Artist Bio:
Born and raised in Irvington, New Jersey, where she currently resides, Diana Saintilme is a first generation American to Haitian immigrant parents. She is a current BFA Graphic Design major at New Jersey City University. She discovered her love for design during her sophomore year of high school while taking a Digital Publishing class. After taking the class, she fell in love with graphic design and decided to make being a graphic designer her future career goal. As a graphic designer, she mainly does her work on Adobe applications, mainly Adobe Illustrator. Through her work, she likes to dive into topics relating to the struggles of finding your own identity in a society that wants you to act like something else. Her works explore the psychological effect this may have on someone. Her goal is to not only to express her own identity through design but also allow others to be seen and understood.Artist Statement:
As a graphic designer, I mainly work digitally to get my thoughts and ideas across. My work mainly revolves around psychological aspects of trying to find your own identity and trying to find balance with who you are vs. who society expects you to be. My work could be described as captivating and thought-provoking. With the use of bold colors, repetition, and bold fonts, my artwork seeks to show the mind and the effects that this struggle can have on it. Some thematic influences on my work are the concept of utopia, the perfect world, internal conflict, and gender identity.
When originally starting my design career, I found myself creating a variety of work such as promotional posters and logos for fun. However, as I continued designing and got more serious about my career, I found myself focusing on themes surrounding the struggles to find harmony and balance. I found this theme fascinating because it relates to what I go through in my own life as well as everyone around me. My background comes into play when designing my work. Growing up, I struggled with trying to find the balance between being feminine and masculine. The way I present myself comes off as being masculine and with the way I grew up, I was taught to learn to be a woman and how to be feminine. I often struggled to find the balance with being who I am while trying to act the way I was told.
The way this relates to my work is because like many others, I struggle psychologically with finding my own identity. I want my work to represent the feeling of being lost in how society expects you to be and finding your own individual identity. What excites me about creating my work is that it allows me to communicate certain thoughts through visuals. Designing allows me to visualize the thoughts in my head with familiar shapes and striking colors. Through my work, I want others to feel like they are seen and they’re not the only ones who have this struggle.
My identity as an artist lies with trying to make connections with people around me. I realized how much I can express myself and my struggles through design. As I continue to express myself, I want to show others around me that they are not alone in their struggles. Through my work, I want to create visuals that reflect the ongoing struggle to find balance, both within and around us. My goal is to create a space where others can feel like they are understood in their own struggles through the language of art and design.
When originally starting my design career, I found myself creating a variety of work such as promotional posters and logos for fun. However, as I continued designing and got more serious about my career, I found myself focusing on themes surrounding the struggles to find harmony and balance. I found this theme fascinating because it relates to what I go through in my own life as well as everyone around me. My background comes into play when designing my work. Growing up, I struggled with trying to find the balance between being feminine and masculine. The way I present myself comes off as being masculine and with the way I grew up, I was taught to learn to be a woman and how to be feminine. I often struggled to find the balance with being who I am while trying to act the way I was told.
The way this relates to my work is because like many others, I struggle psychologically with finding my own identity. I want my work to represent the feeling of being lost in how society expects you to be and finding your own individual identity. What excites me about creating my work is that it allows me to communicate certain thoughts through visuals. Designing allows me to visualize the thoughts in my head with familiar shapes and striking colors. Through my work, I want others to feel like they are seen and they’re not the only ones who have this struggle.
My identity as an artist lies with trying to make connections with people around me. I realized how much I can express myself and my struggles through design. As I continue to express myself, I want to show others around me that they are not alone in their struggles. Through my work, I want to create visuals that reflect the ongoing struggle to find balance, both within and around us. My goal is to create a space where others can feel like they are understood in their own struggles through the language of art and design.
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