Bea Scharf-Pierzchala

Filmmaker, photographer, and painter based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal.

Bea’s work spans cinematography and film montage, photography, and painting, contributing to award-winning independent films such as The Diabetic (2022), and working with notable musicians including Patrick Watson, Basia Bulat, and Yes McCan. As a practicing art therapist drawn to intimate human experiences, Bea is passionate about the healing potential of creative process and creates playful and inclusive work with an emphasis on themes of love, magic, and the surreal qualities of everyday life.

CV

Education

• 2025 – Grad. Cert: Play Therapy. Concordia University, Montreal, QC
• 2025 – MA: Art Therapy. Concordia University, Montreal, QC
• 2022 – BA: Psychology (30 Credits). Concordia University, Montreal, QC
• 2017 – BFA: Film Production. Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Montreal, QC

Grants & Awards

• 2024 – Glay Sperling Scholarship
• 2023 – Concordia Fine Arts Scholarship
• 2016 – FASA Small Grants Fund
• 2016 – Sean Wall Award

Exhibitions & Festivals

• 2024 – MUTEK
  Large-scale multi-screen video loop installation for  G L O W Z I 
  as part of NOCTURNE 4
• 2022 – Fantasia Film Festival
  The Diabetic screening + Q&A
• 2021 – Closet Gallery
  Magic Lantern Slide Photography Exhibition 
• 2019 – Lino Kino Foreign Exchange Festival
  Sun Stealer // True Believer screening
• 2019 – Neighbourhood Film Festival
  Sun Stealer // True Believer screening
• 2019 – Shoe Box Cinema 
  Rigor Mortis: I Killed Myself Over a Dude (Collaboration with Arizona O’neill) six-part video installation
• 2018 – The Letter Bet
  Me vs Others (Collaboration with Laurence Philomene
  & Arizona O’neill) video installation
• 2017 – TIFF Wavelengths Programming
  Wholly Holy (Collaboration with Richard Kerr) screening as part of CRISIS, COLLISION, RESOLVE: The Films of Richard Kerr
• 2017 – TIFF Bell Lightbox 
  Wholly Holy (Collaboration with Richard Kerr) loop video installation
• 2017 – Art Matters Festival / Studio XX
  Kettle Study video installation as part of Wire Forest
• 2016 – VAV Gallery
  Parallelogram video installation as part of Deep Focus
• 2013 – Galerie LOCK
  Jack Deals With Death (Collaboration with Jack Zeppetelli) screening as part of VL Instalment 1

Print & Publications

• 2021
  • Rat Chat Magazine – “Special Spot” Portrait Series
    (stocked at Centre Phi)
  • Also Cool Magazine – “Secret Garden” Photo Series
• 2020
  • Magic Lantern – Mystery Roll Photo Series
  • Handy – Photo Book (available at La Grande Bibliothèque)
• 2019
  • Somewhere Vol.1 – Photo Book