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 abstract improvisational traditions, and urban ingenuity.

Ali has most recently exhibited at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam’s (IDFA) DocLab and is a member of ONX Studio and the Santana Project.

Santana is an award-winning educator, an adjunct professor at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications and Interactive Media Arts Programs (ITP/IMA) recognized for collaborations with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Apple Inc.