Joanna Konopka is a print media artist, designer, curator, painter and filmmaker based in Mississauga, Canada. She recently interned at Images Festival in Toronto which has broadened her knowledge and practice in contemporary film and moving image making. It has inspired her to create art that can be viewed and understood globally through the simply communication of composition, colour and form. She is currently an artist resident at Visual Arts Mississauga where she hopes to continue building her portfolio and getting involved in the local art community.

Maariyah Mohiuddin is a recent graduate from OCAD University. Much of her practice involves depicting her Indian culture while also commenting on the intersectionality between her layered identities that overlap through the context of living in the west during a contemporary age.

 Diana Nadia Lawryshyn is an emerging visual and sound artist with a paining style described as “tremulous” and “introspective”. Her practice is characterized by a willingness to let raw materials guide her, facilitating an organic expression of what lies dormant in her subconscious.

Lore McKeown is a sculptor and photographer who has recently graduated from the University of Toronto and Sheridan College’s Art and Art History program. Their work explores the intersections of naturalism, industrialism, and mysticism, embracing the philosophy that creating art for arts sake holds intrinsic value.