Carolina is a Latina-Canadian Fine Arts Painter and Art Educator based in Montréal. Her work dives into the subjects of dual identity, belonging, and self-love. With portraits, she captures the essence of individuals as they navigate their diverse identities, and in her abstract art, she delves into emotions and introspection.

Canadian artist, illustrator and painter of Haitian origin, Wendy Alexina Vancol explores in depth the notions of heritage, diaspora, memory and identity. She frees herself from common representations of black bodies in white spaces, emphasizing marginalization, social pressure, prejudice and violence. Through her work, she allows these bodies to occupy space in unconventional ways.

Crystel is a visual artist of Portuguese origin who lives and works in the Eastern Townships and Montreal. She works mostly in oil paints, but also explores printmaking and alternative photographic processes. She has shown her work in various group shows in Montreal, and has taught an art class for adults with physical disabilities.

Nikoiya Wile is a Gitsxan painter born in Scarborough, Ontario. Through the lens of ancestral myth and methodology, their work serves as a visual commentary on current Western socio-environmental influences and identities. Centered in their work is reverence of Indigenous matriarchal systems and the stability they provide the planet. 

Bailey Bird is the creator and artist behind ooeyg00eys – a small handmade jewelry business located in Tio’tia:ke. Bailey’s jewelry focuses on bright colours and playful designs intended to spark nostalgia and heal your inner child.

Fauve is a queer, trans and neurodivergent artist creating visual and wearable art. They mainly use upcycled materials: scraps of fabric, hand-me-downs, old school notebooks… Except when tattooing of course! He takes inspiration in what we would find ugly or disturbing to turn them into strangely approachable pieces with a punk touch. Illness, deformation, queerness, circus and jesters are recurring elements to their creations.

Samara is an Irish-Canadian actress and writer and mental health advocate. Her debut poetry collection What If The Sun Died is a #1 best-selling book in the Mythological Storytelling category. In the city of Montreal, she is recognized as a community poet and has spoken and recited her poems at schools, ceremonies, and various other public occasions.

Ranime is an international student from Egypt. She comes from a drawing background, focusing mainly on figurative representations, which is also reflected in her painting practice. She chooses to depict subject matter that revolves around the question of identity and how it can present itself in various ways. Her goal is that the connection between the audience and the artwork, whether it be light or intense, brings a wave of familiarity to some extent, all while inviting the viewer to future introspection.

Em is a self-taught artist mostly interested in textile arts’ disruptive and ironic potential as a queer art drawing from a craft built on gendered norms. Their pieces play with themes of mental health, queerness, loneliness/community, and unlikely paths of healing.

Rojelio is a queer, transgender Latinx artist, born in Mexico and is currently based out of Montreal. Rojelio primarily works in oils and graphite, creating portraits and figurative art. Through their work Rojelio is exploring themes of identity, gender, sexuality, what it means to be trans and creating representation for the trans community.

Sadia is a queer transdisciplinary artist whose practice traverses many realms, including the physical, the virtual, and the energetic. Their portfolio is a kaleidoscope of creativity, encompassing a wide array of mediums including jewelry, installation, code art, and sound design. Through an interplay of media, Sadia conjures evocative narratives that transcend the boundaries of form and time.

Trang Ta is a Vietnamese artist living in Montreal. Her approach to the multidisciplinary practice she does often promotes the values of handicraft and uniting with nature without costing the Earth. Through the natural elements found in her every day life, Trang’s hand-crafted art offers a window into her dreamy, emotional and tranquil universe.

Yujayad is a queer visual artist and their main mediums are digital art, drawing, and painting. Art allows them to connect with others as well as with their emotions, roots, identity, and spirituality. They mostly invoke elements from nature and the human body in their work and use colour to express themselves more abstractly.