Ali Santana

Ali Santana is a multidisciplinary artist from Brooklyn, New York, who draws inspiration from community, nature, ritual, ancient technology, and hip-hop culture. His work combines time-based media, rhythmic storytelling, and emerging technologies to create immersive experiences that explore history, identity, and Black abstract improvisational traditions. Santana currently works across video, sound, sculpture, live performance, and installation.

Santana has exhibited at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam’s (IDFA) DocLab, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute. He has also performed at Brooklyn Museum, Mana Contemporary, and Roulette Intermedium.

Santana is faculty at NYU Tisch’s Interactive Telecommunications Program/Interactive Media Arts Program, and is recognized for educational collaborations with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Apple Inc. He is a member of Onassis ONX Studio and The Santana Project, a family of artists spanning generations and disciplines.