Giana De Dier Past: What do you wish you knew in your 20s? I wish I trusted myself more and didn't give into others' expectations of who I should be or what I should be doing. Part of me felt there was a specific blueprint to follow that would guarantee a certain level of success. That idea of success also had a lot to do with other’s beliefs and definitions which are not necessarily
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Through imagery from across the African diaspora,
accurate. There was another part that felt that this was
Giana examines heritage and memory using different
not what I should be doing. Advice I would give my
mediums in her work. She reframes old beliefs and
younger self when starting out and for life in general is
reimagines her Caribbean ancestry in pieces that are
to pay attention to how things make me feel. Fear
by turns striking and subtle, sombre and joyful.
nothing and work to please nobody but myself.
