Larry McNeil, Ax dayéen áa yax haan, Face me

Larry McNeil Xhe Dhé is a member of the Tlingit and Nisgaá nations. As an artist and scholar his work is about the global climate crisis, intersection of cultures, American mythology, irony, satire, and generally making art with a distinctive sense of American identity. McNeil is a contributing author for a number of publications and recently won an Arts and Humanities Fellowship that will allow him to take a year-long leave of absence to dedicate to his photographic research about the global climate crisis.

McNeil’s art has been exhibited at numerous national museums and galleries for over twenty years, and he earned the prestigious Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Art, the National Geographic All Roads Photography Award, and the En Foco New Works award for photography. He has recently participated in numerous high profile arts projects, such as the American Arts in Embassies Project and the international Te Waka Toi/Creative New Zealand–Evergreen Longhouse Indigenous Residency.

McNeil is a Full Professor in the Art Department at Boise State University and he taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe prior to that. He earned his M.F.A. from the University of New Mexico, and the esteemed Van Deren Coke Fellowship in Photography as a graduate student.