Arkah is a migrant from Delhi, India, living on stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ peoples.

They hold a bachelor of fine arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. 

They are an emerging visual artist and writer- making and coping by any means necessary. Stretching over a decade of training, Arkah has a robust background in “traditional” painting and drawing. For the past seven years, they have devoted their practice to unlearning the colonial rules of art making, instead keeping spirit at the core of the process. 

When in Delhi, they work as a children’s art teacher, as well as a muralist.

Their solo show, titled “Pencilled in and Eager, with my head in the sand” was displayed at Artspeak gallery in January of 2025. 

Their wide range of mediums and materials include; acrylic, watercolour, ink, charcoal, colour pencil, chalk, oil pastel, graphite, needle and thread, rain and dirt- often all layered on one surface. 

By creating an opening into other possible worlds, Arkah is always seeking answers. 

How can we trudge on, despite uncertainty? and, will you come along? 

One of Arkah’s many written companions includes Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire; “The pursuit of full humanity, however, cannot be carried out in isolation or individualism, but only in fellowship and solidarity”. If hope is a responsibility of the oppressed, then their work considers itself to be hopeful, imaginative, and never alone.