Yana Sternberger-Moyé is a queer, Afro-German-American artist born and raised in Los Angeles California, currently living and working in Portland, Oregon. In May of 2020 they earned their undergraduate degree in Studio Art from Mills College, receiving the Photographic Prize for Creative Excellence (2019), the Nancy Cook Photography Award (2019), as well as receiving the Mills College Artist of the Year (2019-2020) Award.

Through colorful and vibrant painting, photography, sculpture, and video, their work depicts the beauty and resilience of queer folx, specifically Black queer folx. By doing so they aim to dissolve social stigmas around race, trauma, disability, and placelessness and hope to create a safe space for people who feel unseen or unheard. Ultimately, they do this work to create a platform meant for conversations, questions, mourning, healing, and in celebration of self and identity.

Recently they have been investigating the body and its complex and often disconnected relationship to space and time. What does it mean to inhabit a body that dictates how they move through the world? How are they perceived? What are the joys and consequences of taking up space? By utilizing a wide spectrum of media, they are able to build new worlds that inherently make space for themselves. These various formal techniques allow them to lace together the segmented worlds they navigate on a daily basis.