ALEXANDER MIRANDA is a Payómkawichum (Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians) contemporary artist from Southern California working in music composition and experimental music performance. Miranda creates compositions with his Array Mbira,(a handcrafted modern musical instrument with a unique harp- or bell-like sound. It is a radical redesign of the Shona African mbira from Zimbabwe and is part of the lamellaphone family) and uses samples, and found recordings in his work. His portfolio honors and celebrates the power, resilience, and beauty of Indigenous people, incontestably aligning his work with worldwide Indigenous resurgence.

Miranda has performed as a solo artist and with other ensembles across north america including at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Liquidation World, Vancouver BC, and The Regent Theatre, Los Angeles CA. Miranda’s compositions have been commissioned by Louis Vuitton, Virgil Abloh Lori Goldston. His score for the documentary “Manzanar Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust“ was nominated for the Best Music Score by the IDA Documentary Awards in 2022.  Miranda's photographic practice includes documenting portraits of different youth cultures around the world primarily the underground punk and skateboarding scenes in southern California and the pacific northwest. His work has been published in “Hypebeast Magazine”,” DUNK” and Dazed Magazine. Alexander also founded the record label “No Sun Recordings” in 2011. He has also published “Northwest Passage” a book of photography. Miranda currently lives in Vancouver BC Canada.

AALEXMIRANDA@GMAIL.COM