SEGUN CAEZAR

Professional Summary

Segun Caezar is a Nigerian-born, Toronto-based visual artist known for his hyperrealistic portraits of Black subjects layered with symbolism and emotional depth. His recent works explore identity, legacy, and transformation through the recurring presence of koi fish— the silent witnesses that evoke ancestral endurance and spiritual memory.

Drawing from Yoruba storytelling, diasporic history, and personal migration, Caezar’s practice merges visual precision with poetic storytelling. A self-taught artist with a background in administration and marketing, he approaches his work with both creative vision and strategic clarity.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

K.O.I. : Kind of Immortal
Solo Exhibition, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre (February 2026)

Art Noir
Solo Exhibition, MD Gallery, Toronto (November 2024)

Selected Group Exhibitions/Public Projects

2026

Animating Historic Sites Grantee — Toronto Arts Foundation  |  Ongoing
Rebuilding The City, Toronto’s first taxi built by Lucie and Thornton Blackburn, for community engagement  

2025

ART COMP, Juried Exhibition  |  May-November
Top Ten Finalist

A Transit Through Time, Juried Exhibition  |  February
TD Canada Trust & Make Room, Inc., Union Station, Toronto

2024

Bodies of Water Exhibition  |  November
33 Contemporary Gallery, Florida 

Blk Frames 3  |  September
Withrow Common, Toronto  

Interplay Exhibition  |  August
33 Contemporary Gallery, Miami, Florida 

Emancipation, Juried Exhibition  |  August
Helson Gallery, Honorary Award, Halton Hills

Black Dreams and Aspirations, Juried Exhibition  |  February
TD Canada Trust & Make Room, Inc., Union Station, Toronto

2023

Emancipation Exhibition, Juried Exhibition  |  July
"Aunt May", 2nd Place Award, Halton Hills

Community Kindness Collection  |  April
Yonge and Dundas Square, Toronto 

Awards & Recognition

2025

Top Ten Finalist, ART COMP, Juried Exhibition

Toronto Arts Foundation Newcomer Artist Award, Toronto Arts Foundation

2024

Honorary Award, Emancipation, Juried Exhibition

Featured Artist, Lunar Codex Moon Archive

2023

2nd Place Award, Emancipation, Juried Exhibition, Helson Gallery

Artistic Training

ArtworksTO Newcomer Program, OCAD U Continuing Studies  |  2025-Present
Art Education Stream | Teaching Art Micro-credential

Self-Directed Study  |   2019-Present
Mastered coloured pencil drawings, oil painting techniques and symbolic storytelling through mentorship and instruction.

Centennial College  |   2021-2022 (currently paused)
Fine Arts Studio Program

Obafemi Awolowo University  |  2010–2015
Completed B.Sc. in Local Government Administration

Community Engagement

Paint Night for Youth [Black History Month], DurhamOne   |  February 2023

Youth Volunteer, Whitby Baptist Church  |  May 2022-Present

 

Media Features

Feb 2025  |  CityNews Toronto – Coverage of A Transit Through Time Exhibition
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/02/16/union-station-exhibit-celebrates-black-artistry/

Feb 2025  |  Shift Magazine – Feature on cultural legacy in A Transit Through Time
https://shiftermagazine.com/art/union-station-art-exhibition-a-transit-through-time

Feb 2025  |  AFRO Toronto – Highlighted in Union Station exhibition launch
https://afrotoronto.com/things-to-do/exhibitions/union-station-celebrating-black-artists-and-cultural-legacy

Nov 2024  |  Art Fusion Night – Dubai Art Festival preview
https://artfusionnight.com/artist/segun-caezar/

July 2024  |  Lunar Codex Project – Artwork archived on the moon (Broad media coverage)
https://www.33contemporary.com/news/celebrating-our-artists-in-the-historic-lunar-codex-project 

Feb 2024  |  Toronto Union – Interview on Black Dreams and Aspirations exhibit
https://torontounion.ca/in-conversation-with-segun-caezar/