This year, Osage Artist and Fashion Designer, Dante Biss-Grayson, is showcasing his work during the 100th year anniversary of the Santa Fe Indian Market at the La Fonda Hotel from his Sky-Eagle Collection in partnership with Sovereign Santa Fe Art Expo. The event continues today at 7 PM.
The show is entitled New Native Fashion: Empower by the Sky-Eagle Collection & Sovereign Santa Fe and will benefit The Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. (CSVANW) nonprofit. https://www.csvanw.org
Amber Midthunder, star of the new movie “Prey” a prequel to the “Predator” movie, was slated to walk the runway with Biss-Grayson’s New Native Fashion: EMPOWER, he designed a “NARU” look to play homage to the recent runaway hit where Amber plays NARU. Native American Badass! Makeup Artist, Indigenous Eyecon @calijem on Instagram worked her magic on @aeroprey models!
Click on the image below to view the photo album from the event on August 19th 2022
About Dante Biss-Grayson and Sky-Eagle Collection
Artist, Designer, Poet, Writer, Activist
Being half Native American, of the Osage Nation, Dante uses the archetype as an image to guide his artistic process, getting into a trance-like state and letting the work find itself. He adheres to the Zen tradition of simple strokes converging with one idea, leaving on the canvas one decisive expression.
Dante Biss-Grayson’s art is an expression of his experiences as a combat veteran combined with the PTSD those experiences begot him. Having studied art before enlisting, he became reacquainted with painting as a means of confronting and expressing the loss, the absurdity, and the beauty of war. He writes that he “grew up as the apprentice/protégé and son of [artists] Earl Biss and Gina Gray,” surrounded by the radical art of the 1960s/70s-era Institute of American Indian Arts.
Visit www.skyeaglecollection.com for shopping and fashion and more info.
About Sovereign Santa Fe
SSF is a Contemporary Native American Arts exhibition, guest curated by Tony Abeyta showcasing cutting edge indigenous creativity. Sovereign’s mission is to create a platform to highlight ‘NewSchool’ Native American Arts and its elusive relationship between traditional and contemporary. Established to give vibrant Native American artists an on-trend platform to showcase and share their accomplished works and talents.
Organized by FaraHNHeight Fine Art, SSF2022 fosters a community of forward-thinking artists. The exhibition features contemporary paintings, sculptures, and fashion.
SSF2022 is an interactive experience, that allows visitors to view and experience contemporary native artists’ works, including but not limited to: Jonathan Warm Day Coming, Danielle SeeWalker, Isaiah Stewart, Raven Arbuckle, Santiago Rivera, Robyn Tsannajinnie, Micha Wesley, Nizhonniya Austin, Jesse Raine Littlebird, Derayna DeClay, Ivan Lee, Felicia Gabaldon, Elwin Shorthair, Dante Biss-Grayson, Patrick CloudFace Burnham, Dustin Mater, Rick Gendron, Preston Pierre, Randy Barton, Sean Deloria Blackwolf, Jay Smiley, Jeremy Singer, Billy Hensley, etc.
This year, Sovereign Santa Fe is designed as a more intimate yet immersive experience, fewer artists than in years past but larger scale work. Some participating artists will be showcasing their unique contemporary native creativity on larger platforms.
