Leslie Fortuna is a Dominican / Puerto Rican artist from Brooklyn currently studying at NYU. Her visual work entails representing woman of color through various mediums. Though the work is inherently political, it is also filled wit and playfulness and a pervading sense of humanity that drips from the canvas. We sat down with her
Rocio is a Dominican-American visual artist based in the Bronx. Often using fantastical visual representations of herself, Rocio depicts the fullness of Black female identity. Through the use of bold colors, rainbows and bolded texts, Rocio channels her emotions through the visual medium production. She uses large stars to honor the younger child she was.
Daniella Brito is an interdisciplinary Dominican-American artist and writer based in New York City. Manipulating representations of the black “female” figure in her work, she disrupts the notion of a static identity politics by reimagining a de-gendered body and landscape. Galore: What does an Afro-Latinx identity mean to you? How do you embody it? Daniella Brito:
Danielle Mareka is an undergraduate student at New York University. After kick starting her modeling ventures with Refinery 29 and Milk Makeup, she’s an up-and-comer on the NYC modeling scene. She has worked with Spike Lee, Lil Yachty and Nike. Danielle has also been featured in Vogue and appears in Sedona’s music video for her
