Will Wilson
Will Wilson
Diné (Navajo), born 1969
formative years living on the Navajo Nation. His photography practice
centers around the continuation and transformation of customary
Indigenous cultural practice, countering the ‘archival impulse’
embedded within the historical imageries of Native peoples. Through
various methods of photography, Wilson combines digital technology,
historic photographic processes, performance, and installation around
themes of environmental activism, the impacts of cultural and
environmental change on Indigenous peoples, and the possibility of
cultural survival and renewal.
Wilson studied photography, sculpture, and art history at the University
of New Mexico where he received his Master’s in Fine Arts. Wilson has
been honored with the Eiteljorg Native American Fine Art Fellowship,
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Sculpture, Pollock-Krasner
Foundation Grant for Photography and he was the Doran Artist in
Residence at the Yale University Art Gallery. Wilson has held visiting
professorships at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Oberlin College, and the University of Arizona. His work is exhibited and collected internationally, and he is Head of Photography at Santa Fe Community
College.
From: Native Arts + Culture Foundation website
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