Alex Stevens is a photographer and musician living in Calgary, Alberta. He is self-taught, using photography as a way to look for new possibilities while living with chronic illness. His work aims to capture and symbolize spiritual struggle, as well as to explore new possibilities, attempting to expand the scope of experience beyond the ordinary. 

Southern Alberta her home,
Through mountains, she does roam
Andrea Wojcik, her name
Visual Art, her game
Here, her bio by poem

Time after her spinal cord injury brought darkness
Now, a multidisciplinary disabled artist
Creating by felting, ceramics, welding, forging, and bronze casting
Under heavy PPE, building sculptural pieces that will be long-lasting
Her abilities and love of life-long learning, unharnessed.

Mx. Callan Jaida Jones (they/them) is a queer and disabled multidisciplinary artist based in Mohkinstsis / Calgary, on Treaty 7 Territory. Jones holds a BFA (Honours) in Photography Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University and their photographic work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. They received the Flash Forward Award from the Magenta Foundation for work created during The Peel Project and The Canadian Wilderness Residency, two canoe-based artist residencies in the Arctic. Their aerial photographic series Blueprints is currently on large format display at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport through the Perspectives public art program. 

Alongside their visual practice, Jones is an active writer whose poetry and fiction have appeared in The White Wall Review, Tap Press Read, the Calgary Public Library’s Short Story Dispenser, and they are one of the organizers of the YYC Queer Writers group and publications. They are completing their first novel, where a drag queen runs for Mayor of Calgary as an act of queer liberation, supported by Calgary Arts Development and developed through the AWCS Author Development Program. 

As part of LandMarks, they have created a series of poems that act as disabled interventions in public space. “As a disabled person, I rarely have the opportunity or safety to critique the services, systems and state that profoundly impact me. These poems speak the truth of my reality and are unafraid to bear their teeth.”

David Shideler is an emerging artist with a keen ability to evoke a sense of familiarity and identity within his portraiture. Working primarily in acrylic, Shideler uses a distinct high-contrast blocking style to invite the viewer into the dizzying world of his subjects. With an interest in human connection, he chooses subjects that appear to have hidden emotions and well-kept secrets.  He uses his creative practice to observe and engage with the world around him, a grounding and meaningful outlet that supports his mental health, personal growth, and positive outlook on life. 

 Since joining the National accessArts Centre (NaAC) in 2023, Shideler has found increased motivation, support, and access to community that allow his creativity to thrive. He seeks out opportunities to strengthen his skillset and artistic practice through external painting classes, as well as a variety of intensives and thematic programs at the NaAC. In 2026, Shideler’s work was exhibited at STRIDE Gallery, and he completed a 3-month CAAF Residency at 500 Collective, in Calgary AB. 

I am a multidisciplinary Canadian artist based in Calgary/Canmore and Toronto whose work spans painting, digital illustration, textiles, ceramics, glass, and mixed media. I am a graduate of OCAD University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Integrated Media. My art is a vehicle for communicating complex ideas which are difficult to convey in words.  

Working across both traditional and digital media, I explore themes of memory, landscape, identity, resilience, and transformation. Whether working on canvas, creating digital portraits, designing textiles, or experimenting with fused glass, I am driven by a desire to discover new ways of expressing emotion and connection. 

My work has been exhibited throughout Canada, including at the John B. Aird Gallery, Meridian Arts Centre, Workman Arts, and the National AccessArts Centre. I have also participated in artist residencies, including the Syncing Space Residency in Canmore, Alberta, where the surrounding mountain landscape inspired a body of work exploring colour, atmosphere, and place. 

Alongside my studio practice, I teach digital illustration workshops, create commissioned artwork, and collaborate on community arts projects. I believe art has the power to build understanding, encourage dialogue, and bring people together through shared visual experiences. 

I am an artist, author, and peer support advocate whose work explores identity and mental health. My paintings and writing are a celebration of creativity, inquiry, and reflection. Outside of my practice, I draw inspiration from philosophy and music. I work out of Workshop Studios here in Treaty 7 / Calgary.  

Art gives me a sense of hope. It reminds me that there is always something new to try, explore, and understand through the act of making. It is my way of understanding both myself and the world around me. I work across multiple mediums and disciplines, each offering its own lens for self-expression and discovery. 

Writing plays a central role in my practice, particularly as a space for mental health advocacy. By sharing my lived experience, I aim to foster connection and decrease stigma.  

Across all disciplines, I aim to create work that feels honest and accessible. I want my work to offer space for reflection and communication.

Katie Green (she/they) is a visual artist creating intimate watercolour personas that are eery and ethereal. These emotionally visceral reflections provide Katie with a healing process that manifests as visual characters and scenes that explore internal emotional landscapes. For Katie, the process of painting is one of searching as they wait for something or someone to emerge. Inside this in-between presence is where surprises come forward and characters from unseen places take shape in visual ways. Being in relationship with the beings that appear becomes a form of therapeutic release, helping to both guide and nurture something within. Using these watercolours as the inspirational foundation for their practice, Katie creates murals that abstract feelings and forms into immersive scenes where fantastical beings morph and melt together within imagined worlds. Increasingly, their mural projects involve communities in a process of mask making that result in large-scale public expressions of hidden identities. 

Katie resides in Mohkínstsis, Treaty 7 Territory (Calgary, Alberta). Their work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and Calgary Arts Development, as well as international residencies at the Santa Fe Art Institute and Vermont Studio Center. Their murals have been created across Canada, the United States, Belgium, Taiwan, and Germany. Alongside their studio and public art practice, Katie has extensive experience facilitating workshops with youth and adults and developing artistic programming within community and educational settings. 

Lucas Kayseas is a Calgary-based artist originally from Saskatchewan. He resides on the outskirts of Calgary and witnesses a thousand different perspectives of urban life every day. He notices how sunlight interacts with the architecture, how wildlife inhabits their surroundings, and how people move through built and natural spaces. These experiences have become ingrained in his memory through repetition and greatly inform his creative practice. Crows and the distant mountains are fixtures in his daily life, and he meticulously notes the small changes that occur day by day – through painting and drawing he brings these nuances to life through shape, intricate details, and the interplay of light on his canvas. Lucas becomes absorbed in the act of creation, a place of solace and clarity where he’s momentarily disconnected from the distractions of the external world. 

Mark Henry is a dedicated visual artist who works in various 2D mediums, including drawing, collage, and printmaking. He communicates his thoughts and emotions through his artwork, using visual imagery to articulate his perception of the world. Mark’s practice underscores his conviction and dedication to creating stories without words. Deeply influenced by the works of Wassily Kandinsky and Pablo Picasso, Mark’s artistic journey reflects his belief that possessing a distinct and unique perspective can significantly enrich one’s creative output. Inspired by a transformative arts professor, Mark pursued his studies in arts at the University of Calgary. 

Míša Šeřík(ová) (they/he/on/ona) is an emerging artist and craftsperson studying at the University of Calgary, currently based on Treaty 7 land but originally from Czechia.  

Within the scope of their art practice, Míša draws on a wide range of experiences to inform their work. As a physically Disabled artist and strong connection to the sensory world through autism, the process of creating art is a direct response to the gradual and ongoing loss of their physical ability. It is important to them to explore their sensory world through the creation of art. Thus, Míša works in a process-based approach, where the focus lies on the physical experience of creating rather than the final aesthetics of a piece. Textile, analog image transfer, and other tangible materials can often be seen at the centre of their works for this reason. Míša strives to make works which question what we view as Fine Art, and to give a voice to the voiceless. They plan to pursue a future career in the arts, aspiring to complete a Master of Fine Arts as they continue to expand their practice and delve into the world of art education.