ARTISTS TO KNOW: NIA WINSLOW

Photography by Nabila Wirakusumah

I first stumbled across Nia Winslow’s work, totally by accident, and there was a piece titled “Secret Keeper” which I couldn’t believe was entirely paper because of the intricacies and detailing of the bobos and barrettes that took me back to my childhood. While digging deeper into her catalog I was shocked to realize her art is entirely collage and paper-based. The level of detail and intention behind her work is so incredibly impressive and even more so once I learned she was self-taught and only started making art in 2019!! Nia’s collages connect the Black and African diaspora by portraying our shared experiences from the seemingly mundane to the more poetic while simultaneously using unique strips of paper to also highlight we are not a monolith and to honor our diverse range of cultures.

art, collages, fashion, film photography, identity, mixed mediaBianca Jean-PierreSeptember 18, 2024collage, Black Diaspora, black women artistsComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: VANEZZA CRUZ

Vanezza Cruz is an AfroLatina visual artist and designer based in NYC. Vanezza’s work centers her experience as a darker-skinned Latina who is challenging the Eurocentric standards of not only beauty but the fine arts world that disempowers the BIPOC community and in particular, black women.

activations, art, graphic design, identity, visual activism, collagesBianca Jean-PierreApril 15, 2021artists to know, Dominican-American, AfroLatina, representation matters, NYCComment