Miah Artola

I am an interdisciplinary artist working with painting, new media, documentary, and trans-media productions to explore overlooked personal narratives within political systems. My practice often begins with text as a generative force that expands into visual, sonic, and participatory forms.

In “Far Away”, I examined Nicaraguan politics through its poetry, through which I made documentary shorts, poem-videos, paintings, and an interactive installation.

My multi-platform project "…and also with you" extended this inquiry through interviews with asylum seekers primarily in Mexico City and Texas. The resulting project: a web series, a large series of paintings, and an installation centered on three Central American women, received support from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Under the same project, I was also awarded a City Corps Artist Grant for "The Man from Eritrea", an installation tracing the journey of a lone Eritrean asylum seeker from Africa to Texas.

Beyond my individual practice, I work as a producer and curator. From 2015 to 2020, I founded Ab Uno Pluribus, a live series uniting VJs and electronic musicians. My ongoing initiative, Mixed Poetics, continues this exploration, transforming nonfiction narratives into multi—genre expression.

Currently, I am developing "Likulli Ḥayātin Kawnuha" ( Arabic for: “Each Life, a Universe”), which engages with the ongoing genocide in Palestine and the ruins of Gaza.