Sanchita Islam

Artist, writer and filmmaker Sanchita Islam has worked extensively in the Tower Hamlets region since 1999 and has worked closely with organisations such as the Arts Council, British Council and Commonwealth Institute. Pigment Explosion creates projects that engage people through painting/drawing, film, books and photography and aims to reach out to sectors of the public who would not ordinarily have access to the arts. Sanchita is now campaigning globally for better mental health, already presenting her book/film/art related to mental health, via the British Council in Burma, Bangladesh and Malaysia. She writes at artmotherhoodandmadness.tumblr.com and regularly contributes for the Huffington Post writing about mental health, politics, social issues and motherhood.