Ali Santana

Ali Santana is a multi-disciplinary artist from Brooklyn, NYC, inspired by community, nature, ritual, ancient technology, and Hip Hop culture. Ali experiments with rhythmic storytelling via time-based mediums, combining sound, video, beat-making, and emerging technologies. He creates moving images, live performances, installations, and immersive experiences that explore personal identity, multi-sensory memory, Black improvisational traditions, abstraction, and urban ingenuity as artistic expression.

Ali has exhibited at The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He’s performed at Roulette Intermedium, Mana Contemporary, and The Brooklyn Museum.

Santana was a member of the NEW INC, XR track and is an adjunct professor at NYU's Interactive Media Arts and Interactive Telecommunications Program. He's also an award-winning educator recognized for collaborations with the Museum of Modern Art and Apple Inc.