Jun 25, 2018
RAFiA Santana is a multimedia artist from Brooklyn, New York working in primarily photography, video, and music. They frequently work with their own image, using a combination of selfies and original graphics to discuss black queer femme identity. Their work has been exhibited internationally at Housing Gallery in Brooklyn, The Museum of Moving Image, The Newspace Center for Photography, Carnegie Mellon University, Tate Britain, The Museum of Contemporary Art Montreal, and Shiraz Art House in Iran, to name a few. RAFiA has appeared as a featured artist in such publications as Teen Vogue, Topical Cream, The Huffington Post, and Rhizome.
On this Episode, Annie and RAFiA discuss self portraiture and the artist's ongoing project, "Pay Black Time."
You can find RAFiA's work on instagram @raf_i_a, Facebook, and their website.
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