Nia Alani is an Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in McDonough, Georgia. Her work is most concerned with exploring the Presence of joy within life  urging the viewer to cherish life. She received her BA from Georgia State University. Her work has been featured in multiple group exhibitions within Georgia. More notably, she received an honorable mention for placing as the runner up from over 300 submissions for the International gallery, Autograph (2026). As a published artist, her photography was recently published in Georgia State’s 2026 Literary and art “Underground” Journal.