LaJuné McMillian
"The Portal's Keeper - Self Portrait", 2024,
Archival print on Tesuki Tesuki Washi Echizen
18 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Courtesy of bitforms gallery, New York

Selected by Tiffany Shi

LaJuné is a Multidisciplinary Artist, and Educator creating art that integrates performance, extended reality, and physical computing to question our contemporary forms of communication. They are passionate about discovering, learning, manifesting, and stewarding spaces for liberated Black Realities and the Black Imagination. LaJuné has had the opportunity to show and speak about their work at National Sawdust, Tribeca Film Festival, Times Square, and Brooklyn Public Library. LaJuné was previously the Director of Skating at Figure Skating in Harlem, where they integrated STEAM and Figure Skating to teach girls of color about movement and technology. They have continued their research on Blackness, movement, and technology during residencies and fellowships at Onassis ONX, The Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Eyebeam, Pioneer Works, NYU ITP,  Barbarian Group, and Barnard College.