Natani Notah

Natani Notah (b. 1992, San Bernardino, CA) is a Diné (Navajo) interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores contemporary Native American existence through the lens of Indigenous Feminism. Notah has exhibited her work at institutions such as Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Marin MOCA), Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art, Tucson Desert Art Museum, Longmont Museum, apexart NYC, and elsewhere. Notah has received awards from Art Matters, International Sculpture Center, and the San Francisco Foundation. Her work has appeared in Artforum, Art in America, Hyperallergic, Forbes, and Sculpture Magazine and she has completed artist residencies at the Studios at MASS MoCA, Santa Fe Art Institute, Vermont Studio Center, and Grounds for Sculpture. Additionally she has successfully completed artist fellowships with the Headlands Center for the Arts, Kala Art Institute, and the Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Notah holds a BFA with a minor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Cornell University and an MFA from Stanford University. Currently she lives and works in Waterville, ME as a fellow in residence with the Lunder Institute for American Art, a collaborative initiative of the Colby College Museum of Art.

Works

Swing Low, 2023. Mixed media (graphite, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, colored pencil, marker) and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Pass the Peyote, 2023. Mixed media (graphite, watercolor, acrylic, ink, charcoal pencil) and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Thrown for a Loop, 2023. Mixed media (graphite, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, colored pencil) and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Navajo Leg with a Fishnet Stocking, 2022. Mixed media drawing and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Green Flags Turning Red, 2022. Mixed media (graphite, watercolor, acrylic, ink, charcoal pencil) and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Spider Woman's Jaws, 2023. Leather, seed beads, thread, acrylic paint, faux fur, artificial sinew, and plastic corn pellets; 15 1/2 x 8 x 4 in.; 39.4 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm.

Spreadeagle, 2023. Satin, seed beads, thread, faux fur, and plastic corn pellets; 12 x 16 x 3 in.; 30.5 x 40.6 x 7.6 cm.

C-section, 2022. Leather, seed beads, thread, acrylic paint, faux fur, artificial sinew, and plastic corn pellets; 2 1/2 x 24 x 4 in.; 6.3 x 61 x 10.2 cm.

Hero Twins, 2022. Leather, seed beads, thread, acrylic paint, faux fur, artificial sinew, and plastic corn pellets; 2 x 14 x 7 in.; 5.1 x 35.6 x 17.8 cm.

Swing Low, 2023. Mixed media (graphite, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, colored pencil, marker) and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Pass the Peyote, 2023. Mixed media (graphite, watercolor, acrylic, ink, charcoal pencil) and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Thrown for a Loop, 2023. Mixed media (graphite, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, colored pencil) and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Navajo Leg with a Fishnet Stocking, 2022. Mixed media drawing and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Green Flags Turning Red, 2022. Mixed media (graphite, watercolor, acrylic, ink, charcoal pencil) and collage on archival paper; 30 x 22 in. | 76.2 x 55.9 cm (paper size); 34 x 26 1/2 in. | 86.4 x 67.3 cm (frame size)

Spider Woman's Jaws, 2023. Leather, seed beads, thread, acrylic paint, faux fur, artificial sinew, and plastic corn pellets; 15 1/2 x 8 x 4 in.; 39.4 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm.

Spreadeagle, 2023. Satin, seed beads, thread, faux fur, and plastic corn pellets; 12 x 16 x 3 in.; 30.5 x 40.6 x 7.6 cm.

C-section, 2022. Leather, seed beads, thread, acrylic paint, faux fur, artificial sinew, and plastic corn pellets; 2 1/2 x 24 x 4 in.; 6.3 x 61 x 10.2 cm.

Hero Twins, 2022. Leather, seed beads, thread, acrylic paint, faux fur, artificial sinew, and plastic corn pellets; 2 x 14 x 7 in.; 5.1 x 35.6 x 17.8 cm.

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