painting of two hockey goaltenders gazing at each other

shai melker is an artist based in the san francisco bay area specializing in illustration & poetry.

his work focuses on the beautiful diversity of humanity, with all its different colors.

please direct any questions, inquiries, wishes, desiderata, etc., to work@shai.pink. illustration commissions are done through VGen. if you’d like some more details about shai, please see his about page or resume.


sleepover (2024)
an award-winning interactive short story

headchecks.club (2017–)
poetry project, partially published