Artist's commentary
Riya Sloane
Name: Riya
Surname: Sloane
Age: 22
Bangladeshi Girl living in Portland
Riya works as a barista at a trendy, artsy café, where she interacts with people daily, stays in touch with local creative scenes, and enjoys the casual, social atmosphere. Her job lets her combine her love for coffee, alternative culture, and meeting new people, while still having space for her own projects and hobbies. In her free time, Riya enjoys going to gigs, underground shows, and local art or music events, exploring vintage and thrift stores, biking around the city, and meeting friends for coffee or casual hangouts. She’s active in the alternative and creative community and loves discovering new cultural spots. She fake behavior, close-minded people, and situations that force her to conform. She thrives in spaces where she can be herself, meet interesting people, and enjoy the music, art, and culture she loves.
She likes alternative music, gigs, underground shows, coffee, brunch, vintage, thrift shopping, biking, hanging out with friends, art events, indie culture, creative projects, tattoos and piercings, street art, cozy corners in cafés, mismatched mugs, doodling on napkins, collecting pins and patches, reading zines, quirky hairstyles.
She doesn't like fake people, close-mindedness, conforming to norms, crowded mainstream events, boring routines, judgmental people, slow service, dishonesty, unnecessary drama, rigid rules, running out of ink for her pens, tangled headphones, losing her favorite pins, wilted flowers, people talking over her at gigs.
