Collage Workshop

Tag, You’re It. Again is a repeat of a workshop I facilitated in August 2025 in conjunction with my solo exhibition at Outsiders and Others. In this workshop, participants will create mini ‘self-portraits’ on shipping tags. Saturday, Sept 27 from 2-4 pm at at Outsiders and Others (#100 – 938 Howe St., Vancouver). Register here .

SAD Mag Interview

Very excited and appreciative to have an interview about my current solo exhibition at Outsiders and Others published in SAD Mag. A huge thank you to writer Adishi Gupta for her interest in my show and for her thoughtful questions and commentary about my work. You can read the interview here.

“Art that makes you linger a little longer, that draws your attention to a quiet detail you might have missed at first glance is a rare gift. Missing Pieces, Seema Shah’s solo art show at Outsiders and Others from August 2 to 30, is one such gift.” – Adishi Gupta

Didihood artist feature

Honoured to be featured in this month’s Didihood newsletter. You can read my interview about my creative journey and my current solo show at Outsiders and Others here.

Didihood (or the sisterhood) is a collective of South Asian women in creative industries across Canada spanning from the media to music, film, visual arts and more. Every month they feature an inspirational South Asian Canadian woman in a creative industry.

Solo Exhibition – CBC Arts feature

Thrilled to have a feature about Missing Pieces, my solo exhibition that runs Aug 2-30 at Outsiders and Others, published in CBC Arts. The article, written by journalist Diary Marif, can be read in its entirety here.

Solo Exhibition – August 2025

Opening Reception
Saturday, August 2nd from 6-8 pm
Outsiders and Others – #100 – 938 Howe St., Vancouver, BC

Off the Map anthology published!

Published May 1, 2025 by Bell Press
Edited by Betsy Warland, Seema Shah, and Kate Bird


Off the Map, an anthology featuring writers from Vancouver, British Columbia, with lived experience of mental health issues, aims to bring diverse and distinctive voices to the literary landscape. Works of creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry on a wide range of subjects showcase unique storytelling styles and forms, offer fresh and fascinating perspectives, and are told with compelling honesty, inventiveness, and compassion.

Contributors: Kate Bird, Tove Black, James Boutin-Crawford, Jessica Cole, Crisi Corby, Gilles Cyrenne, Venge Dixon, Jaki Eisman, Christy Frisken, Merle Ginsburg, Angela J. Gray, Adishi Gupta, Jean Kavanagh, Yong Nan Kim, Justyna Krol, jerry LaFaery, Danica Longair, Harry McKeown, Neven Marelj, Quin Martins, Pari Mokradi, Ronan Nanning-Watson, Rye Orrange, Mary Phyllis O’Toole, Bruce Ray, Ingrid Rose, Beth Rowntree, Lenore Rowntree, Kim Seary, Seema Shah, Neko Smart, Amy Wang, Sandra Yuen

At book stores or order from the publisher’s website: www.bellpressbooks.com