Our Featured Artist

Alicia Reid is an Award-winning photographer, journalist, and documentarian whose work celebrates community, culture, and lived experiences. Inspired by her Jamaican heritage, her upbringing in Scarborough, and everyday moments within the neighbourhoods she calls home, she uses photography and film to uplift the people and environments that have shaped her journey. Her work contributes to the visual archive of Toronto’s Caribbean and Black cultural scenes, transforming daily interactions into compelling visual narratives that preserve cultural memory.

Her work has been featured by the Scarborough Museum, Doris McCarthy Gallery (UTSC), and Scarborough Arts, as well as in Global News and the Toronto Star. She is an alumni of The Remix Project, ArtWorksTO, and Scarborough Made, and is a recipient of the Grand Prize for Toronto New View by Scarborough Arts in 2020. She is also the co-founder of the photography program Lens on the Ends @lensontheends, supporting emerging Scarborough photographers. Through her practises, Reid continues to build community-centered projects rooted in representation, memory, and creative expression.