She views caregiving as a form of resistance — an act of breaking cycles and grounding the next generation in love and stability.

Navjeet Kaur is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and emerging curator whose work weaves together storytelling, ancestral memory, and community care. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at the Stamps School of Art and Design, where she is expanding her practice in sculpture, performance, and film. As a first-generation Sikh-Punjabi woman raised in metro Detroit, Navjeet’s artistic practice promotes connection and healing within her community.

Navjeet’s art has been featured in publications including Riverwise Detroit, EcoArtSpace’s Earthkeepers Handbook, and Real Art Detroit. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2024, she had the honor of exhibiting alongside fellow Sikh artists during Sikh Heritage Month at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum, and Archives in Ontario, curated by poet Rupi Kaur. She has also participated in artist residencies and professional practice programs across North America, including Independent Curators International, Santa Rosa Arts & Healing Residency, and Womxnhouse Detroit, where she deepened her exploration of art as a vehicle for cultural preservation.

Beyond her studio practice, Navjeet has served as an arts program coordinator with Women of Banglatown and has taught in Detroit Public Schools, creating classrooms that honor the identities and stories of immigrant, refugee, and undocumented students. She sees education as inseparable from her art, describing her work as “a call to heal, connect, and look into our innate connection to the earth.”

Motherhood is also central to Navjeet’s vision. She recently welcomed her son into the world. She views caregiving as a form of resistance — an act of breaking cycles and grounding the next generation in love and stability. Through her art and teaching, she hopes to nurture spaces of belonging while preserving Punjabi and Sikh traditions that tie communities to the land, their ancestors, and one another.

CEW+ celebrates Navjeet’s vision for healing through cultural connection and names her the Elsie Choy Lee Scholar.