Bio
Beatriz Simas, b. 2003, is an artist and student based in Toronto, Canada. Simas is currently a graduate student in the Master of Art History program the University of Toronto. Simas has also received her Honours Bachelor of Art in Art and Art History from a combined HBA program at the University of Toronto and Sheridan College, in 2025.
Regarding artistic practice, Simas is an artist who through the medium of photography, as well as the contextualization of art history, explores notions of identity, cultural connections and belonging. Through the performance of self-portraiture, Simas explores notions of individuality and different personalities through the careful curation of clothing, wigs, makeup and props. By using herself as a living canvas, she embodies given characters – either larger than life architypes or, small, intimate and personal realities – in order to explore cultural contexts and dismantle traditional ways of viewing. A driving question in her practice is What does it mean to be a first generation Canadian with a strong cultural background, within a visual realm? Through a theatrical/character-based photographic practice, she thoroughly analyzes and create fully realized characters, undergoing a physical transformation, caught on camera.
