BIOGRAPHY
Dyani White Hawk is a multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis. Her practice, strongly rooted in painting and beadwork, extends into sculpture, installation, video, and performance, reflecting upon cross-cultural experiences through the amalgamation of influences from Lakota and Euro/American abstraction. White Hawk was featured in the 2022 Whitney Biennial and recent solo exhibitions Reflection at Various Small Fires, Los Angeles and Speaking to Relatives at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
She has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, Creative Capital, Anonymous Was a Woman, Academy of Arts and Letters, United States Artists, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Jerome Foundation, McKnight Foundation and Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Her work is among many public and private collections.
COURSES TAUGHT
Dyani White Hawk will be at UC Davis from April 20-26, 2026.
PUBLIC LECTURE
White Hawk will give a public lecture on Thursday, April 26, 2026.
PHOTOS
Photographs will be available at the conclusion of the residency.
Banner photo credit: Dyani White Hawk, Walk With Me, 2024, acrylic and rhinestone chain on canvas, 42 x 72 in. Courtesy of the artist.