Born: New York, New York
Lives: San Bernardino, California

Sant Khalsa (b. Sheila Roth) is an artist, educator and activist living in the Santa Ana Watershed. Her artworks develop from her inquiry into the nature of place and the complex environmental and societal issues present and visible in the landscape of the American West.

Ms. Khalsa was cited in Forbes Collector’s (September 2006, Vol 4, No 8) feature article, “Hidden Gems of Photography” by Weston Naef, Curator of Photographs at the Getty Museum, as an artist worthy of collector’s attention in the current photo market, and also by art curator and critic Kim Beil in Art Ltd. (January 2007) article “Powers of Ten” as one of ten contemporary Los Angeles photographers who are “ . . . earning their place in history and giving compelling shape to the future.”

She is Chair of the Art Department and a Professor of Art (Photography and New Genres) at California State University, San Bernardino where she is one of the founding faculty of the Water Resources Institute (WRI). Her artwork is represented by Acuna-Hansen Gallery in Los Angeles.