Nia Burks (born 1984) is an American artist working with the mediums of video, performance and sound.
Her work incorporates popular culture, found footage, social media and pole dance elements.
She received an MA in Digital Media from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2007 and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Photography and Film Department in 2009.
Burks and then co-owner, Heather Williams, moved Butter and Filth to 4840 Waller Road in Unit 310, where it currently resides.
Her work has also been featured on Rhizome at the New Museum and Creativity Online’s “Pick Of The Day” shortly after the creation of Angry Gamers in 2010.