Rana San

Rana San is an intermedia artist, curator, and night dreamer pondering language and lineage, intimacy and interdependence. Her curatorial and creative practice centers experimental and analog approaches to storytelling through film, writing, and movement presented on screen and stage.

In community, she crafts collective experiences that champion the work of independent artists and activists, centering those whose voices have been historically underrepresented. Based between Seattle and Istanbul, Rana co-directs Cadence Video Poetry Festival, an annual showcase of literary works presented as visual media. She recently co-curated Good Symptom, a serial anthology of time-based disturbances released in 12 monthly episodes with accompanying curatorial essays.

Short films Rana wrote and directed have recently screened at Helios Sun Poetry Film Festival (Mexico), Engauge Experimental Film Festival (WA), Artists of Color Expo & Symposium (WA), Seattle International Film Festival (WA), Eugene Contemporary Art (OR), NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival (NY), and Experiments in Cinema (NM).

Rana earned her BA from the University of Washington and holds a MA in Arts and Cultural Management from Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.

Rana will be doing her residency at Can Serrat in August 2024.