The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror.
You see yourself in it.
Turn it the other way, and you see the world.
- Agnes Varda
Monument Valley, Navajo Nation 2021
Short story
I am a UX UI Designer in Brooklyn, NY by way of curating visual art for a decade in Seattle, WA. Born in San Rafael, CA.
Long Story ↓
I was raised in a Northern California coastal soup by artists, hippies, and human rights activists. As an adult I discovered my love and ability for curating and enabling spaces for artists to exhibit their work in the Pacific Northwest. I contributed to the cultural petri dish of Seattle with a curatorial project Vignettes for over a decade. In addition I produced a series of large scale exhibitions in underused spaces that were rapidly depleting due to the development of the tech boom.
A handful of years ago I decided to shift my focus and geographic location to Brooklyn, NY. Expanding my mediums to costuming on independent films, working in the vast restaurant and bar industry of the city and becoming a childcare provider to a few families. All of these worlds have brought me to my current work as a UX UI designer. Focused on accessibility, turning this box into a circle and being of service to people’s needs through this medium.
I am dedicated to creating intuitive pathways for those who are overlooked by the structures that currently exist. Approaching design with an interest in innovating the way we perceive our relationship to technology and how to hold space for creativity, empathy and connection for future generations.
I am deeply influenced by the minds of Agnes Varda, Bell Hooks, Sophie Calle, John Berger and Jim Henson.
Education
2021 DesignLab | UX UI Design Academy
2020 - 21 DesignLab | UX Foundations
2004 - 08 Cornish College of the Arts | BFA Photography & video
2006 - 07 Glasgow School of Art | Environmental art & sculpture
Clients
2022-2024 AppleNews | Production designer
2024 Taraneh Mosadegh | website redesign + branding
2021-2024 Earle Sebastian | website redesign + Video
2022 Two Hands Brands | website rebranding and redesign
2022 Dakota Gearhart Life Touching Life | website design + UX
2022 Erin Frost | website rebrand, design + UX
2019 April Pride | website build, design + UX
2017 Fault-Line Builders | photography + web design
2017 Womxn’s Rites | photography + video
2015 Prairie Underground | UX, marketing + social media
a bit of my archive
WORDS WRITTEN ABOUT WORKS I’VE PRODUCED + CURATED
2018 Five billboards in Seattle, Washington Crosscut - Brangien Davis
2018 On Loneliness, Solitude, and Shifting Histories Temporary Art Review - Sharon Arnold
2018 A New Arts Space, Called Found, Heads for Capitol Hill City Arts Magazine
2018 An Airbnb that’s an art gallery? As Seattle rents soar, DIY art galleries crop up in homes, garages Seattle Times
2017 Seattle’s Underrepresented Artists Get Showcased at Vignettes VICE Creators Project
2017 Q&A: Vignettes Strange Fire Collective - Rafael Soldi
2016 The Tenderness Movement City Arts Magazine - Sharon Arnold
2015 Seattle's Most Influential People of 2015 Seattle Magazine
2014 Entrepreneurs Issue, Kinfolk Issue 15
2013 50 Most Influential People in Seattle Right Now Seattle Met
2013 Good People: Sierra Stinson Glasswing Blog
2013 Dear Diary : Sierra Stinson Art Nerd
2012 Solar Power The Stranger
2012 Future List : The Curator City Arts Magazine
2011 To Small to Fail The Stranger
2011 A Marriage of Food Truck Culture and a Gallery on Wheels Hyperallergic
2011 Sierra Stinson Moves Her Bed So You Can See Good Art The Stranger
write to me here
I also make videos of everything around me.
Here is like lightning encompassing 2021