Who this?

Hello and welcome to Kolam Creative Collective! I'm Kadir Buvan (he/they), and I started this practice in 2021. At first, I offered leadership and career coaching to tech workers, however over the years this focus has shifted towards politicized art, writing and facilitation. I send out a weekly email newsletter to subscribers where I talk about the happenings and learning in my creative practice.

Kadir, a mid-fat brown person wearing sunglasses, blue jacket, light blue shell-print shirt, tan pants, sunglasses sitting on the edge of brick wall overlooking Malaga, Spain with sun on his face — Kadir (thanks to my partner for this photo)

My background

I grew up in TamilNadu, India, and I speak Tamil and English. I am caste-privileged. I studied Information Technology as my undergraduate major, and moved from Chennai to New York, then San Francisco and worked in tech jobs. Since 2018, I've been living in Tkaronto as a settler on Treaty 13 land that belongs to and is stewarded by the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Wendake-Nionwentsïo, and Mississauga people.

I am queer, transgender and neurodivergent.