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Imana Gunawan is a Texas-born Indonesian storyteller, multimedia journalist, dance artist and creative director. In all her work, Imana believes in realizing a more just world for those historically pushed aside. She is currently pursuing a Master of Professional Studies degree in Global Fashion Management at the Fashion Institute of Technology, with a capstone project focusing on sustainable supply chain solutions.

As a journalist, Imana specializes in breaking news reporting and digital journalism, but has a soft spot for community-centered journalism and audio production. Imana currently works as an editor at Factal and manages the platform’s Asia-Pacific breaking news coverage. She was previously a manager at Dataminr — primarily covering the Asia-Pacific region, an editor at Breaking News (NBC News Digital) and producer at Humanosphere, where she produced weekly podcasts on community-based solutions to global poverty and inequity. She is a member of Au Collective — a dance-based nonprofit centering people of color, queer people, and women — with which she regularly performs, collaborates and teaches. Imana is passionate about facilitating community conversations and has hosted panels for artists of color at events including the Artist of Color Expo and Symposium and the Womxn's Creative Industries Meetup. She was also part of the 2017-18 On the Boards Ambassador Writer’s Corps.

Her reporting interests include underrepresented communities and histories, the intersection between policy and culture, and the arts — issues which often seep into her dance works. In her art, she creates scenic, surreal dance-based worlds that center the stories of marginalized peoples, their ancestry, and their futures.

Select dance commissions — On the Boards, Seattle Theater Group, American Dance Guild, Found Space, Velocity Dance Center, Washington Ensemble Theater’s ReSET.

Select published work (print, audio, visual) — ColorBloc Magazine, NBC News, The Jordan Times, NPR's Next Generation Radio, Seattle Weekly, International Examiner, SeattleDances, The Seattle Lesbian.

Select artist residencies — Kickstarter x On The Boards Creators-in-Residence, body.space.time (University of Washington Dance Program), Storefronts [UN]Contained (Center on Contemporary Art + Shunpike).

Select artist | company collaborations —
Alice Gosti, Markeith Wiley, Chamber Dance Company, The Three Yells, Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Northwest Ballet, BANDALOOP, George Staib/Staibdance, Amy O'Neal, Gianti Giadi/GIGI Dance Company, Andara Moeis.

Select music | entertainment work — Hannibal Buress at Sasquatch, Scarlet Parke at Capitol Hill Block Party, KANYA’s Die Free, Thunderpussy’s Speed Queen, ZELLi’s Solid, live show visuals by Anissa Amalia.

Languages — Indonesian (native), Malay (proficient), Arabic (elementary), French (elementary)