‘Introductions | Dyani White Hawk’ at White Cube

Introductions | Dyani White Hawk November 4, 2022 – January 6, 2023 “White Cube is pleased to present an online exhibition of works by Dyani White Hawk. As a Sičáŋğu Lakota artist, White Hawk’s practice is informed by a Lakota worldview, which places at its centre the interrelatedness between all life and the land. Understanding culture […]

White Hawk included in 2022 Whitney Biennial: Quiet As It’s Kept

White Hawk among 63 artists exhibiting in the 2022 Whitney Biennial, Quiet As It’s Kept. “The Whitney Biennial was introduced in 1932 by the Museum’s founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Established to chart developments in art of the United States, it is the longest-running exhibition of its kind. To date, more than 3,600 influential and innovative […]

Review: Dyani White Hawk: Speaking To Relatives at MCA Denver

Review of Dyani White Hawk: Speaking to Relatives at MCA Denver by Emelie Trice, featured in Southwest Contemporary “Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) is a cultural interpreter, bridging visual languages of her Indigenous and European heritages through radiant paintings that practically glow in the first floor galleries of Museum of Contemporary Art Denver as part […]

Dyani White Hawk: Speaking to Relatives, solo exhibition at MCA Denver

Dyani White Hawk: Speaking to Relatives, solo exhibition at MCA Denver, February 16th – May 22nd, 2022 “Providing further opportunity to unpack the broader history of abstraction, Dyani White Hawk: Speaking to Relatives, will present a ten-year survey of painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installation by the Minneapolis based artist. This major solo exhibition of […]

White Hawk receives 2021 Anonymous Was a Woman Award

Art News article announces 2021 Anonymous Was a Woman Award recipients White Hawk among 14 recipients of the 2021 Anonymous Was a Woman Award. “Anonymous Was A Woman is an unrestricted grant of $25,000 that enables women artists, over 40 years of age and at a significant juncture in their lives or careers, to continue […]

White Hawk recipient of 2021 McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship

White Hawk recipient of 2021 McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship “Since 1982 the McKnight Fellowships for Visual Artists has rewarded talented Minnesota visual artists whose work is of exceptional artistic merit and who are at a career stage beyond emerging. Each year six $25,000 fellowships in the visual arts category are awarded. The focus of the […]

Dyani White Hawk: Speaking to Relatives, interview with Sheila Regan

The influence of Indigenous aesthetics on abstract painting, material hierarchies, and retelling histories “Through her practice, Minnesota artist Dyani White Hawk brings Lakota artistic practices like bead and quill work into conversation with European and American abstract art lineages, tearing down hierarchies and offering new ways to understand the intersection of Western and Indigenous aesthetics.”

White Hawk receives 2021 Arts and Letters Awards in Art

Eleven awards of $10,000 each to honor exceptional accomplishment and encourage creative work. SUZANNE BOCANEGRA • LISA CORINNE DAVIS COCO FUSCO • SUZANNE JOELSON • THADDEUS MOSLEY AKI SASAMOTO • MING SMITH • ELIZABETH TUBERGEN MARIE WATT • DYANI WHITE HAWK • CARMEN WINANT New York, March 23, 2021—The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the 18 artists who will receive its 2021 awards in art. […]