Aisha Sasha John

Aisha Sasha John

Aisha Sasha John (b. 1980) is a poet, dancer and choreographer. Her solo performance the aisha of is premiered at the Whitney Museum in June 2017, and will close the MAI’s 2017/2018 season. Aisha is the author of I have to live. (McClelland & Stewart, 2017), The Shining Material (BookThug, 2011), and THOU (BookThug, 2014)—finalist for both the Trillium and ReLit Poetry Awards. In addition to her solo work, she choreographed, performed and curated as a member of the performance collective WIVES (2015–2017). Her video work and text art have been exhibited in galleries (Doris McCarthy, Oakville Galleries) and was commissioned by Art Metropole as part of Let’s understand what it means to be here (together), a public art performance residency she designed and led. Aisha has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph, and a BA in African Studies and Semiotics from the University of Toronto. She lives in Toronto.