SGidGang.Xaal / Shoshannah Greene was born and raised on Haida Gwaii. She is a member of the St’awaas XaaydaGaay, from Hlkinil llnagaay. From a young age, Shoshannah always had a strong drive to be creative. She pursued a Bachelor of Media Arts at Emily Carr University with a major in animation. During these years, her interests shifted from classical animation to classical Haida formline. Today, Shoshannah works as a full-time artist, with a creative practice focused on Haida design, traditional and digital painting, and illustration. Utilizing formline and passed-down cultural stories to colour her work, Shoshannah brings a contemporary lens to the Pacific Northwest artistic style of artmaking.