Will Wilson

Will Wilson, Navajo Codex 1, Eye Dazzler Project

Will Wilson
1969-
Diné/Navajo
Date
2011
Medium Specific
Vinyl, paper, emboss, thread, hand-punch out
Classification
Mixed Media
Dimensions
62 x 37 in. (162.6 x 94 cm.)
Accession Number
2024.35.25.02
Credit
Gift of Zelma Long and Phillip Freese
Memo / Artist Statement
The eyeDazzler Project is a trans-customary collaborative expression which brings together innovation and traditional Diné design. 2011
Biography
Will Wilson’s art projects center around the continuation and transformation of customary Indigenous cultural practice. He is a Diné photographer and trans-customary artist who spent his formative years living on the Navajo Nation. Wilson studied photography, sculpture, and art history at the University of New Mexico (MFA, Photography, 2002) and Oberlin College (BA, Studio Art and Art History, 1993). Wilson has won the Native American Fine Art Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award for Sculpture, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Photography and the Doran Artist in Residence a the Yale University Art Gallery. Wilson has held visiting professorships at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Oberlin College, and the University of Arizona. In 2017, Wilson received the NM Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. His work is exhibited and collected internationally. Wilson is program Head of Photography at Santa Fe Community College.
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