“Gonzales is a content creator and illustrator based in Los Angeles. She is known online for her drawing, painting, print-making, movie review, and makeup videos. Her content often touches on mental health, trauma, and her experiences as a queer person of color. She has cultivated a community of over 50,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram”
HUFFPOST: TikTok's Brittany Broski Shares The Stuff That Keeps Her Sane When She's Offline
“I buy art online from people. This one I bought from an artist on TikTok. I watched her draw it and was like ‘I think I need that.’ And then she had a store linked, and I bought it and she sent it to me, and it was all cute. You’re supporting artists you never would have seen otherwise. This one is from Somewhere in June”
Voyage LA: Meet Sienna Gonzales
“The most unique aspects of my work are my surreal compositions and original characters. This cast of illustrative birds, wolves, and alligators draws influence from Keith Haring, folk art, and children’s illustrations, and serves as flexible stand-ins for myself, people I’ve known, and intangible entities... I am drawn to compositions with a surrealist tenor. I often stage a central figure surrounded by significant objects to create uncanny tableaus. These images possess a sense of stillness that reflects my feelings of being stuck in a metaphorical indoors and playing back memories on an endless loop.”
She Towers Zine: Meet Somewhere in June
“Oftentimes, Indigenous artists are scrutinized for their art not looking “Native” enough. In reality, there’s no limit to the forms of self-expression available to Indigenous artists, a fact exemplified by content-creator, illustrator, and makeup artist, Sienna Gonzales.”
Google Doodle: Barbara May Cameron
“Today’s Doodle celebrates Barbara May Cameron, a Native American photographer, poet, writer, and human rights activist. The Doodle artwork is illustrated by queer Mexican and Chitimachan artist Sienna Gonzales. On this day in 1954, Barbara Cameron was born in Fort Yates, North Dakota”
Illuminative Guest Artist: “Fourth of July beyond the fireworks”
“This illustration presents a solemn crowd of racially and ethnically marginalized individuals with their mouths covered by tape patterned with the American flag. These figures stare up at the night sky, where vibrant fireworks burst against the backdrop of a raging fire”
Take the Last Bite podcast: “Google, Who is Barbara May Cameron?”
“We take a bite out of a Google Doodle commemorating Native American and lesbian activist Barbara May Cameron. We’re joined by queer Mexican and Chitimachan artist Sienna Gonzales, aka Somewhere in June, who had the opportunity to design the homepage artwork. We discuss the stepping stones into her artistic and queer identities, a bumpy road to a BFA from UCLA, and the process of creating a visual homage to a queer powerhouse.”
Local Wolves Magazine: “He loves me, he loves me...POP!”
“This series tells a story of loss and heartbreak while satirizing how people communicate and date in the digital age. Each image captures a moment in time, frozen in a graphic novel-inspired aesthetic, featuring bold visual elements and vibrant colors that blend the old with the new. This series aims to create a dialogue between past and present, combining the timeless themes of love and loss with the bold aesthetic of pop art.”
