Shaughn Martel is a queer, aphant, new media artist currently practicing in Toronto, Ontario. focused on the performance of media and digital technology. They push the boundaries of form and content through bugs, and breakages of digital tools, using the flaws of a medium as the grounds for art making. In 2022 Shaughn was the first recipient of the James Bailey Award through NAISA North and a 2022 Ada Lovelace Fellow.