Kia Miakka Natisse

Kia Miakka Natisse (she/her/they/them) is an award-winning artist, journalist, storyteller and mystic.

Her work spans many forms and formats, including print, TV and audio. She is the former co-host of NPR’s Invisibilia. A native of Buffalo, NY, Kia studied journalism and jazz at Howard University, and transmedia storytelling at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Studies. As an artist, she’s had residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the Banff Centre and Ragdale, and has shown work at The Kitchen, Smart Museum and Hyde Park Art Museum.