
Rachelle Tjahyana was a Summer Intern at 221A. She is currently completing her dual BA and BFA at Simon Fraser University in English and Visual Arts. Tjahyana is a writer and interdisciplinary artist whose work has exhibited locally in Canada at the Audain Gallery, Stanley Park Nature House, and Pause Pavillion. From 2017-2018 she collaborated with LandMarks and The Indian Summer Festival to create public art installations. She has also contributed to The Tartan, The Peak SFU Newspaper, and co-produced In Tune, Unbound with Decoy Magazine. Tjahyana was a finalist for the LAUNCH Festival 2018, recipient of the Volunteers of the Burnaby Art Gallery Award in Visual Arts, Tanabe/Thorne Annual Award in Visual Arts, and nominated for the Lind Prize 2019 (Long-list). She still resides as an uninvited guest on unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ land.