Fariba Kalantari is a visual artist. She has a PhD in cell biology from McGill University and has been a research scientist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYC and McGill University Health Centre, Montreal. She is a self-educated artist working primarily with ink and acrylic, and has exhibited in several solo and group shows. She has been the recipient of artist grants from Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council. In addition to private collections, her work has been acquired by the Art Bank collection of the Canada Council for the Arts. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario, and online at faribakalantari.com.
Grants and Awards
- Canada Council for the Arts, Research and creation grant- Early career visual artist, 2021
- Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition assistant grant, 2020
- New Market Juried Art Show, Sculpture award, 2019
- Canadian Institute for Health Research, Postdoctoral fellowship, 2010 - 2012
- Alma Mater Travel Award, ASCB Meeting, San Diego, 2008
Art Exhibitions- Solo
- Toronto Bloor / Gladstone Library, February 2023
- Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall, November and December 2022
- Parrott Gallery, Belleville, July and August 2022
- Toronto Don Mills Public Library, 2019
- Guelph East Side Public Library, 2019
Art Exhibitions- Group
- The Âjagemô art space, Canada Council for the Arts, Art Bank Acquisitions, Ottawa, 2023- 2024
- Parliament of Ontario Legislative building, Toronto, Ontario, 2022- 2024
- Cultural Threads, PAND, Ottawa city hall, Ontario, 2023
- Wilsonville arts & culture council, Going Home group juried exhibition,Oregon, USA, 2022
- Colours of South Asia Juried exhibition, Beaux Arts Gallery Brampton, Ontario, 2022
- Parliament of Ontario Legislative building, Toronto, Ontario, 2020 - 2021
- HeArt of healthCARE, Virtual art exhibition, 2021
- Colours of South Asia Juried competition, Visual Arts of South Asia, Brampton, Ontario, 2021
- Inside Small virtual art exhibition, Vermont, USA, 2021
- HeArt of healthCARE, Virtual art exhibition, 2021
- The Social Distancing Festival, Virtual art exhibition, 2020
- Mississauga Living Arts Centre, Tiny mighty heroes exhibition, Mississauga, Ontario, 2020
- Federation of Canadian Artists, Annual International Mail-in exhibition, Vancouver, BC, 2020
- Pickering virtual artfest, Pickering, Ontario, 2020
- Beaux arts gallery Brampton, Virtual art exhibition, Brampton, Ontario, 2020
- Colours of South Asia Juried competition, Visual Arts of South Asia, Brampton, Ontario, 2020
- Art Room Gallery online, Virtual competition and exhibition, Finalist, 2019
- Contemporary Art Gallery online, Virtual competition and exhibition, 2nd place, 2019
- Internationale d’art miniature competition and exhibition, Lévis, Quebec, 2019
- HAP (History + Art = Peace) juried art contest, Toronto, Ontario, honourable mention, 2019
- Newmarket Old Town Hall juried competition, Newmarket, Ontario, winner sculpture award, 2019
