Bio.
As a mixed-race interdisciplinary artist of Indigenous and European heritage, my work challenges the status quo of making and asks important questions regarding consumerism, post colonialism and societal waste. With over ninteen years of experience in fiber, print, and fashion design, I have a unique perspective as an artist, entrepreneur, and educator. I had an early start to my career in fashion, learning to sew from my mother and grandmother when I was four years old. My BFA thesis collection from Parsons was bought by Barneys New York directly out of school and I won the prestigious Gold Thimble Award for my screen-printed and handwoven designs. My work has been featured in Hyperallergic, the Wall Street Journal, Women’s Wear Daily, Vogue, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar. I am a recent recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Fellowship in 2019, as well as artist grants from Creative Capital, Foundation for the Arts, and the CERF+. My work is included in portfolios, traveling exhibitions, and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I am an enrolled citizen of the Chiricahua Apache Nation and my current research is focused on Indigenous Studies, de-centering whiteness within fashion and the development of sustainable and Land-based practices for textile, fine art and fashion production. My most recent body of work features the up-cycling and repurposing of dead stock and damaged printed textiles into new forms and printing with waste to create large-scale works on paper.