Atheana Picha, Nash’mene’ta’ naht, is a Coast Salish artist belonging to the Kwantlen First Nation; her grandmother was from Tsartlip on Vancouver Island. Atheana works across different media, learning from Squamish artist Aaron Nelson- Moody and Musqueam weaver Debra Sparrow. Atheana learns from her elders and teachers, from the process of researching and spending time in museums, and from the environment.