Artist

Kanika's artwork has been presented in public spaces, museums and in galleries across North America. She collaborates with cultural institutions and organizations to make their practices and physical environments more inclusive through breaking both physical and invisible barriers to access. Through her own practice, Kanika works with artists to imagine, design and create uniquely accessible artworks and experiences that encourage multiple modalities of user engagement and participatory experiences.  Her practice is supported with artistic grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. ​
The heart of my work is a two-way dialogue: my story feeding my Art -- my Art telling my story. 
Grounded in her lived experiences, Kanika uses art as her language to break invisible barriers and create a dialogue to generate greater compassion for humanity. Her practice is rooting in the ethos of making the invisible visible and in disrupting the artistic aesthetic by challenging the idea of perfectionism within the arts. By sharing some of her works in a raw and unpolished form, Kanika wishes to create a new normal that redefines how we see and understand imperfection. Read more about the Story Behind Kanika's Art and its Evolution​
Named among Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women, Kanika's community building endeavours have been profiled internationally, including feature coverage in CBC The Globe and Mail, Canadian Living, Forbes, The Times of India and The Guardian. ​

Community Builder

Kanika has realized the creation of a nonprofit organization, social enterprise and countless initiatives from a spark of inspiration to active community engagement. She actively facilitates community and creates spaces of belonging

Thought Leadership 

Kanika is a bilingual public speaker and has delivered keynotes, participated in panel discussions and media interviews in English and French. She engages on topics of inclusiveness, intersectionality, community building and accessibility in the arts. Please get in touch to book Kanika as a speaker.
Kanika actively uses writing and storytelling to bridge differences and to create empathy and understanding for underrepresented perspectives. Her writing is mostly approached from a first person narrative, where she candidly invites readers to step into her world. Read some of Kanika's published works.
​Kanika is the author and illustrator of BRAVE, the first ever published illustrated book on brain injury.