Image credit: Anthony Francis
Joe Harjo (b.1973, Oklahoma City, OK) is a Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma artist based in San Antonio, TX. He earned a BFA from the University of Central Oklahoma and an MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Harjo's installations challenge the erasure of Native culture in America, addressing misrepresentation and appropriation.
Recent solo exhibitions include Indian Removal Act I: American Progress, Indian Removal Act II: And She Was, and The Only Certain Way. He advocates for change through his work, confronting mainstream culture's neglect of Native identity.
Harjo has been awarded residencies at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany, and the Vermont Studio Center. He was recently nominated for and awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship. He's a Harpo Foundation Native American Residency Fellow, and his work is held in collections including the San Antonio Museum of Art and Texas A&M University at San Antonio.
