Yuka Miwa is a biracial digital media artist pursuing her practice at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, specializing in video and photography. Her work centers on the transformation of mundane, real-life footage into abstract, immersive visual experiences through sophisticated post-production techniques, interrogating themes of identity, perception, and existential inquiry. Drawing from her dual Chinese-Japanese heritage and cross-cultural upbringing, Yuka explores the psychological and emotional resonance of cultural intersectionality, often channeling these explorations into surreal visual language. Her portfolio engages with motifs such as surveillance, existential nullity, and stream of consciousness, employing hallucinatory imagery and avant-garde editing to evoke visceral audience engagement. Grounded in the aesthetics of contemporary digital media, Yuka’s practice seeks to synthesize moving images, sound, and multimedia elements to provoke what she describes as a “chemical reaction” between form, narrative, and sensory impact.