Naheen Ahmed (Self_Saboteur) is an emerging illustrator, comic artist and zinester based in Canada. She is best known for her work exploring disability and trauma through expressive line work and bright contrasting colours. She is heavily inspired by 19th century Buddhist Thangka paintings, Mughal art, 16th century Rajput Court Paintings and rickshaw street art. Naheen […]

Andrea Vela Alarcón is an educator, illustrator and community artist who comes from the Peruvian Amazon and is based in Tkaronto. Her professional background involves a wide range of community-engaged projects with communities across Peru and Canada, bringing together popular education and cultural production. Over the past 10 years, Andrea has facilitated spaces for creating […]

Sonny is a queer nonbinary illustrator, doodler and musician whose work challenges systemic violence and power dynamics, touching on themes of social, environmental and disability justice. Through their art, they que(e)ry how systems such as capitalism, colonization, and cis-heteronormativity impact us and how we engage with each other. In their visual art practice, Sonny creates […]

Josephine is a Chinese-Canadian artist based in Tkaronto. She graduated from the MDes program in Inclusive Design at OCAD University, where she won a 2022 OCAD University Medal for her Major Research Project, Drawing from experience: Exploring identity with individuals healing from brain injury. In her art practice, Josephine uses multi-media/assemblage methods, and this approach […]

Allison Tunis is a visual artist living and working on Treaty 6 territory, in amiswaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). Allison has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta (2008) and a graduate diploma in art therapy from The Vancouver Art Therapy Institute (VATI) (2013). Allison uses her education and her experience as a community organizer […]