With thanks to the RBC Foundation for their generous support, the RMG is pleased to welcome Pixel Heller, Par Nair, and Haley Uyeda to the RBC Emerging Artist Residency Program in 2025-2026. In the coming year, these three artists will develop exciting new projects in our residency studio, then present that work in solo exhibitions at the RMG. We look forward to sharing their work with you!
Pixel Heller, Archiving the Evolution of Culture, digital photograph, 2024. Photo by Tsemaye Tite.
Pixel Heller
Winter/Spring
Residency Dates: February 25 – June 8, 2025
Exhibition Dates: June 14 – August 10, 2025
Pixel Heller is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Toronto. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cross Disciplinary Studies with a specialization in Life Studies from OCAD University in 2024. Pixel has exhibited work locally and internationally. Rooted in her Afro-Caribbean heritage, Pixel’s photography, performances, and textiles delve into themes of Black identity, cultural fluidity, and preservation. Drawing from Caribbean masquerade traditions, she celebrates Afrocentric aesthetics and cultural symbolism, inviting viewers to engage with the enduring spirit of Black cultural expression.
Par Nair
Summer/Fall
Residency Dates: June 16 – September 28, 2025
Exhibition Dates: October 4 – November 30, 2025
Par Nair is an Indian born interdisciplinary artist, researcher and educator who lives and makes in the GTA. She acquired an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at OCAD University and has shown her works nationally and internationally. The primary focus of Par’s art practice is to investigate and explore lived experiences of diaspora using decolonial methods and a return to ancestral practices through paintings, hand embroidery, installation, and creative writing. Through her work, she seeks to unravel and reimagine historical narratives of Indian women while gaining a broader perspective on the craft traditions and storytelling of her ancestors.
Par Nair, installation of the threads we carry, across borders, 2024 at Craft Ontario. Photo by Jocelyn Reynolds.
Haley Uyeda, offcuts, solarfast on canvas, 2023. Courtesy of the artist.
Haley Uyeda
Fall/Winter
Residency Dates: October 20 – December 21, 2025 and January 5 – February 15, 2026
Exhibition Dates: February 24 – April 19, 2026
Haley Uyeda is an artist and educator in Durham Region. She holds a Master of Fine Art from York University (2016) and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the University of Guelph (2011). Her work has been exhibited in Toronto, and it can be found in both private and public collections. Working in painting, photo, video and collage, Haley explores the relationship between ephemerality and painting, presenting painting as a fluid and responsive proposition. Taking inspiration from atmospheric conditions of weather, movement, and light, her work both references and engages with the temporal
conditions of nature.
Learn more about the residency program here.
