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Asma Sultana is a Bangladeshi-British interdisciplinary artist and an MFA candidate at York University, where her research is supported by a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship. Her practice employs hair and thumbprints as primary mediums to...
Bisma Jay is a queer Punjabi visual artist based in Toronto. Jay’s work delves into the intersection of identity, socio-economic issues, and cultural narratives. Through their art, Jay aims to elevate and create nuanced representation...
Jenny (Hyemin) Kim (she/her) is a mixed-media artist based in Tkaronto (Toronto, Canada). Born in Korea, raised in the Philippines, and now working in Canada, her practice explores diasporic identity, intersectionality, and critical race through...
Elsa Hashemi is a Persian Canadian interdisciplinary artist working across performative photography, video installation, calligraphy, and text art. Her practice centers on themes of dislocation, isolation, and connection, weaving layered narratives that fuse emotional intimacy...
Emily Tat is a 3rd year York university design student; She is a multi Disciplinary designer with a passion for incorporating her unique perspectives into her work. Creating brand identities is her specialty; with the...
Hi, I’m Seunghyeon Sydney Yeom — most people call me Sydney. With three years of experience in UX/UI design and web development, I'm a branding designer building cohesive design systems and structured brand experiences. My...
Adriane Vant Erve (née Kozicki) is a fibre and mixed media artist from the Canadian prairies. Her work focuses on themes of the domestic, the body, emotion, and abstraction. She often makes use of repeating...
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Dona Nissangaratchie is a Toronto based documentary film director and sound artist whose work explores the intersections of politics, economics and everyday life. Originally from Sri Lanka, she draws inspiration from textures of her homeland,...
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