about me | Abby Nowakowski

Abby Nowakowski (she/they) is a queer interdisciplinary artist and art educator based in the wetlands of Central Frontenac between the Mississippi and Tay River watersheds. Through printmaking, textiles, illustration, and handpoke tattooing, they spread advocacy for mutual aid care, share folk stories, and build space for radical softness. Driven by curiosity and kindness, their practice extends into art facilitation with a range of collaborations, workshops, and performances that radiate from queer ecologies and friendships.

In their practice, they are constantly questioning how their 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 her 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.