Merritt Johnson (b.1977)

Multidisciplinary artist; born in West Baltimore BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art Some exhibitions Some reading Some collections Continue reading →

Will Wilson (b.1969)

Photographer. Diné, born in San Francisco Continue reading →

Postcommodity (est.2007)

Interdisciplinary arts collective comprised of Raven Chacon, Cristóbal Martínez, and Kade L. Twist Continue reading →

Larry McNeil (b.1955)

Photographer and printmaker, born in Juneau, Alaska, lives in Idaho Continue reading →

Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (b.1954)

Photographer, curator, and educator, lives in Davis, CA Continue reading →

Fox Anthony Spears (b.1978)

born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and earned a B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle Continue reading →

Pop Chalee (1906-1993)

She studied in the 1930s at the Santa Fe Indian School under the tutelage of Dorothy Dunn Continue reading →

Paul Owns the Sabre (1939-2017)

Owns the Sabre is a long distance runner and walker and in 1978, he participated in the Longest Walk, a journey across North America Continue reading →

Lyn Risling

Lyn’s art is strongly connected to the cultures of her paternal grandfather and grandmother, of the Karuk, Yurok, and Hupa peoples of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in Northern California Continue reading →

Frank Tuttle (b.1957)

Painter, art historian Continue reading →

Frank LaPena (b.1937)

Born in San Francisco Continue reading →

Brian D. Tripp (b.1945)

Born in Eureka, CA Continue reading →

Douglas Miles (b.1963)

Painter, printmaker and photographer. Born in Phoenix; lives in San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona Some reading and watching Apache Skateboards Apache Skate Team IAIA “I paint what I like-Apache Skateboards/Douglas Miles” (video) Some exhibitions “Apache X: 10 Years of Douglas Miles and Apache Skateboards“, MonOrchid, Phoenix, 2014 “Apacheria: The Art of Douglas Miles“, Por … Continue reading →

Cannupa Hanska Luger (b.1979)

Born in Fort Yates, Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota Continue reading →

Sarah Sense (b.1980)

Born and lives in California Continue reading →

Hannah Claus (b.1969)

Installation artist Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick Continue reading →

Frank Big Bear Jr. (b.1953)

Painter, poet Born in White Earth, Minnesota Continue reading →

Larry Beck (1938-1994)

Born in Seattle, Washington Continue reading →

George Blake (b.1944)

Born on Hoopa Reservation, Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California Continue reading →

Geronima Cruz Montoya (1915-2015)

artist, educator and cultural leader, she took part in Dorothy Dunn Studio Continue reading →

Jack R. Malotte (b.1953)

Printmaker Lives in Nevada Malotte is a graduate of the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California and uses drawing, painting, and printmaking to convey his feelings about the “Indian connection with the earth and sky and how this connection manifests spiritually, physically, and politically Continue reading →

Floyd Solomon (1952-2008)

Artist and educator Continue reading →

Jamie Okuma (b.1977)

Born in Glendale, California; grew up on the La Jolla Reservation, California Jamie Okuma began working with beads at a very early age, inspired by the pow wows she attended. In high school, Okuma made her first miniature jingle dress, which she subsequently mounted on a doll figure. Historical authenticity, exemplary workmanship, and attention to every detail are the hallmarks of Continue reading →

Arthur Amiotte (b.1942)

Artist, art historian Born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota Amiotte captures and preserves the history and culture of the Sioux people in his collages, incorporating images and text from his great-grandfather, the artist Standing Bear. Amiotte documents the changes his people had to make to adapt to farming, ranching and the reservation lifestyle. Amiotte has lived and worked at Claude Continue reading →

Bently Spang (b.1960)

Multidisciplinary artist, writer, curator, educator Born on the Crow reservation in Montana, raised both on and off the Northern Cheyenne reservation Years of exposure to the contemporary and historical artwork of his people, in both community and museum contexts, have helped the artist understand his role as a contemporary Tsistsistas/Suhtaio artist. Just as his relatives in Continue reading →

Rhonda Holy Bear (b.1959)

Doll maker Born in South Dakota She spent her formative years on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota and, later, in Chicago. Rhonda would eventually move to the southwest, settling in New Mexico and, most recently, Las Vegas Nevada. As a youth, Rhonda researched the work of her ancestors in the vaults Continue reading →

C. Maxx Stevens (b.1951)

Born in Wewoka, Oklahoma; grew up in Wichita, Kansas She is an Assistant Professor of Art and teaches in the Foundation Program in the Art and Art History department at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. From 2002-2005 C.Maxx served as the Academic Dean in the Center for Arts and Cultural Studies at the Institute Continue reading →

Roxanne Swentzell (b.1962)

Ceramic artist Born in Taos, New Mexico Continue reading →

Charlene Teters (b.1952)

Artist, educator, writer, activist
Born on the Spokane Nation Reservation, Washington State Continue reading →

Gail Tremblay (b.1945)

Writer, teacher, and mixed media artist Born in Buffalo, New York; lives in Olympia, WA Continue reading →

Anna Tsouhlarakis (b.1977)

Sculpture, installation, video and performance artist. Born in Lawrence, Kansas; lives in Washington, DC Continue reading →

Preston Singletary (b.1963)

Glass artist Born in San Francisco, California Continue reading →

Rose B. Simpson (b.1983)

Ceramic and mixed media artist Born in Santa Fe Continue reading →

Susie Silook (b.1960)

Writer, carver, sculptor. Born in Gambell, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, lives in Anchorage, Alaska Continue reading →

Peter B. Jones (b.1947)

Ceramics artist Born at the Cattaraugus Reservation in Seneca Territory Continue reading →

John Jay Hoover (1919-2011)

Born in Cordova, Alaska Continue reading →

Yatika Starr Fields

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma; lives in Brooklyn, New York Continue reading →

Kay Miller (b.1946)

Born in Houston, Texas; lives in Boulder, Colorado Continue reading →

Kade L. Twist (b.1971)

Multidisciplinary artist working with installation, video, two-dimensional media, text, sound Continue reading →

Richard Glazer-Danay (b.1942)

Artist, educator Born in Coney Island, New York; lives in Corona, California Continue reading →