about me | Abby Nowakowski

Abby Nowakowski (she/they) is a queer interdisciplinary artist and art educator currently living and working in Central Frontenac. Through printmaking, illustration, and handpoke tattooing, they spread advocacy for care, share stories, and make space for radical softness. Abby is drawn to the gentler pace of handpoke which has fostered a more comfortable and empowering setting for clients. Driven by curiosity and kindness, their practice extends into art facilitation with a range of collaborations, workshops, and performances which radiate from queer ecologies and friendships.

In their practice, they are constantly questioning how her artwork can be used as an activist tool and contribute to the collective creative building of sustainable futures. Abby explores themes of transformative justice, belonging, and hopefulness. Learning lessons from the natural world, Abby often leans towards local flora and wildlife as powerful examples of community building and resistance.

Abby enjoys backcountry camping with their wife and pup, planting alongside the family of blue-tailed skinks that reside in the garden, and caring for her small flock of laying hens.