Mya Lakas

b.1992

Mya Lakas is a multidisciplinary artist, community organizer and healer interested in decolonial resistance and healing justice. Drawing from her career as a social worker, her artwork aims to center the power and resilience of queer and trans Black indigenous people of color (QTBIPOC) across liberation movements. She is a proud transgender woman of the Filipinx diaspora, and loves learning about her ancestral heritage. Mya is based on the unceded territories and homelands of the Nisenan and Miwok people (colonially known as Sacramento, California).

Padayon (Padayon means carry on, or move forward, in a deeper sense it also means to keep moving, or never give up.)

Makibaka (Makibaka means revolutionary struggle. It was also an acronym for Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (Free Movement of New Women), a militant women's organization founded by Maria Lorena Barros.)

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Mya Lakas

b.1992

Featured Galleries
Love Positive Women: The Alchemy of HIV Ampler than Loneliness: Documenting Collective Resilience through HIV/AIDS and COVID-19

Medium
Digital / Web-Based, Drawing, Painting

Keywords
Abstraction, Decorative, Gender & Sexuality, HIV & AIDS Related, Identity, Political / Social Commentary, Gender & Sexuality, Mental Health, Spirituality

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Mya Lakas

b.1992

Featured Galleries Love Positive Women: The Alchemy of HIV Ampler than Loneliness: Documenting Collective Resilience through HIV/AIDS and COVID-19

Medium Digital / Web-Based, Drawing, Painting

Keywords Abstraction, Decorative, Gender & Sexuality, HIV & AIDS Related, Identity, Political / Social Commentary, Gender & Sexuality, Mental Health, Spirituality

HELP VISUAL AIDS SUPPORT ARTISTS!

Featured Galleries
Love Positive Women: The Alchemy of HIV Ampler than Loneliness: Documenting Collective Resilience through HIV/AIDS and COVID-19

Medium
Digital / Web-Based, Drawing, Painting

Keywords
Abstraction, Decorative, Gender & Sexuality, HIV & AIDS Related, Identity, Political / Social Commentary, Gender & Sexuality, Mental Health, Spirituality