She | Her | Hers
Calgary, AB | Occupying the unceded lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), and the Syilx Okanagan Nation peoples
Artist Statement
Through writing and photography, Moni Brar explores the immigrant experience, diasporic guilt, and religious violence. She is inspired by writers who take an oppositional stance and work towards decolonizing western frameworks of gender, culture, and identity. She believes art contains the possibility of healing.
| Image Description: Moni Brar smiles slightly, looking upward at something just out of frame. The image is in a soft grayscale. |
Artist Bio
Moni Brar (she/her) was born in rural India, raised in northern British Columbia, and now lives as a settler on Mohkínsstsisi, the unceded territories of the Treaty 7 signatories and Metis Nation Region 3 (Calgary). She has multiple nominations for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize, was winner of the 2022 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award and has received writing honours from PRISM international and Room Magazine. Her work appears in The Literary Review of Canada, Prairie Fire, The New Quarterly, Passages North, CV2, and Hobart, among others.
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