Nia Andino is a NY-born visual artist, poet, and ancestral researcher inspired by sankofa to pay homage to the beauty and strength of her Afro-Boricua, USVI, and African American roots. She's displayed her work at the New York Port Authority, the New York Botanical Gardens for the Frida Kahlo exhibit, the International House for the art opening of the Nina Simone documentary The Amazing Nina Simone, and the Defend Puerto Rico: CitiCien traveling exhibit. Nia's art has been published in SmokeLong Quarterly and she has created the book cover art for What They Leave Behind, In Defense of Glitter and Rainbows and Mujeres, The Magic, The Movement, The Muse.
She has been a featured poet at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Queens Lit Fest, and the Capicu Cultural Contingency of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. Her writing has been published in Moko Magazine, Anomaly, Dominican Writers, What They Leave Behind, The Abuela Stories Project, Mujeres, The Magic, The Movement, and The Muse, Latinas: Protests and Struggles in the 21st Century USA, and Beyond the Long Lines.
Visual art
- NY Port Authority
- NY Botanical Gardens — Frida Kahlo exhibit
- International House — The Amazing Nina Simone
- Defend Puerto Rico: CitiCien traveling exhibit
- Published in SmokeLong Quarterly
- Book covers: What They Leave Behind, In Defense of Glitter and Rainbows, Mujeres, The Magic, The Movement, The Muse
Writing
- Featured poet: Nuyorican Poets Cafe
- Queens Lit Fest
- Capicu Cultural Contingency, NPR Day Parade
- Published: Moko Magazine, Anomaly, Dominican Writers, The Abuela Stories Project, Mujeres, The Magic, The Movement, The Muse, Latinas: Protests and Struggles in the 21st Century USA, Beyond the Long Lines