Portfolio

durgarajah.com (current)

durgascameras.weebly.com (2016)

Education    

Master of Visual Studies (Studio Art) with Academic Honors, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto (2023)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography Studies) with Distinction, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University (2020)

Exhibitions

Artspace Creative Market, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2023)

2023 University of Toronto MVS Studio Program Graduating Exhibition, Art Museum, Toronto (2023)

I am not the Artist, I am the Photographer: a series of conceptual photo retakes, Solo Exhibition, The Image Centre, Toronto (2023)

Artspace Creative Market, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2022)

Gender & the Lens III, Feminist Photography Network, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto (2022)

BIPOC Artist Fund, Online Print Sale Fundraiser, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2022)

Forest Spaces, CONTACT Photography Festival, Queen Street East in the Beaches, Toronto (2022)

Open House, Master of Visual Studies 2023 Studio Candidates, North Borden, University of Toronto, Toronto (2022)

Fixations: Thoughts on Time, CONTACT Photography Festival, Two Person Exhibition, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2022)

Bread and Butter, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2022)

Bread and Butter, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2020)

RMG Exposed Fundraiser, Online Print Sale Fundraiser, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Toronto (2020)

BIPOC Artist Fund, Online Print Sale Fundraiser, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2020)

Maximum Exposure 25, Online, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto (2020)

Bread and Butter, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2019)

School of Image Arts, Second Floor Vitrine, Solo Display, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto (2019)

Maximum Exposure 24, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto (2019)

(This is) my Party, Third Year Show, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto (2019)

First Edition Photobook Show, Artspace Gallery, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto (2019)

Bread and Butter, Artspace Gallery, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto (2018)

Art in Colour, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto (2018)

Bread and Butter, Artspace Gallery, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto (2016)

BAD WALLS GOOD ART!, Purple Thistle Artists Collective, Vancouver (2015)

Impossible Project V2.0: Photographs from the People, Science World, Vancouver (2015)

18th Annual Culture Crawl, The Mergatroid Building, Vancouver (2014)

Expressions Festival, Arts Umbrella, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver (2010)

Publications

Necktie, Issue No. 1 “Science Is Fantasy”, pp. 15-18, Print Magazine (2024)

Dezeen, “University of Toronto presents eight projects by its students”, Artist Feature (2023)

Looseleaf Magazine, Artist Feature, Volume 9 “Power”, pp. 6-7, Print Magazine (2021)

AGOINSIDER, Artist Spotlight, Art Gallery of Ontario (2020)

Lady Readers, Artspace Gallery, Online Feature (2020)

Function, Issue No. 21 “The Human Experience", pp. 152-153, Print Magazine (2020)

Function, Issue No. 20, Student Profile, Online Publication (2019)

Eight inches at Clarence Square, self-published book (2018)

  • This project maps the walked distances and actual spaces of the park onto the abstract ‘space’ of the book.

Body Space, self-published book (2018)

  • This project explores the relationship between representation and abstraction in terms of the space that the body might occupy.  

An Atlas of Mirrors, Singapore Biennale Catalogue (2016)

  • Credited as photographer for Kedualan Si Koboi, in the entry for artist Niranjan Rajah.

Art Mag!, Interview with Lawrence Paul Xuleptun, Churchill Secondary (2016)

Latent Image Magazine, Issue No. 6, pp. 70-73 (2015)

Talks and Presentations

Exhibition Walkthrough (2023 University of Toronto MVS Studio Program Graduating), Friends of South Asia, Royal Ontario Museum (2023)

Artist Talk, In Conversation: Tommy Calderon & Durga Rajah, Artspace Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2022)

Exhibition Walkthrough (Fixations: Thoughts on Time), VIS218: Photobased (Digital), John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto (2022)

Symposium Panellist, Breath: Concerning Air & Atmosphere, University of Toronto and OCAD Graduate Symposium, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto (2022)

Guest Presenter, MPS801: Professional Creative Practices, School of Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University (2022)

Artist Talk, JAV130: Visual Strategies, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto (2022)

Artist Talk, DRM487/DRA3905: Photography of and as Performance, Faculty of Arts and Sciences: Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto (2022)

Panellist, Creative School Alumni Meet & Greet, Society of The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University (2021)

Panellist, FROSH Alumni Meet & Greet, Society of The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University (2021)

Acknowledgments, Awards, and Bursaries

Academic Honors Certificate, Daniels Faculty Graduate Awards (2023)

Studio Spotlight Award, Sponsored by The Image Centre, Artspace Creative Market (2022)

Imara Graduate Student Endowment Fund, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design Graduate Awards (2022)

Komala Prabhakar Graduate Student Endowment Fund, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design Graduate Awards (2022)

Studio Spotlight Award, Sponsored by SAVAC, Bread and Butter (2022)

cMagazine Award, Sponsored by cMag, Bread and Butter (2022)

The University of Toronto Fellowship, Master’s Research Funding (2021)

Best in Show, Sponsored by The Image Centre, Bread and Butter (2020)

Professional Development Award, Sponsored by CARFAC Ontario, Bread and Butter (2020)

Artist Support Grant, Art Gallery of Ontario (2020)

The Image Centre, Best in Show, Maximum Exposure 4th Year Award (2020)

Alliance Française / CONTACT Festival Exhibition, Shortlisted, School of Image Arts 4th Year Thesis Award (2019)

David & Anna Bulmash Innovation Award, School of Image Arts Awards (2019)

Smokestack Studio Printing Award, Best in Show, Maximum Exposure 3rd Year Award (2019)

Peter Gerretsen Bursary, School of Image Arts Awards (2018)

Toronto Metropolitan University, Entrance Scholarship (2016)

Arts Scholarship, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary (2016)