American Artist makes experimental work in the form of sculpture, video, and software that comments on histories of race, technology and forms of knowledge production. American Artist had their name legally changed in 2013 for multiple reasons. The idea that they chose to generalize their name so as to confuse their identity is itself a comment on identity and its related privileges, and conversely, its disenfranchisements. The artist also publishes unbag, a journal on art and politics, as well as writes articles for the The New Inquiry.