photo by Kimberly Ho
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About
V is a non-binary, neurodivergent, and disabled settler of Polish descent, living on stolen Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. Their practice spans multidisciplinary artistic creation, arts education, and disability advocacy.
As an artist, V has collaborated across various mediums, including creative writing, performance, sound art, and web-based art. By drawing from lived experience, along with horror and fantasy genre influences, they tell stories about mental health, trauma, disability, and harm reduction. Their projects also explore "access aesthetics": how accessibility practices can fuel creative experimentation and innovation. As a disability advocate, V's work includes peer support, consultation, education, and community organizing. They strive to centre Disability Justice, a framework focusing on the relationship between disability liberation and other liberation movements. You can learn more about this framework, which was developed by a collective of queer, trans, and BIPOC disabled activists, here: www.sinsinvalid.org/10-principles-of-disability-justice |