Studio Equipment Emergency Funds
Yá'át'ééh! My name is Demian DinéYazhi' and I am an artist/writer/curator living in Portland, Oregon. I am raising funds solely for the purpose of replacing equipment that was ruined due to water damage. Unfortunately, this could not have happened at a worse time for my personal budget and living expenses, and it also greatly impacts funds needed to produce work for upcoming exhibitions, workshops, and travel. All of which are critical components that drive my ability to be a functioning and working artist in a competitive art field.
Given the current circumstances, I am unable to function as a practicing artist without setting up this emergency fund. I am kindly ask for any financial support to help me get back on my feet and repair as much damage as possible. In return, if requested, I will assemble a small care package as a thank you, OR exchange freelance services for design work, photography, or writing/poetry. I greatly appreciate anything you are able to spare, if even that means sharing this with your community.
Ahéhéé // xo -
Demian DinéYazhi'
Poetry reading at the Asian American Writers' Workshop in New York City during "Solastaglia" poetry tour with artist Jess X Chen.
About Artist:
Demian DinéYazhi’ is a Portland-based transdisciplinary artist born to the clans Naasht'ézhí Tábąąhá (Zuni Clan Water's Edge) and Tódích'íí'nii (Bitter Water) of the Diné (Navajo). His work is best understood through the lens of curatorial inquiry, zine production, street interventions, education, workshops, & art production. Demian’s artwork and writing is an evolving inquiry into Radical Indigenous Queer Feminist ideology and has been exhibited and published nationally and internationally. He received his BFA in Intermedia Arts from PNCA, where he received the Intermedia Department Award for his thesis exhibition BURY MY ART AT WOUNDED KNEE: Blood & Guts in the Art School Industrial Complex. He is the founder and director of the artist/activist initiative, R.I.S.E.: Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment, which is dedicated to the education, perseverance, & evolution of Indigenous art and culture.
Links
www.demiandineyazhi.com
www.burymyart.tumblr.com
www.instagram.com/heterogeneoushomosexual
Work Samples:
Make Native America Great Again, 2016.
By: Demian DinéYazhi’ & John Henry/Tracy Schlapp
Artwork currently on exhibition at Portland Art Museum in the Center for Contemporary Native Art (CCNA). March 19th - August 28th, 2016.
Untitled (Winter Solstice, 2010), 2011
By: Demian DinéYazhi’
Preview for forthcoming exhibition*, "In Your Wildest Dreams", featuring text and visual poetry by Demian DinéYazhi'. Opening July 19th, 2016 - Littman White Galleries in Portland, OR.
*The artwork for this exhibition has yet to be printed. As previously stated, this type of artwork was previously worked into my budget and is a priority for me to exhibit work and expand my career.
Artwork credited through R.IS.E.: Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment.
Artwork credited through R.IS.E.: Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment.