Shaihiem Small is an artist currently based in Edmonton Alberta, originally from Toronto Ontario. Shaihiem is a MacEwan Fine Arts graduate and has participated in multiple pop up art shows across the city and the group show Five Artists One Love hosted at the AGA. His art explores themes concerning the ethos of cultural identity. Currently this artist is venturing into the discipline of tattooing and is apprenticing at Shambhala Tattoos in Edmonton.
These two portraits of Small’s feature a Black man and a Black woman in their sublime and reflective states. Lilly represents the divine feminine with its healing energy and Guardian represents the divine masculine in its watchful and protective state.