alaya Le, Phynn Saunders, Aileen Kim, Amber Ramos, Hafsa Murtaza, Gurleen Manak, Mitsuko Noguchi, Cythial Edomwonyi, Cat Delle Fave, Maria Abu Askar, Kauri Krishnar, and Kiki Zhou
Online at artmuseum.utoronto.ca.
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The University of Toronto Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition celebrates the artistic excellence of undergraduate students enrolled in visual studies programs across the university’s three campuses. This annual exhibition represents an opportunity for student artists to share their work within the context of an internationally renowned venue for contemporary art.
The 2026 exhibition features artworks from 13 students, selected from dozens of applicants from across the University of Toronto’s Scarborough, Mississauga, and St. George campuses. Through diverse media, the works assembled here each pull on conceptual threads related to memory and perception, considering the ways that these phenomena can be mediated or distorted. Of the featured artists, Hafsa Murtaza, Mitsuko Noguchi, and Kiki Zhou were selected to receive awards in recognition of their artistic excellence. Awards were adjudicated by external juror Chiedza Pasipanodya, Executive Director of Xpace Cultural Centre.
The 2026 Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition is guest curated by Dallas Fellini, Curator of Programs at Art Metropole.
Our Supporters
We gratefully acknowledge project support from the Office of the Vice-President & Provost, the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough, the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga, and the Sheridan College Faculty of Arts, Animation and Design.
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Image: Hafsa Murtaza, Moonlit Perspectives: A Night Garden Tapestry, 2025. Cyanotype, block print and resist dye on stitched Heritage Japanese paper, 120″ x 63″. Image courtesy of the artist.
