Shaya Ishaq
Shaya Ishaq is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and writer whose research interests are engaged in craft, diaspora, design anthropology, and (afro)futurism. Devoted to materiality, she works with textiles and clay to create wearable art, jewelry, and installations. She has studied Fibres & Material Practices at Concordia University and has previously attended Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. In 2023 Ishaq received the Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists from the Hnatyshyn Foundation.
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Melanie Chikofsky
Melanie Chikofsky continues to surprise in a long and varied career as an artist and educator. Her young years were full of avidly sought out classes, first in ceramics, then in a specialized art program at the secondary school level, followed by studies at Sheridan College School of Design, all contributing to a wide-ranging passion for art that also informed her zeal for teaching.Find out more
Eunice Luk
Eunice Luk (b. 1988) is an artist currently based in Yokohama, Japan. Luk makes simple, subjective recordings of positive and negative space using a wide range of media and processes, transcending materiality into personal language. She has recently exhibited at The Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery (Tokyo), VACANT (Tokyo), Swiss Institute (New York), Printed Matter (New York), The Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff) and Art Metropole (Toronto).Find out more