Alia Penner

Art style Penner works in traditional mediums as well as others, experimenting with found objects and working in film and fashion. Rowan Blanchard and Tiffany & Co. Her studio is at her home in LA. She made her directorial debut with the short film PopWrap in 2014, about the Andy Warhol-inspired fashion designed by Diane von Fürstenberg. Cochis and Penner then met at Cannes Film Festival and "spoke off and on for several months about [Penner's] intention behind the festival artwork, and her narrative behind the piece fit perfectly with what [Cochis] was hoping for".

Since 2008, Penner has also been the Creative Director of Cinespia, the company creating film events at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. As well as curating screenings, she works with a team designing and creating sets based on the films being shown, for cinemagoers to take photos in.