Artist Statement

Samantha Padilla is a UX/UI designer and multimedia artist committed to creating meaningful, thought-provoking experiences. Wanting to connect with her audience, Samantha’s work consists of UX/UI design, graphic design, a little bit of coding, photography, sculpture, and videography. With a deep respect for both digital and traditional media, she could connect with her viewers through immersive experiences or form, color, and design. Through her art, Samantha strives to create pieces that offer new perspectives, encouraging curiosity and connection. 

Samantha’s art practice's main focus is on interactivity. Many of her pieces invite viewer participation, empowering audiences to shape their experience and emphasizing how subtle choices can impact both visual aesthetics and emotional tone. Her interactive projects, such as coded canvas, which lets users use different brushes to create patterns, reveal her interest in individual decisions in using different brushes to create new artworks. Other works, however, explore purely visual or conceptual elements, allowing viewers to experience art in different ways. One of her most personal projects, inspired by a friend’s experience with dementia, uses coded art to convey the fragility of memory through falling and distorting —a work that aims to raise awareness and empathy. While some of her pieces convey a personal narrative, Samantha also enjoys exploring abstract forms and aesthetics, creating artworks that focus solely on visual expression.

Samantha’s ultimate goal is to create art that connects on both personal and universal levels, inviting viewers to engage with their surroundings and reflect on their perspectives. Her UX/UI designs are similarly human-centered, with a focus on crafting intuitive and rewarding user journeys. Samantha believes that art and design are mediums of connection, bridging the digital and human worlds in ways that are both immersive and impactful. Each of her pieces—from interactive installations to abstract artworks—seeks to transform passive observation into active engagement, blending technology and storytelling to inspire understanding and curiosity. By combining interaction, narrative, and aesthetics, Samantha Padilla’s work offers audiences the chance to see art as a medium for empathy, introspection, and genuine connection