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Shí eí Sage Ahebah Addington yinishé. Tachii'nii nishłi doo bilagáana bashish'chiin. Tsi'naajinii dashicheii doo bilagáana dashinalí.
I am a Diné (Navajo) performance artist and sculptor from Breadsprings and Gallup, New Mexico. My work primarily focuses on material, cultural dissonance, and redirecting negative energies.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York
Bachelors of Fine Arts, August 2019 - 2023
Gallup High School, Gallup, New Mexico
Salutatorian, May 2018
Awards & Prizes
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Award 2023
Artist-n-Residence
Indian Summer 2023, American Indian Community House
Exhibitions
Group Shows
LandShape, 2023 New York, New York
Pueblos y Nacionalidades, 2022 New York, New York
Still. Life., 2021 Gallup, New Mexico
Off the Wall, 2021 Gallup, New Mexico
The August Show, 2017 Gallup, New Mexico
The April Show, 2017 Gallup, New Mexico
Mega Mini, 2017 Gallup, New Mexico
ART 123 Student Group Show, 2017 Gallup, New Mexico
UNM High School Student Group Show, 2017 Gallup, New Mexico
Solo Shows
Loominescent, 2019 Gallup, New Mexico
Cusp of Duality, 2018 Gallup, New Mexico
Nahilnaah, 2023 New York, New York
Other
Publications
2025
I Care If You Listen, April 2025
2024
Unsettled (Zine), Edition 1, December 2024
2021
Gallup Journey, July Edition, July 2021
2020
Popular Among The Strange, Instagram post, December 2020
16th Annual Gallup Journey Arts Edition, feature, January 2020
2019
Gallup Independent, Arts Crawl section, June 2019
Gallup Independent, Day in the Life of Gallup section, January 2019