Belgrade Art Studio Residency

Aria Thomas

Year of Residency: 2025

Short Bio

Aria is a multimedia artist who lives in Michigan, planning to graduate from Grand Valley State University in 2025. Her work explores emotional response and aims to inspire others from different disciplines to relate what they can to the prompt. She is currently involved in creating sculptural pieces, and promotional digital designs, as well as magazine styling and editing. Aria likes belly dancing and has questions about top golf.

Artist Statement

Aria works multi-media, focusing on metals and wood to fabricate conceptually based artworks. They include a range of themes such as hidden stories, biological ecosystems, and shared spaces. She uses intuition and emotional responses to tell the stories of the material and hopes to challenge how it can be transformed.