Nyasia P.R. (they/them) is a Black artist creating black and white film photography in Petersburg, Virginia. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Nyasia always had a love for creating art and taking pictures, but in the last two years or so, they would start to take self portraits and never look back. In 2024, Nyasia was commissioned by Mono No Aware and Westlab + Gallery to make a film on 16mm for the 18th Biennial Festival of Cinema Arts.