Nīa MacKnight is a lens based artist/photographer/educator based in Tongva Territory (Los Angeles, California). Her approach to environmental portraiture is informed by the poetics of daily life and the materiality of ancestral memory. Turning to the paradigms of her Anishinaabe/Lakhóta/Scottish ancestry, MacKnight explores narratives of migration and self-determination within urban modes of existence. By blending conceptual and documentary genres through site specific works, she examines the home as a site for healing and transformation.
Nīa MacKnight studied Photography at San Francisco Art Institute, holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Cal State University Dominguez Hills, and a Master’s in Education from Cal State University, Long Beach. Her work has been on display at Photoville Festival, The Eiteljorg Museum, National Museum of the American Indian and has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, HuffPost, The New Yorker, Environmental Health News, Al Jazeera, High Country News and National Public Radio.
e-mail: niamacknight@gmail.com