Founder Profile

Naimah "NONY" Gray

Creative Director of ITGS Studios. Writer, director, actor, singer, and producer building long-form story worlds rooted in complexity, compassion, and craft.

Story

Naimah "NONY" Gray is a multifaceted artist shaped by grief, service, and a lifelong commitment to truth in storytelling. Her work invites people into difficult emotional terrain without reducing anyone to a stereotype.

She builds from contradiction: vulnerability and power, softness and intensity, realism and imagination. That tension is not a flaw in the work; it is the point of it.

Her mission is simple: be a light in the dark, and tell the truth with craft.

Current Work

  • World To Me (Book One, Diyar Series)
  • The Quads (animated series)
  • Pieces Remain (podcast development)
  • Concert Coverage (review + media bundle)

Notebook + Projects

Her notebook tracks the ideas behind the work, while project pages document what is actively moving inside the studio right now.

Notebook Projects

A studio of small ecosystems

NONY's work is built around honesty: a voice, a gesture, and the emotional logic of a moment.

These projects hold quiet tension without flattening it. They stay open long enough for complexity to become clear.

The practice lives between listening and response.

Music

Voice-led textures

Songs and sonic fragments that are intimate, unsentimental, and emotionally precise.

Film

Close, kinetic narrative

Work moving through memory, body, and identity with a pulse that feels precise and alive.

Performance

Relational moments

Live work inviting presence over spectacle, and attention over noise.

Research

Fragments, prompts, references

A space for ideas, references, and questions that feed the practice over time.

How this practice moves

  • Working with listening as a method, not a mood.
  • Holding intimate detail without smoothing it out.
  • Letting image, sound, and body exist in the same space.
  • Staying open to revision until the work is truly ready.

Studio note

This work exists at the intersection of founder vision and artistic practice. The studio's approach combines rigorous craft with emotional honesty.

Voice Room

Working audio sketches and sonic research. Final public tracks are attached when release versions are ready.

    Tip: add `src` to any track object to play local files instead of tone previews.

    Featured writing

    A recent live review from the studio notebook, documenting the Chicago headline show.

    Concert Review

    Evanescence, Nova Twins & Spiritbox

    A live review of the Evanescence headline show in Chicago, illustrated with concert photography.

    Read the review

    Continue Exploring

    For live studio movement, visit The Orbit. For collaboration, use the intake page to start a conversation.

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