embracing all that shines

Kaya Joan
2022, mixed media (ink, crayon, guoache, arcylic paint, graphite) on paper
Original
5.5"x8"
$100

Artwork courtesy of the artist

Kaya Joan is a multi-disciplinary Afro-Indigenous (Vincentian, Kanien'kehá:ka, Irish, Jamaican) artist born, raised and living in T’karonto, Dish with One Spoon treaty territory. Kaya’s work focuses on their relationship to place and storytelling. Black and Indigenous futurity are also centered in Kaya’s practice, framing methods of making as ancestral tools to unpack and transform buried truths, opening portals 7 generations into the past and future. Kaya has been working in community arts for 7 years as a facilitator and artist, and is a member of Milkweed Collective. To support Kaya and their work, you can find them. @kayajoan

Curated by Malik McKoy