WxW 2022_AG_Artists

Ayanna Dozier

Ayanna Dozier is a Brooklyn-based artist-writer working across film (both motion picture and still), performance, and installation. She recently completed her Ph.D. in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. Her films have screened at film festivals across the United States and the United Kingdom which includes; Prismatic Ground (2022), Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (2021), Open City Docs (2020), and Aesthetica Film Festival where she was the recipient of Best Experimental in 2020 for her film Softer.

Her work has been exhibited at Microscope Gallery, The Shed, Westbeth Gallery, Evening Hours, Anthology Film Archives, and the Block Museum amongst other places. She is the author of The Velvet Rope as part of the 33 1/3 music series for Bloomsbury Academic Press. She was a 2018-2019 Helena Rubinstein Fellow in Critical Studies at the Whitney Independent Studies Program, a Joan Tisch Teaching Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art from 2017-2022, a 2022 Winter Workspace Resident at Wave Hill, and a filmmaker in residence at MONO NO AWARE from 2019-2020. She is currently working on a manuscript on the life and art of abstract film and visual artist, Camille Billops.

@dozierayanna

Christelle de Castro

Christelle de Castro is a commercial director, photographer & fine artist based in New York City. She is known for her iconic images of musicians, artists, and muses. Her photographs are uniquely raw & intimate, while her films lean toward themes of empowerment & community.

In 2020, Christelle co-founded film production company Ground Work, specializing in music videos & brand films, with offices in London, Bristol & New York. She heads up the NYC headquarters located in Bushwick. Clients of de Castro include Nike, Supreme, Calvin Klein, Coach, Samsung, Olay, and many more. She is currently working on a new portrait series centered on friends called Slam Book, which can be discovered on her Instagram.

@christelle_studio

Christine Yuan

Born in Los Angeles, CA, Christine Yuan is an Emmy-award winning Taiwanese-American director. Known for her bold and playful style, and with an instinct for authentic performances that depict organic facets of youth culture and the female experience, she creates worlds that capture the imaginative quality of the human experience. Yuan worked previously as a creative director for 88rising and has created visuals for Joji, Rich Brian, Summer Walker, GoldLink, to name a few. Her feature documentaries have won Best Culture/History Documentary at the 2018 LA Area Emmy, Best Documentary at the 2018 Golden Mike Awards, and Best Feature Documentary at the 2017 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. Her commercial work has been shortlisted for D&AD’s Next Director Award, 1.4 Awards Show, Young Guns 15 Awards, and Shoot’s Director’s Showcase. Commercial credits include Prada, Apple, Mercedes-Benz, Reebok, Zara, and Tiffany & Co, and more.

@christineyuan

Kasey Elise Walker

Kasey Elise Walker is a Los Angeles-born writer, actress, and director known for her appearances in the Hulu series INTO THE DARK and the feature film NORTH HOLLYWOOD starring Vince Vaughn. Her writing slate includes Would you Care If I Left?, a narrative podcast starring Jorge Lendeborg and Alicia Wainwright and HOOP DREAMS, a narrative short that had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2022. Kasey Elise is presently in development for an episodic based on her experience growing up in South Los Angeles during the early 2000s which reflects the world she and her peers grew up in, as well as a feature adaptation of Kasey’s short film THE DISPUTE.

@kaseyelise

Kilo Kish

Interdisciplinary artist and performer Kish Robinson explores personal identity and socio-cultural expectations through works in music, film, installation, and the written word. Her most extensive project is Kilo Kish, a solo music project spanning ten years that has garnered features in Vogue, W Magazine, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Dazed, The Guardian, and Billboard, among others. Her music videos and films have screened at the Getty Center, The Hammer Museum, and the Museum of Image and Sound in Brazil. Kish has exhibited performance and film works with two solo installations at HVW8 Art + Design Gallery in Los Angeles.

@kilokish

Kitty Ca$h

Kitty Ca$h is a DJ, music producer, cultural cultivator and a multidisciplinary artist. Over the past few years, she has made a name for herself as one of the most prolific cultural curators. Kitty Cash has DJ'd for artists including Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Migos, Solange Knowles, Kehinde Wiley and Marina Abramovic. She has also played for cultural institutions such as Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art and Moma PS1. Her diverse brand client roster includes Dior, Chanel, Prada, Nike, Adidas, Apple, Target, Soundcloud and MTV to name a few. Through her unique taste and knack for uncovering new music and fashion trends, Kitty Cash has become one of the industry's most in-demand DJs. While maintaining an underground cultural authenticity, she continues to create innovative music and creative projects. She released her first single "Just Fine" feat. Kiana Lede September 2021.

@kittycash

Leila Jarman

Sarah Nicole François

Born in Brazil, Leila is an award-winning director, editor, and visual artist. A process-based artist across various mediums, Leila’s approach is interdisciplinary, integrating unconventional visuals and narratives to subvert social and cultural binaries. Much of her work is informed by her multicultural upbringing and identity (Iranian-Brazilian-American).

Her work has been exhibited in film festivals, galleries, and museums worldwide, including the TATE Britain, LACMA, MOCA, and Ars Electronica. Her films have been in countless film festivals and premiered and been featured on outlets such as MUBI, Vice, The Creator’s Project, Paper Magazine, THUMP!, Afropunk, Paste Magazine, VH1, MTV, Autre Magazine, Hyperallergic, and The Guardian. Leila has been commissioned to work on projects for brands such as Nike, Converse, and Paradise among others.

In 2015 she became the resident filmmaker and Creative Director of Women's Voices Now (WVN), a global non-profit advocating for women’s and girls’ rights through social impact film.

Sarah Nicole François is an LA based Haitian-American multi disciplinary artist specializing in Digital 3D works and clothing construction and design. Known for her commercial work with artists such as Solange Knowles, Brooke Candy and Chief Keef. In her personal work, her goal is to shift the historically whitewashed perception of African spiritual practices and bridge the gap of Haitian history and modern mediums. Sarah creates immersive digital works that focus on themes of Haitian Voudou and folklore in an effort to explore the complex cultural history of her lineage.

@leila_jarman

@sarahnicolefrancois