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YAHN NEMIROVSKY
Artist, Craftsperson & Cultural Worker
he/they | Toronto, ON
Email: yahnemirovsky@gmail.com | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yahnemirovsky
EDUCATION
2025-Present Certificate, Adult Learning and Development. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Material Art & Design: Textiles. OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
2025 Internal Communications Intern. LOFT Community Services, Toronto, ON.
2022-2024 Shop Administrator & Production Assistant. OKAYOK, Toronto, ON.
2023 Project Manager & Producer. Solo Exhibition by Akash Inbakumar: “Era of the Moon: Phases,” Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON.
2023 Wardrobe Assistant. Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, ON.
2021-2022 Education Coordinator. Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2020-2021 Public Engagement & Communications Intern. Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2019 Education Assistant. Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
SELECTED WORKSHOPS
2024 Flower Pounding Workshop. Baycrest Health Sciences, North York, ON.
2024 Family Pride Banner Workshop. Montgomery’s Inn, Toronto, ON.
2023 Toronto Raptors Youth Summit: Tote Workshop. OKAYOK & Toronto Raptors, Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON.
2022 Mending Clinic. Cloth Care Collective & Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON.
2022 Group Tour: Toronto Guild of Spinners & Weavers. Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2022 / 2019 Community Makers (/Voices) - 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Workshop Series. Triangle Program & Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2021 Papers & Petals: Sustainable Textile Teach-In Series. Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2021 Art & Everyday Life: Art Engagement for Marginalized Women. Riverdale Hub & Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2021 Online Workshop: Autobiographical Embroidery with Yahn Nemirovsky. Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON & Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2021 Online Embroidery Session. Arts4All, Toronto, ON.
2021 Sewing Room Project. Community Arts Guild, Scarborough, ON.
COMMITTEES
2023-Present Curatorial Committee. The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives, Toronto, ON.
2021-2022 Membership & Facilities Committee. Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON.
2020-2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Staff Working Group. Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2019 Accessibility Group. Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
EXHIBITIONS
2025 The View from Vaseline Tower: Memories of Toronto’s Queer Village. Studio 180, Crow’s Theatre, Toronto, ON. Curated by Yahn Nemirovsky, Hannah Dickson & Santana Doran.
2021 this house, made and mended by unbelonging hands. Riverdale Hub Gallery, Toronto, ON. Curated by Crocus Collective (Dallas Fellini & Karina Iskandarsjah).
2021 Temporary Collections Project. Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph, ON.
2020 Emotional Objects. Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON. Curated by Emily Gove.
2019 Shapeshifters. Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON. Curated by Amanda Amour-Lynx.
2018 Memory Box. The Morris & Sally Justein Heritage Museum, Baycrest Health Services, Toronto, ON.
2018 CRUSH Zine Exhibition. Glory Hole Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2017 Zine Power: OCAD U Zine Library 10-Year Anniversary. The Learning Zone, OCAD University, Toronto, ON.
SELECTED EVENT INSTALL & ACTIVATION
2024 Love Across Distance. Nuit Blanche & The ArQuives, Toronto, ON. Installation by Jordan King.
2024 Liberation on the Dancefloor: Reflective Nostalgia. The ArQuives, Toronto, ON. Curated by Craig Jennex.
2024 Meet Me In Leather. The ArQuives, Toronto, ON. Curated by Hannah Dickson and The ArQuives Curatorial Committee.
2022 Mending Clinic. Nuit Blanche & The Cloth Care Collective, Toronto, ON.
2022 A point and a line makes a curve, then a circle. Nuit Blanche & Soft Walls Collective, Toronto, ON.
2022 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair - Luxeca Studios. Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, ON. 2022.
2022 One Of A Kind Show - OKAYOK. Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON.
2019 The Artist Project, ZINES Section. The Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON.
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Toronto Biennial of Art Mobile Arts Curriculum - Art Chats with the Textile Museum of Canada: Double Vision. Toronto Biennial of Art, Toronto, ON & Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON.
2021 The Craft Spectrum: A Position Paper by the Canadian Crafts Federation. Canadian Crafts Federation, Ottawa, ON.
2021 this house, made and mended by unbelonging hands. Canadian Art, Toronto, ON.
2020 Emotional Objects. Canadian Art, Toronto, ON.
GRANTS
2024 Artist Creation Project Grant, ArtReach, Toronto, ON.
PROJECTS
2024 Artist Creation Project Grant. ArtReach, Toronto, ON
2021 Layers of Love x RMG. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON.
2019 The Doll Project. Project Sunshine Canada, Toronto, ON.
AWARDS
2020 Spinrite Material Art & Design Award, Spinrite Inc., Listowel, ON.
2018 Spinrite Design Competition Honourable Mention, Spinrite Inc., Listowel, ON.