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CO-FOUNDERS & CURATORIAL
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COORDINATING
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ADVISORY CIRCLE
SAMER ABDELNOUR
Samer Abdelnour is an academic and activist. He works as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh Business School. He studied for his PhD at the London School of Economics. Before that, he spent three years living in London, Ontario, where he got to know Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner. |
WYN GELEYNSE
Wyn Geleynse was a member of the Embassy Cultural House (ECH) board and also co-edited the ECH tabloid and curated the film program. Wyn is a multimedia artist living and working in London, Ontario. Considered one of Canada's pioneer film and video projection artists, Geleynse's career spans a period of nearly 40 years. |
IRA KAZI
Iraboty (Ira) Kazi is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Ontario, studying Art History and Visual Culture. She is the current editor of Western’s Visual Arts Department’s graduate students' journal, tba: Journal of Art, Media, & Visual Culture. |
LORRAINE KLAASEN
Lorraine Klaasen is an internationally renown performer, a JUNO award-winner, and received in 2020 the Forest City London Music Award (FCLMA) in the category of World Music. Originally from South Africa and formerly living in Montreal, Lorraine now lives in London, Ontario. |
OLIVIA MOSSUTO
Olivia Mossuto is an emerging artist, curator, and writer based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her practice engages painting, sculpture, and installation as a way to conceptualize affective and intimate encounters with beings, images, and objects. |
JUDITH RODGER
Judith Rodger is a writer, art historian, and free-lance curator. She studied at McGill University, Montreal where she received her B.A in English and Psychology. She began her career at Museum London, followed by the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the McIntosh Gallery at Western University. |
RUTH SKINNER
Ruth Skinner works as an arts organizer, researcher, sessional instructor, and publisher in London, Ontario. She is finishing a doctoral degree in Art and Visual Culture at Western University. She is a co-organizer of Support project space and operates the art imprint Edna Press. |
MARY LOU SMOKE
Mary Lou is a gifted traditional and contemporary singer. Recently, she was inducted into the Forest City London Music Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement on April. 28, 2019. |
DIANA TAMBLYN
Diana Tamblyn is an award-winning artist and graphic novelist who has been actively writing and drawing comics for over 20 years. She’s exhibited her comics at small press fairs and comic book festivals in both Canada and the US and has had artwork displayed in various group and solo shows.
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
BLESSY AUGUSTINE
Blessy Augustine is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Visual Arts at Western University, Ontario. She has an MFA in Art Writing from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and an MA in Arts and Aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. |
ANAHÍ GONZÁLEZ
Anahí González (Saltillo, Coahuila, México. 1993) is a Mexican photographer based in London, Ontario, Canada. She explores alternative visual narratives related to Mexican migrants and labour in Canada, in order to decenter the United States narrative within Mexican migration. |
SALAH D. HASSAN
Salah D. Hassan was born and raised in London, Ontario. He graduated from H.B. Beal Secondary School located in London’s east end, just two blocks from the Embassy Hotel. From 1977 until 1984, he worked in several restaurants in London, including the Café du Midi, the Black Swan Bakery, and the Auberge de Petit Prince. |
JARED HENDRICKS-POLACK
Jared Hendricks-Polack is an artist currently residing in London, Ontario, completing his degree at Western University and training as a combined events track and field athlete. He is in his final year of the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours Specialization in Studio Art program. |
INCÉ HUSAIN
Incé Husain is a PhD candidate at Western University, an independent journalist and board member of local Antler River Media Co-op, and an artist. Her artwork - mostly ink drawings - often accompany her journalism work, the majority of which has focused on Palestine since fall 2023. |
JESSICA IRENE JOYCE
Jessica Irene Joyce is an artist in a long-term relationship with painting. She paints to document relationships to self, materials, and ecologies, and how these are transformed by reading about and living through the impacts of climate change. She is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Visual Arts at Western University, Ontario. |
SHELLEY KOPP
Shelley Kopp is a Ph.D. candidate in Visual Culture at the University of Western Ontario. She is the current editor of the visual arts graduate students' journal, TBA, as well as the founding associate editor- art history and theory, of TBA. |
JENNA ROSE SANDS
Jenna Rose Sands is a Cree Anishinaabe artist and writer who is turning her emotional exhaustion over the current state of Indigenous affairs into informative zines that educate and question wide spread prejudice regarding Indigenous people. |
PAST CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
VENUS TSAO
(2025) |
MARIA AWARAJI
(2024) |
ANNA DA SILVA
(2024) |
EMMY MEREDITH
(2023-2024) |
ALEXIS GREEN
(2023-2024) |
ASHAR MOBEEN
(2021-2024) |
NILOUFAR SALIMI
(2021-2024) |
SITING XU
(2023) |
GABRIELLA SOLTI
(2022-2023) |
IMOGEN CLENDINNING
(2022-2023) |
LIV PATTISON
(2022-2023) |
JOANNA WEIL
(2021-2022) |
ANDREAS BUCHWALDT
(2020-2021) |
MATTHEW DAWKINS
(2021) |
CHARLOTTE EGAN
(2020-2021) |
MACKENZIE SMITH
(2020-2021) |
JADE WILLAMSON
(2020-2021) |
