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From John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

  1. Where We Exist I & II by Melissa Melero-Moose, Image 1.

    Melissa Melero-Moose

    Where We Exist I & II, 2023

    Mixed Media

  2. Coyote Tales, No. 1 by Cara Romero, Image 2.

    Cara Romero

    Coyote Tales, No. 1, 2019

    Photograph

  3. Rez Car #15 by Wendy Red Star, Image 1.

    Wendy Red Star

    Rez Car #15, 2017

    24 x 18 in

  4. Rez Car #12 by Wendy Red Star, Image 1.

    Wendy Red Star

    Rez Car #12, 2017

    24 x 18 in

  5. Rez Car #3 by Wendy Red Star, Image 1.

    Wendy Red Star

    Rez Car #3, 2017

    24 x 18 in

  6. Beaded Sugar Dispenser by Trisha Calabaza, Image 2.

    Trisha Calabaza

    Beaded Sugar Dispenser, 2016

    Beadwork

  7. Woven Willow Basket by Sandra Eagle, Image 1.

    Sandra Eagle

    Woven Willow Basket, 2016

    Basket

  8. Duck Decoy by Joey Allen, Image 1.

    Joey Allen

    Duck Decoy, 2015

    Tule

    7 x 10 x 5.375 in

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About the artist

Frank Buffalo Hyde

Nez Perce / Onondaga Nation and Beaver Clan

b. 1974

Frank Buffalo Hyde grew up surrounded by traditional Native American art. He had artists on both sides of his family and his parents met at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). From an early age, however, Hyde knew he wanted to make his own mark. Born in Santa Fe and raised on his mother’s Onandaga reservation, Hyde saught to dismantle stereotypes of Native American culture with his work by taking imagery from pop culture, politics, films, television shows, etc. and overlaps the references to replicate what he refers to as “the collective unconsciousness of the 21st century. In his painting series “In-Appropriate,” Hyde paints satirical portraits of people wearing “jacked-up portrayal(s) of Native American imagery” that are at once funny and revolting. Hyde overtly defies the aesthetics of what people might think Native American art “should” look like, including subjects such as selfie-sticks, iPhones, cheerleaders and plates of buffalo wings. His narrative series I-Witness Culture explores life as a Native American in the digital age. Hyde’s work addresses contemporary America’s fear of the “other,” and the tendency to homogenize indigenous cultures to counter this fear (which ultimately materializes as racist mascots and costumes). Hyde’s work has been exhibited internationally, and he was artist-in-residence at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe.
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