Melanie's work focuses primarily on themes of indigenous people. Her subject matter is significant because the serious undertones reference native postcolonial dilemmas. Her art is accessible to the public on many levels and the main focus is on connecting with people and educating people about the contemporary status of one indigenous woman and hoping that people can learn from her experience. Melanie Yazzie works a wide range of media that include printmaking, painting, sculpting, and ceramics, as well as installation art. Yazzie earned a BA in Studio Art with a minor in Spanish from Arizona State University in 1990 and an MFA in printmaking from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1993. She first studied art at the Westtown School in Pennsylvania. Although she grew up on the Navajo Nation, Melanie Yazzie is of the Salt Water Clan born for the Bitter Water Clan. She is Navajo of the Áshįįhí, born for Tó Dichʼíinii. Yazzie was born in 1966 in Ganado, Arizona, United States. She teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Melanie Yazzie is a Navajo sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. Hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/30, attributed, titled, dated and numbered again to paper label She is a Professor and Head of Printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History at University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Melanie Yazzie exhibits internationally and has is represented exclusively by our gallery 1995. The work is also informed and shaped by personal experiences and tries to tell many stories about things both real and imagined. I believe my work is reflecting this shift. Due to personal health issues and trying to live a calmer lifestyle, I have been focusing on quiet and balance. My early work focused on depictions of the harsh realities of Native peoples (i.e., racism, identity conflict, poverty, abuse, etc.) to bring to Native issues to the forefront, but more recently I have been making work with a positive twist. My work incorporates both personal experiences as well as the events and symbols from Dine culture. As an artist, I work to serve as an agent of change by encouraging others to learn about social, cultural, and political phenomena shaping the contemporary lives of Native peoples in the United States and beyond. The work I make attempts to follows the Diné dictum “walk in beauty” literally, creating beauty and harmony. They Help Each Other, sculpture by Melanie Yazzie, silver, stack of animalsĬontact for delivery times and color options.Īs a printmaker, painter, and sculptor, my work draws upon my rich Diné heritage.
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