Priyanka Makin (b. Seattle, Washington, first-generation American) is a computer engineer, educator, and emerging multidisciplinary artist specializing in creative technology and new media art. Her expertise spans kinetic sculpture, custom circuit boards, and audio devices, alongside her passion for traditional handicrafts such as embroidery, film photography, and watercolor illustration.

Makin’s projects delve into themes of identity, nature, home, humor, and embodiment, reflecting her personal perspective as a mixed, anxious, first-gen woman in STEM. She prioritizes accessibility by employing an open source pedagogy where she documents her process thoroughly and publishes relevant material online: source code, schematics, design files, etc.

Makin is a co-founder of Material Kitchen, an online resource for sustainable materials for fabrication, and a recipient of an NYU Green Grant for creating a plastic recycling system. She holds a Masters of Professional Studies from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.

She’s makin stuff!

If you want to know even more about me, check out my artist talk I gave at Hackaday’s Supercon in November 2024.