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I’m a designer based in New York¹ working intimately with partners and teams across digital, print and environments, with interests in holistic approaches to design involving ecology and sustainability, multiplicity, disorientation, the de-centering of colonial powers and capitalist systems. Currently developing projects with J̲e̲e̲m̲i̲n̲ ̲S̲h̲i̲m̲, S̲O̲W̲, and preparing to pursue an MFA at Yale School of Art². Thanks to Jeemin for continual collaboration and insight.

A̲r̲e̲.̲n̲a̲
E̲m̲a̲i̲l̲

ᴱˣᵖᵉʳᶦᵉⁿᶜᵉ
Combo, New York, NY³
Formation, Houston, TX⁴
MTWTF, New York, NY
Actual Source (f.k.a. Number 04), Provo, UT⁶
Tunica, Brooklyn, NY⁷
Visionaire, New York, NY⁸
Adolescent, New York, NY⁹
National Park Service, Boston, MA¹⁰

ᴺᵃᵗᶦᵛᵉ ᴸᵃⁿᵈ ᴬᶜᵏⁿᵒʷˡᵉᵈᵍᵉᵐᵉⁿᵗˢ
¹ L̲e̲n̲a̲p̲e̲, C̲a̲n̲a̲r̲s̲i̲e̲, W̲a̲p̲p̲i̲n̲g̲e̲r̲
² Q̲u̲i̲n̲n̲i̲p̲i̲a̲c̲, P̲a̲u̲g̲u̲s̲s̲e̲t̲t̲, W̲a̲p̲p̲i̲n̲g̲e̲r̲
³ L̲e̲n̲a̲p̲e̲
⁴ K̲a̲r̲a̲n̲k̲a̲w̲a̲, S̲a̲n̲a̲, A̲t̲a̲k̲a̲p̲a̲
⁵ L̲e̲n̲a̲p̲e̲
⁶ N̲ú̲u̲-̲a̲g̲h̲a̲-̲t̲ʉ̲v̲ʉ̲-̲p̲ʉ̲̱̲ ̲(̲U̲t̲e̲)̲, G̲o̲s̲h̲u̲t̲e̲
⁷ L̲e̲n̲a̲p̲e̲, C̲a̲n̲a̲r̲s̲i̲e̲
⁸ L̲e̲n̲a̲p̲e̲
⁹ L̲e̲n̲a̲p̲e̲
¹⁰ P̲a̲w̲t̲u̲c̲k̲e̲t̲, M̲a̲s̲s̲a̲-̲a̲d̲c̲h̲u̲-̲e̲s̲-̲e̲t̲ ̲(̲M̲a̲s̲s̲a̲c̲h̲u̲s̲e̲t̲t̲)̲
The lands I’ve lived within hold the stories of generations of Indigenous communities violently displaced by European colonists. In the words of Chelsea Vowel, of Métis land, “̲if̲ ̲w̲e̲ ̲t̲h̲i̲n̲k̲ ̲o̲f̲ ̲t̲e̲r̲r̲i̲t̲o̲r̲i̲a̲l̲ ̲a̲c̲k̲n̲o̲w̲l̲e̲d̲g̲m̲e̲n̲t̲s̲ ̲a̲s̲ ̲s̲i̲t̲e̲s̲ ̲o̲f̲ ̲p̲o̲t̲e̲n̲t̲i̲a̲l̲ ̲d̲i̲s̲r̲u̲p̲t̲i̲o̲n̲,̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲y̲ ̲c̲a̲n̲ ̲b̲e̲ ̲t̲r̲a̲n̲s̲f̲o̲r̲m̲a̲t̲i̲v̲e̲ ̲a̲c̲t̲s̲ ̲t̲h̲a̲t̲ ̲t̲o̲ ̲s̲o̲m̲e̲ ̲e̲x̲t̲e̲n̲t̲ ̲u̲n̲d̲o̲ ̲I̲n̲d̲i̲g̲e̲n̲o̲u̲s̲ ̲e̲r̲a̲s̲u̲r̲e̲.̲ ̲I̲ ̲b̲e̲l̲i̲e̲v̲e̲ ̲t̲h̲i̲s̲ ̲i̲s̲ ̲t̲r̲u̲e̲ ̲a̲s̲ ̲l̲o̲n̲g̲ ̲a̲s̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲s̲e̲ ̲a̲c̲k̲n̲o̲w̲l̲e̲d̲g̲m̲e̲n̲t̲s̲ ̲d̲i̲s̲c̲o̲m̲f̲i̲t̲ ̲b̲o̲t̲h̲ ̲t̲h̲o̲s̲e̲ ̲s̲p̲e̲a̲k̲i̲n̲g̲ ̲a̲n̲d̲ ̲h̲e̲a̲r̲i̲n̲g̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲ ̲w̲o̲r̲d̲s̲.̲ ̲T̲h̲e̲ ̲f̲a̲c̲t̲ ̲o̲f̲ ̲I̲n̲d̲i̲g̲e̲n̲o̲u̲s̲ ̲p̲r̲e̲s̲e̲n̲c̲e̲ ̲s̲h̲o̲u̲l̲d̲ ̲f̲o̲r̲c̲e̲ ̲n̲o̲n̲-̲I̲n̲d̲i̲g̲e̲n̲o̲u̲s̲ ̲p̲e̲o̲p̲l̲e̲s̲ ̲t̲o̲ ̲c̲o̲n̲f̲r̲o̲n̲t̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲i̲r̲ ̲o̲w̲n̲ ̲p̲l̲a̲c̲e̲ ̲o̲n̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲s̲e̲ ̲l̲a̲n̲d̲s̲.̲”̲ Credits to N̲a̲t̲i̲v̲e̲ ̲L̲a̲n̲d̲ ̲D̲i̲g̲i̲t̲a̲l̲; an Indigenous-led, Canadian non-profit organization.

ᴾᵃʳᵗⁿᵉʳˢ, ᵉᵗᶜ
A̲d̲a̲m̲a̲s̲1̲0̲8̲0̲p̲
B̲r̲y̲a̲n̲t̲ ̲W̲e̲l̲l̲s̲
Columbia GSAPP
C̲o̲p̲o̲u̲t̲
D̲a̲v̲i̲d̲ ̲L̲e̲e̲
DJ NJ Drone, Mind Club
E̲d̲a̲ ̲L̲e̲v̲e̲n̲s̲o̲n̲
E̲l̲i̲ ̲R̲o̲s̲e̲n̲b̲l̲o̲o̲m̲
Estela, Flora Bar, Matter House
F̲a̲i̲t̲h̲f̲u̲l̲
F̲o̲r̲m̲a̲t̲i̲o̲n̲*
G̲r̲e̲g̲ ̲F̲o̲l̲e̲y̲
G̲u̲a̲r̲i̲o̲n̲e̲x̲ ̲R̲o̲d̲r̲i̲g̲u̲e̲z̲,̲ ̲J̲r̲.̲*
G̲V̲N̲
(̲H̲)̲o̲u̲r̲ ̲O̲b̲j̲e̲c̲t̲s̲
Hunter East Harlem Gallery
I̲l̲j̲a̲ ̲K̲a̲r̲i̲l̲a̲m̲p̲i̲
J̲e̲e̲m̲i̲n̲ ̲S̲h̲i̲m̲
J̲e̲s̲s̲e̲ ̲H̲l̲e̲b̲o̲
J̲o̲h̲n̲ ̲S̲a̲m̲p̲s̲o̲n̲
J̲o̲s̲h̲u̲a̲ ̲P̲a̲d̲a̲r̲a̲t̲h̲s̲i̲n̲g̲h̲
K̲a̲p̲o̲n̲o̲ ̲C̲h̲u̲n̲g̲
Lqqk Studio
L̲y̲x̲l̲i̲v̲
Mixpak Records
M̲o̲n̲i̲k̲a̲ ̲J̲a̲n̲u̲l̲e̲v̲i̲č̲i̲ū̲t̲ė̲
M̲o̲n̲k̲(e̲y̲)
N̲e̲w̲ ̲R̲e̲a̲d̲e̲r̲
N̲u̲l̲l̲1̲
N̲u̲n̲k̲o̲
OMA
O̲t̲h̲e̲r̲ ̲P̲u̲b̲l̲i̲s̲h̲i̲n̲g̲
Palmistry
Powrplnt
R̲a̲d̲ ̲M̲o̲r̲a̲
Raw Art Works
R̲e̲s̲e̲r̲v̲e̲ ̲M̲a̲t̲i̲n̲e̲e̲
R̲e̲y̲ ̲C̲a̲r̲l̲s̲o̲n̲
R̲o̲s̲ ̲K̲n̲o̲p̲o̲v̲
R̲i̲n̲ ̲K̲i̲m̲ ̲N̲i̲
S̲a̲m̲u̲e̲l̲ ̲R̲e̲i̲n̲h̲a̲r̲d̲*
S̲e̲n̲a̲n̲ ̲B̲r̲a̲c̲k̲e̲n̲
Shopify
S̲O̲W̲
S̲u̲p̲e̲r̲a̲b̲u̲n̲d̲a̲n̲c̲e̲*
S̲t̲e̲p̲h̲ ̲L̲a̲u̲
T̲r̲e̲ ̲K̲r̲o̲n̲o̲r̲*
Tunica
T̲y̲l̲e̲r̲ ̲S̲w̲a̲n̲n̲e̲r̲
v1984, Glacial Industries
V̲e̲n̲i̲c̲e̲W̲
Visionaire

 

︎ ᴸᵃˢᵗ ᵘᵖᵈᵃᵗᵉᵈ ²⁰⁰⁸²¹