Photography by Dana White
Nada Esmaeel’s work is alive and vibrant, rich in detail and color. In addition to paintings, illustrations and animations, she has also designed 3D gaming environments where woven rugs hang from the walls and colored lanterns are strung across an intimate courtyard. But in each of these varied mediums, the subject is almost always Palestinian people and their culture.
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When I first came across Kaarina Chu Mackenzie’s Night Market series, I could hear the chatter of crowds, the slapping of fish on butcher blocks and the thin but pervasive buzz of fluorescent bulbs illuminating each stand. I could smell the smoke wafting from the open grills and the sweet scent of batter cooking in cast iron. The paintings were depicting markets in Taiwan and China, but I’ve walked through similar scenes in Thailand and Indonesia.
Read MorePhotography by Nabila Wirakusumah
As soon as we arrived at Audrey Lyall’s studio in Brooklyn and she greeted us, her one-of-a kind creative eye could already be captured with her style. She embodies the confidence and vibrant energy of the maximalist subjects found in her artwork. Audrey uses a variety of materials such as acrylic paint, watercolor, clay, fabric, collaged paper, and more to create maximalist Afro-futurist works. To Audrey, “everything in the world is an art material”
Read MoreAbout a year ago, Elise Swopes graciously invited SHEER to her Sunrise Art Club event at Seed Brklyn during Brooklyn NFT Week. Elise had already secured her status as a widely successful photographer and NFT artist selling over $200,000 worth of digital art. Elise is more than just her successes and industry impact. She also gets personal with us about her upbringing, her time as a rapper in Chicago, overcoming addiction struggles, and healing her inner world through self-exploration.
Read MoreEmerging filmmaker and multi-hyphenate creative, LaChelle Chrysanne just debuted her powerful short film, "One of The Guys", drawing on inspiration from her personal experiences in the indie music scene and platonic friendships with the opposite sex. Chrysanne's thought-provoking film sparks essential conversations surrounding consent and complicity.
Read MoreBy Tiara Starks
Chung is a Peabody-award winning filmmaker with projects such as Plague at the Golden Gate for American Experience; Asian Americans for PBS. She also owns post-production facility Leading Flash Cuts with Walt Louie. Chung speaks about her experiences as an Asian-American independent filmmaker, navigating the industry, and how other WOC can do so too.
Read MoreRen Whaleboat is an Indigenous artist based in Sydney, Australia with both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander roots. Ren’s preferred medium is realism charcoal with contrasting line work portraiture resulting in breathtaking canvases that celebrate diverse features by precisely capturing every detail of the human face and body.
Read MorePaloma Urquia is a Dominican-American film photographer and mother from uptown, NYC. Coming from a creative family, it wouldn’t take long for Paloma to realize she had a natural gift for photography
Read MorePhotography by Tianna Howard, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Angel Boyd is an NYC-based creative director and vocalist in the sibling band Infinity Song which is signed by Jay-Z to his record label RocNation.
Read MoreJordan Chanetsa is a performance artist, writer, and activist for LGBTQIA+ rights from Harare, Zimbabwe and currently based in Cologne, Germany. As a trans woman and creative from Zimbabwe, Jordan aims to use her voice and platform to inspire and empower the overlooked and underserved queer community
Read MoreMia Ohki is a Métis-Japanese-Canadian artist known for her iconic emotive linework illustrations. Mia’s work covers a range of themes from how we can better take care of our planet to fusing traditional motifs and cultural elements from her diverse background.
Read MoreMiléna Bucholz is a freelance illustrator and visual artist based in Paris. Inspired by childhood vacations in Guadeloupe, her mother’s native country and the beauty of biodiversity, her illustrations are vibrant and warm reminders of her culture and identity.
Read MoreSoukayna Dieng is a New York based director, photographer, producer and healing artist born to Senegalese parents. She creates imagery that is deeply inspired by human identity, connection and ascension. Soukayna’s work has been featured in Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Forbes Magazine
Read MoreTalisa Almonte is an Afro-Dominican illustrator and artist raised in Miami and now based in Queens, NY. She’s the owner of Almonte Studio, named in honor of her artist father. After exciting partnerships with Disney+ and the Women’s Box Collective, Talisa shows us endless possibilities
Read MoreOriginally from Lisbon, Portugal and now based in London, Nádia Correia is a fashion and beauty, stills and motion photographer. She became inspired by her grandfather’s passion and knowledge of photography while observing his work in Mozambique, where half of her family is from.
Read MoreJasdeep Kang (she/they) is an NYC-based filmmaker, photographer, editor, DJ, and musician from California. Grounding their art in fantasy, joy, care, integrity, and community, Jasdeep’s work draws attention to how we can interact with one another in a more present and loving way.
Read MoreKasey-Lynn “Kasinator” Rodriguez is the multi-faceted creator of Puerto Rican, Irish, and German descent behind Kasinator Visuals. Through intimate portraits of everyday people in the South Bronx, she captures serendipitous moments of her native hometown through a lens of authenticity and reverence for its history and culture: “The Bronx is beautiful, simple as that.”
Read MoreAisha Amin is an NYC-based artist and filmmaker born in Nairobi, Kenya of Pakistani descent. Aisha’s work explores and highlights overlooked communities including those struggling with the presence of gentrification in their neighborhood.
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