Simranpreet Kaur Anand

Simranpreet Kaur Anand is an artist, curator and cultural worker creating and working between the unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie and Semiahmoo peoples (Surrey, BC) and the lands of the Anishinaabeg: The Three Fire Confederacy of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi Nations (Ann Arbor, MI). Her art practice interrogates the so-called neutral audience in multicultural society. To accomplish this, she uses materials—particularly textiles, language, performative gestures, and photographs—that resonate beyond the typical art gallery context. Her practice is informed by familial and community histories, often engaging materials and concepts drawn from the histories of Punjab and the Punjabi diaspora, and their disruption by colonialism and forced migration. She holds a BFA with Honours in Visual Arts along with a second major in Psychology from the University of British Columbia and is currently working towards an MFA at the University of Michigan.