My name is Prachi Dhase (she/her), and I am an Indian Canadian artist and illustrator. My favourite themes to explore are all things cultural, mythological, historical, spiritual and psychological. As someone with two cultural identities, I love to produce work surrounding the duality of being a person of colour in North America. I also truly enjoy portrait painting and creating still life images, as I believe there is so much beauty in even the most ordinary parts of life! I work in traditional and digital media, and I love to create vivid, colourful pieces using a combination of both. Something that is very important to me when it comes to creating art is representation of cultures that are not often depicted in common media. Most recently, I have been creating pieces based on my Indian culture and Hindu religious background, as this is what I know best, and was raised with. However, as my practice evolves, I want to tell the rich, beautiful and powerful stories from all over the world –stories of all kinds of people and places– through my art!