Indigenous Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Artists
Back in August 2020, I started curating a list of Indigenous Two-Spirit and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer artists that people can financially support or follow. They range from photographers, digital artists, bead-makers, jewelry creators, fashion designers, comic book artists, and so much more.
If you or if you would like to suggest someone to be considered // added, please email dineaesthetics@gmail.com with the following information:
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- Name
- Social Media Handles (preferable Instagram)
- Tribal Affiliation
- 1-2 Sentence Bio
- Links to Artwork + Business
- English Pronouns
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Below are their Instagram accounts, bios and links to their websites in alphabetical order.
- @anangookwe.wolf | they/them or she / her
- An Assiniboine, Dakota, and Anishinaabe artist who creates beaded adornments and garments inspired by their grandmothers.
- website: https://www.anangookwewolf.com/
- An Assiniboine, Dakota, and Anishinaabe artist who creates beaded adornments and garments inspired by their grandmothers.
- @aprilnicoleart |she / her
- A Latina/Choctaw bisexual fine artist and poet. I create acrylic paintings that evoke femininity through the use of fanciful colors and bold imagery.
- website: https://www.aprilnicoleart.com/
- A Latina/Choctaw bisexual fine artist and poet. I create acrylic paintings that evoke femininity through the use of fanciful colors and bold imagery.
- @arvisoalvordbeadwork | they / them
- A Diné Two-Spirit student specializing in beadwork, photography, and painting.
- @bvlbanchacollective | they / them
- Artist, activist, and cultural revitalization. An Indigenous mutual aid collective working in and for Bvlbancha.
- website: http://patreon.com/elapufe
- website: http://www.bvlbanchacollective.com/
- Artist, activist, and cultural revitalization. An Indigenous mutual aid collective working in and for Bvlbancha.
- @cheiiarts | he / him
- A Diné artist who is working on creating a comic book inspired by Diné creation stories.
- @clinknows | they / them
- A Diné visual artist whose artwork is influenced by identity, experience, culture, family, imagination, curiosity, and exploration.
- @darklistedphotography | he / him
- A Queer Indigenous photographer and storyteller who visually dedicated to capturing and conveying photographs of many individuals in their own environments.
- @delesslin | he / they
- A queer Catawba artist, educator, and community organizer.
- @dezbah.rose | she / they
- A yuchi-ppewa-vajo cosplay artist who creates art and adornments.
- @dioganhdih | they / them
- A Mohawk, two-spirit Indigenous hip-hop artist, public speaker and beat producer making waves in space where cis+heteronormative culture often remains unchallenged. Shouldering the strength and resilience of their Kanien’kehá:ka and Tsa’la’gi lineage, Dioganhdih’s vocal and hip-hop performance is a poetic and lyrical affront to colonialism.
- website: https://www.dioganhdih.com/
- A Mohawk, two-spirit Indigenous hip-hop artist, public speaker and beat producer making waves in space where cis+heteronormative culture often remains unchallenged. Shouldering the strength and resilience of their Kanien’kehá:ka and Tsa’la’gi lineage, Dioganhdih’s vocal and hip-hop performance is a poetic and lyrical affront to colonialism.
- @dommivera | they / them
- A Mvskôkē-Creek interdisciplinary visual artist with a concentration in photography, both digital and film, large and medium format, and pen/ink illustration. Their work is rooted in contemporary representations of Indigeneity by uplifting varying forms of femininity and life experience
- website: https://www.hotvlkuceharjo.com/
- A Mvskôkē-Creek interdisciplinary visual artist with a concentration in photography, both digital and film, large and medium format, and pen/ink illustration. Their work is rooted in contemporary representations of Indigeneity by uplifting varying forms of femininity and life experience
- @doodlejooz | they / them
- A proud Cree graphic design student that loves to create digital character art as well as stories that will become bigger projects one day.
- @evanbenallyatwood | they / them
- A Diné visual creative, specializing in analog film, queer empowerment, and storytelling.
- website: www.evanjamesatwood.com
- A Diné visual creative, specializing in analog film, queer empowerment, and storytelling.
- @hozho_life | he / they
- A Diné visual artist who draws inspiration from their culture and community.
- @indigenousvengeance | they / them
- A Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe 2-Spirit artist who specializes in photography and printmaking.
- @jayluckeyart | they / them
- A Crow Baté (Two-Spirit) who makes traditional and digital art as well as poetry. Check out my work!
- @nokomaw.beadwork | he / him
- A queer Mi’gmaw, Italian, and Jewish student who creates beadwork as medicine and for reconnection drawing from historical designs and modern ones to celebrate indigeneity.
- @moe.butterfly.art | they / them
- A Seneca artist who really loves to create illustrations.
- @mxsemee | they / them
- An Akimel Otham, Hopi, and Diné self-taught artist & zine maker, who uses collage, portrait art, and illustration as a form of survival work to heal from trauma.
- website: https://www.semanathompson.com/
- An Akimel Otham, Hopi, and Diné self-taught artist & zine maker, who uses collage, portrait art, and illustration as a form of survival work to heal from trauma.
- @NaineNalina | she / they
- A Seminole artist specializing in digital and in traditional art. I also dabble in the arts of poetry, I try to incorporate a lot of my culture in what I create.
- @ndnfggtmovement | she / they
- A Diné visual artist and poet who articulates their experience through surreal depictions.
- @oceansun.bear | he / him
- A Diné-owned small business who believes in giving back to our community through beaded pieces and artwork.
- @paintedturtleco | he / him
- An Odawa 2-Spirit illustrator, graphic designer, and writer.
- website: https://paintedturtleco.com/
- An Odawa 2-Spirit illustrator, graphic designer, and writer.
- @queerkwe | she / they
- An Anishinaabe Two-Spirit beader who makes pride jewelry.
- website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/queerkwe
- An Anishinaabe Two-Spirit beader who makes pride jewelry.
- @redriverbeadwork | she / hers
- A bisexual Choctaw student who specializes in contemporary beadwoven jewelry.
- @rezinbabe | she / they
- An Indigiqueer / 2S artist who makes handmade jewelry using resin and medicine.
- @ribbonskirt_beauty | she / her or they / them
- An Afro Indigenous wíŋyaŋ making custom ribbon skirts to help her Indigenous relatives shine in their beauty and their power.
- @sagebrush.juniper | she / they
- Run by 3 Indigenous women from the Diné Nation and we are all sisters. We are a fairly new business so we’re just now getting merchandise up which will include stickers, art prints, apparel, handmade crochet items, beadwork, and more.
- @samivaya
- A Hopi artist with albinism who makes contemporary abstract jewelry inspired by their culture and lived experiences.
- website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/samivaya
- A Hopi artist with albinism who makes contemporary abstract jewelry inspired by their culture and lived experiences.
- @skidskunx | she / they
- A Diné & Vietnamese Artist/Anarchist who makes statement jewelry, while also creating artwork that combines modern/traditional into their art.
- @sweetgrass_and_sage | she / they
- A Haudenosauneeand & Anishinaabe artist & beadworker who blends contemporary ideas & traditional designs with a heart for activism & Indigenous sovereignty movements.
- @the.beads.knees | they / them
- A Mi’kmaw and French 2spirit beadwork artist who creates contemporary beadwork as a reminder that Indigenous cultures are not relics.
- website: https://thebeadsknees.ca/
- A Mi’kmaw and French 2spirit beadwork artist who creates contemporary beadwork as a reminder that Indigenous cultures are not relics.
- @triplejeopardyproductions | she / they
- A Diné and Annishinabe Two Spirit artist whose medium primarily focuses on drawing, painting and sculptural work. She’s best known for her comic book, The Sixth World, about Indigenous Futurisms. website:
- @tyblackwater | she / they
- A Dine artist who beads and creates visual art. They offer discounts to LGBTQ2S relatives.
- website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BLKSERIES
- A Dine artist who beads and creates visual art. They offer discounts to LGBTQ2S relatives.
- @yukka-art | He / They / Them
- A queer Navajo/Apache multidisciplinary artist who specializes in photography, sculpture, and drawing.
- website: https://addingtonart.weebly.com/
- A queer Navajo/Apache multidisciplinary artist who specializes in photography, sculpture, and drawing.
- @zesty.zekie | he/him
- A Diné photographer and aspiring filmmaker. For him, representation matters.