Danya Gorodetsky is an artist and educator specializing in drawing, ceramics, and comics. Born in Coquitlam, BC, Canada, on the traditional territory of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm people, she now lives and works in Vancouver on the traditional territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, and səlilwətaɬ Nations. Her work, including the multidisciplinary project Hot Mama, has been exhibited internationally at Festival KOMA (Czech Republic) and locally as well as in various group shows: ‘Soft Axis’ and ‘Skin Contact’ at TAS Gallery, ‘The Garden’ at the Michael O’Brien Exhibition Commons, and ‘Towards Transformation’ at the Neighbourhood Gallery and been featured at the Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver. Her work also appears in publications, including 'Feels' and 'Woo'.

Danya teaches children and youth ages four to twenty-five a variety of disciplines ranging from ceramics and pottery to comics, illustration, drawing, painting, printmaking and darkroom photography. Her curriculum and methodology is rooted in arts-based inquiry and narrative-based pedagogy. She strives to design curriculum and create accessible classrooms that help children grow into engaged members of their communities.

In her practice, Danya brings together a decade of equity building community organizing, a background in fine arts, and her abilities as a researcher working with personal as well as local heritage and archival materials. Her work centers on the belief that the thriving existence of queer, disabled, and ancestral communities is an act of transformation that shapes our past, present, and future.

In her studio, she documents the small, strange, and autobiographical through illustrations, independent comics and zines.