Shannon Lester aka Sasha Zamolodchikova is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist with a focus on painting and drag performance based in Kelowna, BC. They received their Master of Fine Arts degree at UBC Okanagan in September 2013. They are the co-founder of international drag-based performance art collective, KKBB, which formed in Osaka, Japan, in 2010 and the co-creator of Embodiment Drag & Burlesque. They have performed and exhibited extensively in Japan, the United States and Canada. Shannon's work is at once whimsical and deeply spiritual. Fantasy and personal narrative are woven together to create works that are dreamlike, colourful and engaging.

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