OCCUPATION Visual artist and owner of Sweet Like Mango gift cards and prints

CONTRIBUTION Wignall has emerged as a new dynamic voice in Canada’s art world. Her Afrocentric paintings have won the attention of internationally-acclaimed performers such as singer/song-writer Erykah Badu, and film and television star Vanessa Williams. Wignall’s art celebrates every shade of blackness in boldness and beauty.

INSPIRATION “The African form truly inspires me, our beautiful features, our succulent soul food, the ancestral call in our music and the rich complexions that coat our skin. There’s more to my sisters than what we see of them in hip-hop’s bootylicious videos. And, there is definitely more to my brothers than what we see on the six o’clock news.”

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