Hemangi Shroff

Hemangi Shroff (she/her) is a contemporary visual artist living and working in Toronto, an immigrant-settler from Mumbai, India. Her work includes mixed media ‘cultural abstraction’ paintings that explore themes of identity, culture, and belonging. She is committed to using art to create meaningful dialogue and social change.

Over the course of her career, Hemangi has worked with learners of different abilities, backgrounds, and ages in both the UAE and Canada.  Since moving to Toronto in 2016 she has visited over sixty schools and taught art in over three hundred classrooms across the GTA, developed curriculum, and facilitated a variety of community art projects.

With a passion for art education, she has worked with numerous community organizations across the city to make art accessible to children and youth, and she is thrilled to be a part of the AGO team where she will be able to provide learners with the opportunity to interact live with art in a gallery setting, and then bring the inspiration to their own work. In her practice of student-centered pedagogy, she encourages learners to discuss, observe, and create in a safe, non-judgmental environment where everyone is included.  

Hemangi holds Continuing Education certificates from George Brown College in Fine Arts Foundation and Cartooning and Illustration.