Tsema Igharas

Tsēmā is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist, mentor, mentee and descendant of Tāłtān Matriarchy, living and working on Ohlone Lands in Berkley, California. Using strategies of care and resistance Tsēmā creates work that connects materials to mine sites and bodies to the land. This practice cites her Indigenous mentorships, Potlatch, studies in visual culture, and time in the mountains. She has studied at K’saan, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and earned an Interdisciplinary Masters of Art Media and Design from OCADu.  Tsēmā has exhibited and performed in Canada, the US, and beyond.