Vanessa Castro (b. 1993) is a Brazilian-American visual artist and musician based in Queens, New York. She makes work that contextualizes humanity within the technologies of our escape-oriented society and the natural landscape that enables the imagination.   

Her creative process is an exchange of analog and digital processes: illustration, photography, music-making, and sculpture are interpreted via digital frameworks like video editing, Photoshop, DAWs and 3D animation to create a final product whether it be video, song, or image. She sees these digital frameworks as a tool for one’s desire for change, answering questions of how the world could or should be.  

As a video editor and digital artist Vanessa has worked with NEON, Adult Swim, Eartheater, Poppy, The Joyce Theater, and many others. Vanessa's visual art and video work have been exhibited at places like Knockdown Center, David Zwirner, Kimberly-Klark and Goggleworks Center for the Arts. She has also played music in New York in collaboration with others and solo since 2015 and has scored projects for the artist Yining Fei. She is currently working on her next animated short, Player 1 (working title).