About Me
Samantha Moffatt-Sanz is a Toronto/Tkaronto-based artist and curator currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Criticism & Curatorial Practices at OCAD University. Her research explores frameworks of reciprocity and mutual care within the commercial art market. Samantha’s artistic and curatorial practice emphasizes slow, immersive, and intuitive modes of artistic production and viewership. Her work seeks to bridge institutional decision-making with alternative artist-run ethics, advocating for non-transactional structures within commercial spaces.
Her art is a mix of film and digital photography, mixed-media paintings, and 3-dimensional works that range from representational and realistic to abstract and emotional.
She has been featured in various art competitions in Toronto and Montreal. She has been published in the Branksome Hall Arts and Literary Magazine Perennial, as well as in the SAAG 2024 Arts Writing Reader, Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin.
Before her current tenure in Toronto/Tkaronto, Samantha resided in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang for 4 years while completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History & Studio Arts at Concordia University. She is an active member of the arts communities in Toronto and Montreal.
Samantha has been a volunteer at the Luminato Festival of Arts in Toronto, the Junior and Senior Arts editor of Perennial, a Juror for Concordia’s VAV Gallery, a member of the Board of Directors for the 2022-23 Art Matters Festival, a Radio DJ and radio show host at CJLO 1690AM since 2023, a vendor at various Art Markets in Toronto & Montreal and the VP of Events for Concordi’art, an organizer for the 2026 OCADU Graduate Conference & a project manager and co-curator for We Are Still Here - Technically at XPACE Cultural Center
She recently completed a 4 month internship as a Gallery Assistant at The Riverdale Hub Gallery, and currently serves on the committee for the 2027 OCADU Graduate Conference & as a Teaching Assistant & Tutorial Leader for Amish Morell, in an Undergraduate Professionalization Course.
Education
Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU)
Master of Fine Arts in Criticism & Curatorial Practices
Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Art as a Global Business: Dynamics of the Art Market
Running a Contemporary Art Gallery
https://www.credential.net/efcf5afb-428b-40f8-90e1-67cba853eb3f#acc.3bZSpgOH
Concordia University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History & Studio Arts
Branksome Hall
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Primary Years Programme Diploma, Middle Years Programme Diploma, & Diploma Programme
Publications as Curator & Writer
September 2026
Exhibition Review, The Threshold of the Self: Grant Heaps at the Red Head Gallery, published by Esse arts + opinions, as part of the Young Critics Competition with the Hnatyshyn Foundation. Online - Issue 118 - Tongues.
https://esse.ca/en/young-critics/the-threshold-of-the-self-grant-heaps-at-the-red-head-gallery/
January 2026
Interview transcribed and published by Branksome Hall Alumni Association. Online and in the Road Alum Newsletter, January 10th, 2026
Interview with Carol MARTIN Longwell’87 surrounding our respective careers, experiences and lives as Branksome Hall Alums and professionals in the art world, specifically curation. https://branksome.on.ca/branksome-news/belonging-reciprocity-and-choose-your-own-adventure-art-an-alum-conversation-about-curation-and-community-engagement/
September 2024
Published Writing; SAAG 2024 Arts Writing Reader, Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin, Lethbridge, Alberta
Curatorial writing piece submitted for the SAGG 2024 Arts Writing Prize was published in the Writing Prize Reader. Published work is a review of the Indigenous Voices of Today; Knowledge, Trauma, Resilience at the McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal. https://tinyurl.com/2024-Arts-Writing-Prize-Reader
Curatorial Projects
September 2024 - May 2025
Vice President of Events - Concordi’ART, Concordia University, Montreal. April 2025 exhibition: (un)familiar spaces at WIP Works Event Space.
April 2026
We Are Still Here - Technically - Exhibition at Xpace Cultural Center
February 2026
Experimentation through (dis)pleasure - OCADU 2026 Graduate Conference & Exhibition at 205 Richmond
April 2025
(un) familiar spaces Art Exhibition
Art exhibition of Concordia University’s Undergraduate & Master’s students’ work. Held at WIP Works event space on St Laurent. Co-Chair of the Jury & Concordi’ART VP of Events.
January 2025
Creative Futures; Careers in Art
Panel at Concordia University’s 4thSpace. https://tinyurl.com/yyh644sz Concordi’ART VP of Events.
November 2024
Paint & Sip
Paint & Sip Event at Cafe Camas Event Space in Montreal. Concordi’ART VP of Events.
Curatorial Work Experience
May - June 2026
Gallery Assistant at the Riverdale Hub Gallery
January 2026 - April 2026
Project Manager, Finance Director & Co-Curator of We Are Still Here Technically at Xpace Cultural Center, Toronto. https://www.instagram.com/wearestillhere.exhibition/
September 2025 - February 2026
Graduate Student Conference & Exhibition Organizer, OCADU School of Graduate Studies, Toronto.