Nikki Shaffeeullah
ThisGen 2020 Fellow
Directing/Artistic Direction (Toronto, ON)
Nikki Shaffeeullah (she/her) is a theatre & film artist, facilitator, writer, equity worker, and community organizer. Her work has included serving as Artistic Director of The AMY Project; and Editor-in-Chief of alt.theatre: cultural diversity and the stage. Nikki produces sector-change projects through her organization Undercurrent Creations, and is a founding member of Confluence Arts Collective, a group of artists-activists who believe in transformative justice and a world without prisons. A queer Indo-Caribbean settler born and living in Toronto, Nikki believes that art should disrupt the status quo, centre the margins, engage with the ancient, dream of the future, and be for everyone.
Photo by Saba Akhtar