Shakira Piggott is an emerging poet, abstract painter and production manager.

She worked in the TV industry for 15 years in various script and production departments and producing live art events before the birth of her children; she now blends her production skills with her writing and art projects.

Shakira is a WestWords Alumni. She was a judge for the Living Stories: Over The Line…? Anthology and Blacktown Mayoral Writing Prize 2024. She received a ‘Special Mention Certificate’ for her poem ‘Lavender’ in the 2020 WB Yeats Poetry Prize and is working on her first poetry collection.

Shakira has exhibited in several Group Art Shows (GAS SYD) and her painting ‘Sacred Land’ received runner-up award in Zinewest 2024.

We live in a modern world where we feel and send frequency in everything we do. Shakira works with the vibration of words and colour to rhythmically birth poetry, abstract art and lifestyle products.