Dyani White Hawk | 2023 MacArthur Fellow

Dyani White Hawk is a multidisciplinary artist and 2023 MacArthur Fellow revealing the enduring presence and influence of Indigenous artistic practices within modern and contemporary art.

Dyani celebrates the abstract quill- and bead-based art that was made by Lakota women and centers connection across generations and communities.

Video description: Dyani White Hawk, a woman with a long dark braid wearing a black shirt and black-framed glasses, dangling earrings, and a gold necklace, paints in her studio and sits in a director’s chair to discuss her work. We see images of her work, video of her painting, and other artists creating bead-based art.