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Dyani White Hawk
Contemporary multidisciplinary artist and curator Dyani White Hawk (b. 1976) is of Sicangu Lakota and white descent. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, she attended the Institute of American Indian Arts and the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was the curator at the Native-owned All My Relations gallery in Minneapolis from 2010 to 2015 before turning solely to studio practice. White Hawk’s work applies Lakota traditions like porcupine quillwork, beadwork, and rawhide painting to critiques of a white artistic hierarchy that has historically subordinated Native art. She also does installations, photography, and performances that promote the Lakota philosophical and moral principle mitákuye oyás’iŋ: We are all related. She brought this concept to life in early 2024 with the totemic rectangular sculpture Visiting (2024), comprising four collaged panels of beadwork; facing an impossible deadline, White Hawk recruited her family and community to finish the commission, which was shown at the 2024 Armory Show in New York City.
