Varsha is a textile-artist, filmmaker, community arts facilitator, and social worker who believes in the transformative power of art for social and environmental justice. Raised on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories, with family roots in Delhi and Punjab, her work envisions a world where people and land nurture each other as good medicine. Varsha is currently pursuing a Master’s of Social Work at the University of Victoria, integrating land and arts-based practices into a trauma-informed, decolonial, healing approach. Alongside her studies, she facilitates discussions about destigmatizing menstruation with her film, Bleed With Me; co-runs free community skill-sharing workshops through @slub_club; and creates naturally dyed textiles with garden-grown plants as @dyedsmiling.

Varsha strives to create spaces where creativity meets care, offering novel pathways for collective growth and connection. She is honoured to work alongside Shahir Qrishnaswamy as this year’s Artists as Healers.