About: Bushra Junaid

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Bushra Junaid is a Canadian artist, curator and arts administrator based in Toronto. She is best known for exploring history, memory and cultural identity through mixed media collage, drawing and painting. Born in Montreal to Jamaican and Nigerian parents and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Junaid's work frequently engages themes of Blackness, the African Diaspora and the history of Atlantic Canada. Junaid curated the 2020 exhibition at The Rooms entitled "What Carries Us: Newfoundland and Labrador in the Black Atlantic".

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  • Bushra Junaid is a Canadian artist, curator and arts administrator based in Toronto. She is best known for exploring history, memory and cultural identity through mixed media collage, drawing and painting. Born in Montreal to Jamaican and Nigerian parents and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Junaid's work frequently engages themes of Blackness, the African Diaspora and the history of Atlantic Canada. In addition to exhibiting her work across Canada, in provincial galleries and artist-run centres, Junaid illustrated Nana's Cold Days (Groundwood Books) and has exhibited at Painted City Gallery, Galerie CĂ©line Allard, Spence Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto Reference Library, the NFB, and Sandra Brewster's Open House. Junaid curated the 2020 exhibition at The Rooms entitled "What Carries Us: Newfoundland and Labrador in the Black Atlantic". (en)
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  • Bushra Junaid is a Canadian artist, curator and arts administrator based in Toronto. She is best known for exploring history, memory and cultural identity through mixed media collage, drawing and painting. Born in Montreal to Jamaican and Nigerian parents and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Junaid's work frequently engages themes of Blackness, the African Diaspora and the history of Atlantic Canada. Junaid curated the 2020 exhibition at The Rooms entitled "What Carries Us: Newfoundland and Labrador in the Black Atlantic". (en)
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  • Bushra Junaid (en)
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