REVA SANTO < FILMMAKER < PHOTOGRAPHER < MUSICIAN < CURRENT

2026 CV

Purpose

Education

Selected Awards

Skills

Current

Publications

Spacemaking

I am an artist, storyteller, and spacemaker invested in collective healing and the expansive imagining of new worlds.

Columbia University, New York – Bachelor of Arts, Film Studies
Brown University, Study Abroad in Havana, Cuba

Just Film, Ford Foundation Film Grant Semi-finalist, 2024
Black Film Space X Tongal Short Film Competition Finalist, 2024
AWAL X Creative Futures Collective Music Fellowship Finalist, 2024
Soho House Artist Fellow, 2023-2024
Poco A Poco Art & Ecology Residency, 2023
Vibrant Cities Artist Grant, 2023
Vibrant Cities Artist Grant, 2021
NALIP Diverse Women in Media Scholarship, 2020
Panavision New filmmaker Program Grant, for Trust Issues, 2019

Software: Adobe Creative Suite (inDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator), Final Cut Pro, Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Notion
Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, Tumblr, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter
Languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese

Matriarch, Multi-media Documentary, Writer/Director, Coming 2026
Matriarch is an eco-feminist film, which seeks solutions to our many global crises through intuitive storytelling. Filmmaker Reva Santo weaves her grandmothers’ dreams and stories with her own in hopes of reconnecting with life and finding harmony with the earth. What can we learn from sitting with, studying, and understanding the lives of our matriarchs?

Anthology of Non-Conformism: Rebel Women Words, Ways & Wonders, 2024
Creative non-fiction essay “Vision in Darkness” included in the DIO Press anthology edited by Epifania Akosua Amoo-Adare and Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa.

When Language Broke Open, A Queer Afro-Latinx Anthology, Nov 2023
Creative non-fiction essay “remembering” published in the University of Arizona Press anthology edited by Alan Pelaez Lopez

Spacemaking A Lovely Inquiry for Khaleb Brooks of Gazelli Art House, Feb 2023 Hosted and facilitated a conversation using Honey & Smoke’s Love season questions for the artists Tuxedo Residency culminating event.

Sweet Talks with Palm Grove Social, Oct 2022
Curated, programmed and facilitated an evening of community conversation and interactive experiences on creativity and wellness. Sponsored by JuneShine, and in dialogue with LA artists Charlese Antoinette, Kiah Victoria, Matt Law, and Dakarai Akil.

Crowning Ori for Crenshaw Remembers X Getty 25, Aug 2022
Hosted a family workshop for the Getty 25 festival on character development, self awareness, self-love, and good mental health.

Expressions of Light with E. 64th, May 2022
Hosted an artist talk with co-founder Eilen Itzel Mena, and facilitated workshop inspired by SunChaser drink and the latest issue of New Zealand’s Artpaper magazine.

Tibi Tire, Multi-disciplinary art showcase, Curator/Performer, 2021
Curated showcase exploring the Ifa concept of “tibi tire”, good and bad come together. How do we pull from the positive while still honoring the challenges life presents? Included visual art, dance, film, and music performances from LA artists.

Recent

Selected Works

Exhibition Highlights

Public Speaking/ Features

Photo / Video archivist for LACMA, 2023-2025
Freelance videography and editing for Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Shoots interviews and events, archives current exhibitions, and works on special artist features for the museum.

Photo / Video archivist for Red Tent Convenings, Fall 2025
Documented the intimate gathering exploring the intersections of sleep, dreaming, and justice neuroscientist hosted by Dr. Gina Poe, artist-researcher Mia Imani, and the armory center for the arts.

Não Ao Marco Temporal, Lyric Video, Director/Editor, 2025
Official lyric video for esperanza spalding’s song in celebration of the news that the majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court judges voted NO on Marco Temporal! In solidarity with and in support of Indigenous communities throughout Brazil, and honoring the sacred and endangered Amazons rainforest.

Trust Issues, Narrative Short, Writer/Director, USA, 2022
A young and traumatized musician navigates the aftermath of sexual assault and its effects on her career, relationships, and mental health. Wrote, directed, and produced the short film. Shown at Pan-African Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival, Harlem Film Festival, and Pulling Focus Film Festival.

remembering, Non-Fiction Short, Writer/Director, Brasil, 2020
A short film composed of collaged words, photographs, videos, and performances. The artist reflects on diaspora, family, and life cycles through this visual meditation. Shown at PRIZM Art Fair in 2020.

Wishes for Mom, Visual Poem, Director, USA, 2017
Directed visualization of the poem by Sojourner Ahebee for the Visible Poetry Project. Shown at LA Municipal Art Gallery for their Juried Exhibition (2018), NYC Poetry Festival in 2018, in New York at City Reliquary (2017). Featured on movingpoems.com.

Form No Form, May 2020
Screened Consejos de la Isla, and Home is___. Form No Form a 24 hour interactive visual channel celebrating artists of color. Featured in Okay Player.

Who Owns Black Art: Questions of Cultural Ownership, Miami, December 4-8 2019
Exhibited Consejos de la Isla in the group show curated by Zeal Press and Superposition Gallery for Miami Art Basel. Exhibition featured in New York Times, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Hyperallergic, and Artnet.

LA Municipal Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, July 26-September 16 2018
Visual poem Wishes for Mom was an official selection for the group exhibition introducing a new generation of Los Angeles artists.

Public Speaking/ Artists and Auteurs at Soho House West Hollywood, July 2023
Features Spoke on video art panel alongside filmmakers Darol Olu Kae and Jamal Ademola. Curated by Auttriana Projects

Shoutout LA Artist Feature, September 2021
Meet Reva Santo: Artist and Creative Alchemist, and Founder”

“Founded by Black Women, These Platforms Are Creating New Hubs for Underrepresented Artists”: Hyperallergic, 2020
Article highlights Black Women founders who are creating space for artists to thrive, heal, and explore.