Niyana Sanders

Designer, Photographer, and Volunteer in California

Bio:

Hi! My name is Niyana, I am an emerging digital media artist and social activist from the Bay Area. I work through multimedia in order to bring awareness to societal and political issues. My works include pieces concerning the Black Lives Matter movement, gun violence, and more. I believe in creating art that makes a difference, while allowing myself to cope with the issues happening throughout the world. I bring forth the essence of change with mediums that include drawing, photography, videography, 3D modeling, games and the Adobe Suite. I also hold strongly that the message is far greater than whichever art medium is available to me at a given moment.

For as long as I can remember, faith has been a part of my life. Aside from my religious beliefs (although that does manifest itself though by belief in art), I have come to realize that I’ve always had faith in images. As a Bay Area native, graffiti has always been present, and I’ve grown to understand how it vandalizes the mind. How it evolves, challenges and mirrors the society in which it was born through social commentary and how that evokes change. Growing up in this region of the world has led me to believe in art. Not only as a tool but as a catalyst and weapon against the evil that permeates our world. Therefore, I am aware that my purpose in the art scene is to be a champion for change.

Artist Statement:

All it takes is a glance to change the world. Since artistry is what makes everything worth looking at, my mission is to grasp the attention of humanity by putting the world’s problems on a canvas and inspiring them to be part of the solution. Particularly, as a digital artist my multimedia toolkit ranges from; 3D modeling, creative coding, video game development, graphic design, photography, videography and it continues to grow as I equip myself with more digital art processes. However, regardless of the methods that I use for production, I believe that the message is far greater than the medium.