Hello, I'm Aryana.

As an artist​,​ I have been fortunate to create meaningful work in various media. For me​,​ if my work doesn’t have a solid foundation and contributes to the world​,​ it has no meaning. I have explored socio​/​political issues​,​ primarily overcrowding and overpopulation Collage is a medium which has intrigued and fascinated me for many years. The ability to create thought provoking images with various elements​,​ both digital and analog​,​ is a new way for me to express current and past experiences in my life and reality. I work in the abstract by choice; it challenges me and invites the viewer to evoke their own personal experiences and emotions. Contributing to overcrowding has been part of my dilemma; working with tangible physical materials and the accumulation of supplies with which to create that work has made me feel more of an accomplice than a solution​,​ so I move into working more minimally​,​ combining digital assets with analog collage. I believe that creating my art from discarded and found materials to be a more conscientious endeavor at this time in my life I made that decision when it came to light how deeply polluted our oceans are​,​ and how entire cities are constructed on landfills. Giving those materials a new life​,​ I hope it inspires others to look more deeply into how precious our planet is.