Sharifa Lafon (she/her) is a curator and artist working across media arts, community engagement, and experimental storytelling. Her creative practice explores perception, embodiment, and ecological interconnection, often using time-based media to create affective experiences that center non-commercial exchange and relational forms of collaboration and care.
Sharifa is currently the executive director and curator at Denver Digerati, and serves on the board of Tilt West, a nonprofit organization focusing on inclusive arts discourse for the community. She received a MH in Visual Studies with a focus on experimental film, a BA in Art History, and a BFA in Photography from the University of Colorado Denver and is currently working on her PhD in the Department of Critical Media Practices at the University of Colorado Boulder.