About

As a child, Santana Copeland ran around the house taking pictures with a camera that had no film in it. His fascination with images and storytelling led him to Bard College, where he studied film and electronic arts and received a BA in 2001. Santana Copeland made the transition from the moving image to the still image and earned an MFA in Studio Art from Long Island University Post in 2015. During his time at Post, he received the O'Malley Grant and the SVPA "Excellence in Photography” Award. He was a panelist at LIMarts’ The Artist's Vision: Understanding the Creative Inspiration and Process. He has shown work in group exhibitions at Bushwick Community Darkroom, Studio 5404 Art Space, SIA Gallery, The Steinberg Museum of Art, and Ripe Art Gallery. Santana Copeland is the producer and host of the art podcast Life After MFA and continues to be a child that runs around the house.