Seema ShahSeema Shah is a self-taught visual artist and writer with lived experience of mental health issues. Her creative nonfiction has been published in literary journals and anthologies, shortlisted for the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives' Narrative Essay ontest and twice for the Surrey International Writers' Conference Contest, and longlisted for the Susan Crean Award for Nonfiction 2023. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries in Canada, the US, and the UK, and she was a recipient of The Beaumont Studios' Artist To Watch Award 2022. Alongside her own creative practice, Seema is the organizer of Professional Artistic Growth Made Accessible, a project that offers free professional development opportunities to Vancouver artists and writers with lived experience of mental health and/or substance use issues, including workshops and consultations. This project laid the groundwork for Off the Map. As part of the project, Seema has co-curated four gallery exhibitions with Yuri Arajs, Director and Curator at Outsiders and Others in Vancouver. seemashahart.com Read More Read Less