American Artist was born in 1989 in Altadena, CA, and currently lives and works in New York, NY. The artist received their BFA from California Polytechnic State University in 2011 and their MFA from Parsons School of Design in 2015. Through photography, sculpture, video, and software, Artist investigates the development of our contemporary technological landscape and considers how our identities are filtered through and shaped by such technologies. By working within the structures they critique, such as social media or surveillance technology, the artist addresses the intertwined histories of systemic racial discrimination and technological advancement in order to imagine alternative ways of living within this paradigm.