SJ Valiquette (she/ they, Sable 2021 Fall Artist) is an actor, poet, playwright, and photographer from Vancouver, BC.

She came to Sable to work on a play called This Show is Not a Funeral based on interviews on grief that she had been conducting before she left. While they did continue workshopping the project they ended up spending a lot of time collecting windfall, making paper, cooking purple stew, and learning about herbal medicine. All of this culminated in an installation called What is Left Behind, a chandelier made entirely of found biodegradable materials (based on the imagery of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home.)

SJ has recently become a beekeeper.