Anika Qureshi

My artwork is rooted in curiosity about what pulses beneath the surface of our lives—the emotions, memories, and invisible connections that shape our experience. Through mixed media, expressive line, bold colour, gold, symbolism, and geometric pattern, I explore how intuition and intention become form. I am drawn to the meeting of structure and spontaneity, the material and the spiritual, and the ways a shape or symbol can hold a story, a feeling, or a sense of connection. Each piece unfolds through listening, experimentation, and trust, leaving room for play and unexpected meaning. My intention is to create moments of recognition and wonder that bring us closer to ourselves, one another, and the stories we carry and pass on.



Anika Qureshi is a Toronto-based Canadian artist and designer whose perspective has been shaped by living across cultures and by her Pakistani and European heritage. Her practice draws from personal memory, inherited stories, motherhood, the natural world, and an ongoing curiosity about how we perceive and relate to what surrounds us.

With a background in art direction and design, she brings an instinct for composition, symbolism, language, and visual rhythm to an intuitive studio practice. Her work develops through layering, repetition, text, dimensional elements, and moments of chance—inviting viewers to pause, notice, and form their own relationships with what they encounter.


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For exhibition, artwork availability, collaboration, licensing, or press inquiries, please get in touch. Anika is based in Toronto, Canada.

Selected Exhibitions & Projects

  • 2021 - Every Woman Biennial x Superchief Gallery NFT
    Group exhibition, New York, NY
  • 2012 - ARI Cultural Canvas, Thailand 
    Art educator and collaborator on three murals, Thailand
  • 2004 - Beats, Breaks & Culture
    Group exhibition and panel discussion, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
  • 2002 - OCAD Graduate Exhibition
    Toronto

  • 2001 - Tequila Bookworm
    Group exhibition, Toronto
  • 2001 - Soul Community 
    Group exhibition, Blue Moon, Toronto
  • 2000 - Prototype Soul 
    Group exhibition, Blue Moon, Toronto


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