Sierra merges editorial and documentary elements into her work to produce nuanced visual storytelling. She draws inspiration from her heritage and touches on her personal experiences with identity and diasporic subcultures. She strives to capture the human experience, celebrating cultural authenticities and idiosyncrasies. She is currently based in Jamaica.
Exhibitions
The New Black Vanguard, Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K., 2022
Musee de beaux-arts, Switzerland, 2022
Fotografiska, Sweden, 2022
Rencontres d’Arles, France, 2021
‘Limbo’, Thx Again Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2020
Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos, Nigeria, 2019
Zanzibar Visual Arts Fest, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 2019
‘Storied Bodies’, in collaboration with WeTransfer, Gallery 16x16 and King Kong Magazine, Lagos, Nigeria, 2019
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, in collaboration with University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2016
‘Sweet Salone’, Inside Out Project, JR and Fort York National Historic Site, Toronto, Canada, 2015
‘This is Not For You’, Brockton Collective, Toronto, Canada, 2014
Select Commissions & Press
ESSENCE
Vogue
Aperture
Novum Magazine
King Kong Magazine
WeTransfer
WorldPress Photo
Inside Out Project
Kanpai! Magazine
Fucking Young!
10 and 5
Design Indaba
Afropunk
Crossroads International
Toronto Life
Zurich Insurance
Awards & Grants
Ontario Arts Council Career Catalyst: Project Grant for New Generation Artists
Imagine Culture Contest, Passages Canada, Historica Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Artist Talks
LagosPhoto presents Fast Forward: Women in Photography, African Artist Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, 2018