Description
Naj Saghaei is an artist, also a life & wellness coach, design consultant, as well as a lecturer. She started her artistic practice in 2010 at Gerrit Rietveld academy, Amsterdam focusing on art and design. Explored autonomous fine art at the Royal Academy of Art, the Hague, and continued her studies at the University of Arts, London, UK along with the minor of Psychoanalysis. She also obtained a certification of retail display design from the College of Central Saint Martins, UAL, London.
She is proud to be a life coach and combines art and wellness to provide a safe space for her clients (Thinking Partners) to walk along their challenging self discovery journey feeling felt, being seen, being heard and getting gotten.
She uses art, mindfulness, and coaching techniques to create a unique platform for her clients to connect with their inner self, discover their authentic self and fulfill goals. Currently she teaches art and wellness in a few museums/ Galleries, in her personal studio as well as her virtual classes.
Justine McCloskey is a filmmaker, photographer, artist, and writer. She graduated with honours from Toronto Metropolitan University’s BFA Film Studies program in 2013 and received her MA in Art History at UofT in 2018. Her writing and photography have been published internationally. Justine’s first Canada Council grant-supported short film is currently in circulation and her OAC-funded large format still-life photo series on The Four Humors will be released this winter.
