Stephanie M. Santana (b. Los Angeles, CA) is a quilter and printmaker whose work traces matriarchal legacies of wayfinding and knowledge stewardship across time and place. A descendant of Black Angelenos and Texans, Santana examines recurring events and ideological flashpoints in American history—working associatively with vernacular photography, archival material, and layered craft techniques to construct map-like compositions that explore fugitivity, countersurveillance, and the psychic and spatial artifacts of intergenerational memory.

Recent solo exhibitions include Call & Response at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2025) and Ways of Knowing at The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA (2024). Santana's work has been included in group exhibitions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Penland School of Craft, Penland, among others. Her work is held in collections that include the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Library of Congress, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Getty Research Institute.

Santana is the recipient of several fellowships, residencies, and awards, including the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship (2023), Kahn/Mason SIP Fellowship with EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (2023), A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship (2024–25), and the Dieu Donné Workspace Residency (2025). Her work has been profiled in publications such as The New York Times, The American Scholar, and Hyperallergic.

Santana is a founding member of Black Women of Print. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.