The People Behind Biophilia

Belinda Person

Belinda Person, also known as BelaB, is an Atlanta-based Afro-Latina visual artist whose practice is rooted in painting and the exploration of the human experience. She earned her M.A. in Art and Design with a concentration in Museum Studies from Kennesaw State University and her B.S. in Studio Art from Benedict College. Her background in both studio art and museum studies shapes how she approaches not only the creation of artwork, but also the ways audiences experience and connect with it.

At the heart of Belinda’s artistic practice is an interest in personal growth, self-reflection, and transformation. Her work often draws from emotion, identity, and lived experience, inviting viewers to look inward and consider their own process of becoming. Rather than offering answers, her paintings create space for reflection, connection, and a deeper understanding of ourselves.

In Biophilia, Belinda extends this exploration to our relationship with nature. The project reflects on what the natural world can teach us about growth, balance, rest, and connection, while reminding us that humans are not separate from nature, but part of it. Through painting, virtual reality, sound, and digital media, Biophilia invites viewers to slow down, reconnect, and experience these ideas through an immersive environment.

Professor Krystian Ramlogan

Krystian Kevin Ramlogan is a Trinidad and Tobago-born filmmaker, scholar, and educator whose work moves between cinematic arts, media production, and teaching. He is Assistant Professor of Film/Media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology and holds both a B.A. and M.F.A. in Film from Howard University. Over more than two decades, he has worked across the Caribbean and the United States, creating and studying stories concerned with identity, cultural memory, displacement, transformation, and the experiences of communities often marginalized within dominant forms of representation.

At the heart of Krystian’s practice is an interest in how storytelling helps us understand ourselves, one another, and the worlds we inhabit. His creative and scholarly work explores Caribbean and diasporic cinema, narrative structures, performance, and traditions of resistance and emancipation. He is particularly interested in the space where critical inquiry and creative practice meet—how ideas become experiences through image, sound, performance, and digital media.

In Biophilia, Krystian brings this interdisciplinary perspective into collaboration with Belinda Person and the project’s creative team. As a research collaborator, he contributes his experience in storytelling, media production, pedagogy, and collaborative creative practice as the project moves across painting, virtual reality, sound, and digital media. His work within Biophilia reflects a broader commitment to creating experiences that invite audiences not simply to observe, but to encounter, reflect, and make meaning.