Moana Braithwaite (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, perfectionism, and the playful reconnection with her inner child. Born in Canada and raised in New Zealand, she brings a bi-cultural sensibility to her practice and currently resides and creates on the traditional and unceded Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ territories (commonly known as Victoria).

Braithwaite studied many artistic mediums throughout high school and continued her education at Camosun College, earning herself a Visual Arts Diploma in 2022. After taking a short break between studying, she worked full-time as a professional organizer and practiced art out of her home studio. She will be proceeding with her visual arts studies at the University of Victoria, starting in the winter of 2026.

Collage assembled by hand and analog photography are primary tools for her investigations. Through tactile layering, cut paper, found imagery and film-based processes, she constructs intimate, fragmentary narratives that question polished ideals and celebrate the messy work of self-discovery. Her pieces often juxtapose meticulous detail with visible traces of revision—scissors’ edges, adhesive seams, light leaks—she embraces process-based approaches that allow chance, imperfection, and play to surface.

Her practice invites viewers to slow down, recall childhood ways of seeing, and consider how identity is patched together from memory, material, and moments. Whether in studio experiments or finished series, Braithwaite’s work is a quiet manifesto for embracing imperfection, curiosity and the small acts of play that reconnect us to ourselves.