ABOUT ROOM 3

ROOM 3 is a multidisciplinary art studio shaped by the belief that art can be a form of clarity, confrontation, and communion.

Founded in Toronto by artist and creative director Shem Robinson, the studio creates books, images, objects, and apparel that examine how identity, community, and design shape the lives we live — and the ones we’re still imagining.

The work centers Black and queer perspectives, treating them not as subjects but as sources of knowledge, style, and cultural power. Every project is built with intention: visually sharp, emotionally honest, and rooted in the stories people carry.

 

“I started ROOM 3 to make the kind of work I wasn’t seeing—honest, complex, and grounded in both beauty and truth. Every piece is personal. Every detail is intentional.”
— Shem Robinson, Founder & Creative Director

 

ROOM 3 operates like a living archive — part gallery, part laboratory, part conversation. It’s a space where design becomes language, where fashion becomes memory, and where art becomes a site of liberation. The studio isn’t interested in aesthetic for its own sake; it’s interested in the truth that aesthetic can hold.

ROOM 3 exists for those who believe art should stop traffic—and start conversation.