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ARTISTS TO KNOW: NIA WINSLOW

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: AUDREY LYALL

ARTISTS TO KNOW: AUDREY LYALL

Photography 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”

beauty, art, fashion, identity, visual artist, mixed mediaBianca Jean-PierreFebruary 28, 2024artists to know, black beauty standards, sustainability, brooklynComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: REN WHALEBOAT

ARTISTS TO KNOW: REN WHALEBOAT

Ren 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.

art, healing art, identity, visual artistBianca Jean-PierreJune 13, 2023linework, charcoal, portraits, Sydney, Indigenous Comments

ARTIST & MUSICIAN TO KNOW: ANGEL BOYD

ARTIST & MUSICIAN TO KNOW: ANGEL BOYD

Photography 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.

healing art, identity, photography, musicBianca Jean-PierreOctober 30, 2022photography, creative advice, family, music, NYC, RocNationComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: JORDAN CHANETSA

ARTISTS TO KNOW: JORDAN CHANETSA

Jordan 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

healing art, identity, visual activismBianca Jean-PierreAugust 7, 2022LGBTQ, Zimbabwe, performing arts, artists to know, creative adviceComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: MIA OHKI

ARTISTS TO KNOW: MIA OHKI

Mia 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.

art, identity, illustrationBianca Jean-PierreMay 7, 2022artists to know, sustainability, Indigenous, Japanese, introvertComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: MILÉNA BUCHOLZ

ARTISTS TO KNOW: MILÉNA BUCHOLZ

Miléna 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.

identity, 3D, visual artistBianca Jean-PierreFebruary 9, 2022Guadeloupe, illustration, biodiversity, introvert, ParisComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: TALISA ALMONTE

ARTISTS TO KNOW: TALISA ALMONTE

Talisa 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

illustration, fashion, identityBianca Jean-PierreJanuary 25, 2022artists to know, Afro-Dominican, NYC, AfroLatina, creative advice, Disney+Comment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: JASDEEP KANG

ARTISTS TO KNOW: JASDEEP KANG

Jasdeep 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.

identity, photographyBianca Jean-PierreOctober 12, 2021multidisciplinary, NYC, filmmaker, musicianComment

PHOTOGRAPHERS TO KNOW: KASINATOR VISUALS

PHOTOGRAPHERS TO KNOW: KASINATOR VISUALS

Kasey-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.”

photography, art, identityBianca Jean-PierreSeptember 20, 2021The Bronx, portraits, gentrification, motherhoodComment

PRODUCER TO KNOW: KAYLA RODGERS

PRODUCER TO KNOW: KAYLA RODGERS

Kayla Rodgers is a Los Angeles-based producer, journalist, and Founder of KSK Productions, LLC. Kayla has had many opportunities to produce for companies like CNN and CBS and recently produced the CNN documentary Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street, recounting the racist massacre of the affluent renaissance black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

film, identity, televisionBianca Jean-PierreJune 23, 2021producers to know, Black Wall Street, diversity in hollywood, representation mattersComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: LE'ANDRA LESEUR

Le’Andra LeSeur is a multidisciplinary artist whose work celebrates Blackness, contemplates the experience of invisibility, and seeks to dismantle and reclaim stereotypes surrounding Black female identity. Le’Andra’s latest multichannel video and performance piece for The Shed’s Open Call, There is no movement without rhythm, dissects the effects rhythm has on the body in its quest for liberation.

identity, genderBianca Jean-PierreJune 15, 2021artists to know, visual storytelling, multidisciplinary, queer artistsComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: VANESSA NGUYEN

Born and raised in NYC, Vanessa Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American illustrator and designer. Vanessa’s work focuses on their Vietnamese upbringing and how we can bond cross-culturally over food, cheeky designs, generational healing, and self-awareness.

identity, food, Asian-AmericanBianca Jean-PierreMay 26, 2021animation, Vietnamese-American, NYC, illustrationComment

ARTIST & WRITER TO KNOW: JADA-AMINA

ARTIST & WRITER TO KNOW: JADA-AMINA

By Kayla Caban

Jada-Amina is a South Side Chicago born and based, Black Indigenous American writer, interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, cultural worker and musician. Their work is deeply committed to protecting Black children, women, of trans and queer Black life and ensuring they feel seen and heard.

art, film, identity, visual activismBianca Jean-PierreMay 21, 2021artists to know, black liberation, LGBTQComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: JENNY CHANG-RODRIGUEZ

By Tiara Starks

Jenny is an illustrator & designer based in NYC who is currently working at NBC as an Art Director on the Today Show. Raised in Vancouver, Canada, She graduated at the School of Visual Arts with her BFA. Her client list includes companies such as TIME’S UP, Zappos, Allure, Nike, and Buzzfeed.

art, identity, illustration, visual activismBianca Jean-PierreMay 18, 2021artists to know, asian-american, NYC, artComment

ARTISTS TO KNOW: VANEZZA CRUZ

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

ARTIST & WRITER TO KNOW: ANISA OLUFEMI

ARTIST & WRITER TO KNOW: ANISA OLUFEMI

By Kayla Caban

Anisa Olufemi M. is a Washington, D.C. based curator, writer, multidisciplinary artist, and art related programming coordinator of Afro-Trinidadian and Black American descent.

art, identity, writerBianca Jean-PierreApril 14, 2021black feminist thought, multidisciplinary, curatorComment

PHOTOGRAPHERS TO KNOW: MARIANA DOS SANTOS PIRES

PHOTOGRAPHERS TO KNOW: MARIANA DOS SANTOS PIRES

Originally from Lisbon, Portugal, Mariana dos Santos Pires is a London-based photographer of Mozambican and Portuguese descent. Mariana describes her photographs as “capturing the moment” and not controlling it, a distinction that speaks to the effortless and authentic representation of her subjects.

photography, identity, beautyBianca Jean-PierreMarch 8, 2021Portugal, self care, creative advice, londonComment