As a local graphic designer, Shafira produces poster, typographic, and music artworks for artists, non-profit, community, and grassroots cultural productions including New Forms Festival, TAKEOVER Skateboarding, and the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP). With a varied design background through independent practice, studio agencies, start-ups, and tech corporation Nokia, Shafira is part of the second cohort of the project-based M.A. researching subcultures, harm reduction communication, and the role of art, posters, and zines in mediated grassroots activism. During their undergraduate studies, Shafira participated in the 2022 italiaDesign International Field School as Portrait Photography and Visual-UX Designer. They love music, photography, and is passionate about artistic means of transcendence, social change, and resistance.
