Shailla Vaidya

Healing Frida

Screenprint, Acrylic on Paper, 30 3/4" x 14 1/2", Not For Sale

Image Description:​

A white-framed picture featuring three minimalist blue and white portraits of Frida Kahlo side by side, each depicting a persons face with prominent eyebrows, earrings, and hair styled up.

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Artist Description:

Frida Kahlo probably wouldn’t have wanted to be defined by her accident, but it influenced her work and legacy.

This piece is also an accident - my early attempts at screen printing! It also speaks to my journey post-brain injury. I felt that I lost a part of myself. Through my own rehabilitation, I had to regain my sense of self. Even as I get better, I am still marked by that one incident that changed my life. Yet, it has also given me insight into myself and brain injury, which I carry forward into my work today. 

Artist Biography:​

Shailla Vaidya, The Yoga MD, is a physician practicing Mind-Body Medicine in Toronto. She incorporates therapeutic yoga to help those recovering from brain injury and chronic neuro-inflammatory illnesses. You can find her @TheYogaMD.ca and @ReconnectConcussion.