ONLINE FOUNDING EDITOR |
CO-FOUNDERS &
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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 completed a PhD in Art History and Visual Culture at Western University, studying Art History and Visual Culture. She is presently teaching a course in Western's Department of Visual Arts |
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. From 2020-2025 she was ECH's co-ordinating editor. Her practice engages painting, sculpture, and installation as a way to conceptualize affective and intimate encounters with beings, images, and objects. |
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. |
JUDITH RODGER
Judith Rodger is a writer, art historian, and free-lance curator. She studied at McGill University, Montreal where she received her BA 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 completed a doctoral degree in Art and Visual Culture at Western University. She was 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. |
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. |
JARED HENDRICKS-POLACK
Jared Hendricks-Polack is an artist currently residing in London, Ontario. He completed his He is his Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours Specialization in Studio Art program at Western University and training as a combined events track and field athlete. |
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 completed a PhD in Art History and Visual Culture at the Western University in London, Ontario in 2023. Her thesis title was "The Effects of Visual Culture and Art Through A Digital Lens". She joined the ECH team in 2020 and in edited the ECH's first publication Hiding in Plain Sight in 2021. |
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. |
MICHELLE WILSON
Michelle Wilson received her PhD in Art and Visual Culture at Western University, London, Ontario and a BFA from the University of Ottawa in 2005 and graduated with highest honours from the School of Photographic Arts, Ottawa, in 2008. She is currently teaching in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Guelph. |
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) |
