Ali Santana is an artist and educator from Brooklyn, NY. Drawing inspiration from community, nature, ritual, ancient technology, and Hip Hop culture, Santana works across video, sound, sculpture, live performance, and installation.

His work combines time-based media, rhythmic storytelling, and emerging technology to create immersive experiences that explore lived experiences, family archives, and Black abstract improvisational traditions.

Ali has exhibited internationally at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam’s (IDFA) DocLab and Onassis Ready in Athens, Greece. He’s shown work at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), and performed at the Brooklyn Museum, Mana Contemporary, and Roulette Intermedium.

Ali is a faculty member at New York University (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’s a member of Onassis ONX Studio and The Santana Project, a multi-disciplinary and multi-generational family of artists.