santoni kina
b. 2002, Mombasa, Kenya
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
santoni’s work is an exploration of intimacy, the body, community and marginalized identity. From sculpture to film, poetry and photography; santoni’s approach to making relates to her intersectional identities and passion for candid expression through authentic representation of the self.
EDUCATION
B.F.A | Fine Arts, Sculpture/New Genres, minor in Creative Writing | Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
Expected graduation date - May 2025
Yale Norfolk School of Art, May-June 2024
EXHIBITIONS
2024 | Vitam Picturarum (Life in Pictures) June 14th-24th ,2024| Plummer Park, Long Hall WeHo Pride Arts Festival and Queer Biennial Photography Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2023 | Is this a tender place to lie? (to be stuck) 28th, November,2023| Galef Fine Arts Center, Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA
2023 | Bodies Bodies Bodies 21st, October,2023| Intersect Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 | Intersect Birthday Show 19, August,2023| Intersect Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 | Intersect Gallery at Smoky Hollow Roasters | Intersect Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 | If I Kissed It, Would That Make It Better | Galef Fine Arts Center, Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA
WRITING
2024| Trade. Issue 01 “Performance”
2023 | okay, you may know me. | December: FAUSTIAN BARGAIN - Nowhere Girl Collective
PERFORMANCES
2023 | A Book Recital by a Black Woman | Galef Fine Arts Center, Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles, CA