Sumera Khan is a professional painter and an art instructor from Kingston, Ontario. She paints a variety of subjects including cozy interior spaces, still life and plein air. Through alla prima technique and impressionistic style of brushwork, she likes painting stories inspired by her caregiving experience to individuals living with invisible disabilities. She teaches art to the community as part of her community practice. Khan was one of the four artists from Twofold Artist-in-Residence 2024 by Modern Fuel and Union Gallery. She is also chosen as one of the Tett Centre's Creativity Studio Artists 2025. She has enjoyed being on the jury for local art exhibits. Her works have been exhibited at various galleries in Ontario. She has been a recipient of grants by the Ontario Arts Council in 2024. Through her works, Sumera Khan remains committed to connect people over the meaningful stories in the mundane.
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Previous Exhibitions
Winter 2025: Still Waters, celebrating the Legacy of Ivan Soudek
Fall 2024: Every Chip Stand by Chantal Bennett and Joel Kimmel
Summer 2024: Trough the Lens of Youth, by students from Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School
Spring 2024: Strange Beautiful Things, by Sasha Jimenez French
Winter 2024: Worlds take a shape before me [and I find meaning within them] by Amelia Glancy
Fall 2023: The Make-a-Mural project
Summer 2023: Central Public School student art
Spring 2023: Savannah Shea, "Summer Bodies"
Winter 2022: Jill Glatt
Summer 2022: Francisco Corbett
Spring 2022: Kingston Hidden Artist Collective, "Through the Looking Glass"
Winter 2021: Tracy Olan, "Back to Nature"
Fall 2021: Virginia Maria Meeks + Kingston Punk Productions, KPP AT 20
Summer 2020: Vince Perez / Everlovin' Press, The Canadianist
Spring 2020: Julie Davidson Smith
Winter 2020: Chantal Rousseau
Fall 2019: Claire Grady-Smith
Summer 2019: Kingston Poets - Letterpress Editions by Everlovin' Press
Summer 2017: Morris Blanchard
2016-2017: Benjamin Nelson: Decade of Distraction
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