Meena Satnarain is an artist, director, and education specialist working in New York and Maryland.
Her art is an innovative mix of traditional craft with technology, often weaving elements of textiles, sculpture, and video. Meena believes technology has a unique power to form first person narratives that have been marginalized, like her Guyanese American ancestry. A recent professional achievement was getting the Royal Collection Trust in England to correctly attribute a vase to indigenous Guyanese artist Stephanie Correia.
Textual Objects is a force of nature developed from her RISD MFA in Digital Media, organized to collaborate on visionary art and design for everyday knowledge. Her latest work as a filmmaker / animator uses traditional techniques with machine artistry. This is her preferred term over “artificial intelligence” because genuine artistry & emotional intelligence is used to create with technology.
Meena also holds a MA in Art Education from New York University and a BA in Visual & Performing Arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This portfolio is representative of studio art techniques informing her technological creative practice. More examples of additional work available for curatorial and professional inquiry.