Yá’át’ééh shik’éí dóó shidine’é!

  Shi éí Kaitlyn Jones. Naakai dine'é nishłį́, (Mexican Clan) Bit'ahnii bashishchiin, (Under the Cover) T ł 'ááshchí'í dashicheii, (The Red Bottom people) Ta'neeszahnii dashinalí. (Tangled people) Ákót’éego Diné ateed nishłį́.

  Kaitlyn Jones is a Diné artist from New Mexico, graduating in 2019 from the Native American Community Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Currently, Jones attends the Institute of American Indian Arts, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking.  With her experience in 2-D mediums, she is able to investigate processes in her work through acrylics, watercolors, and printmaking techniques, such as monotype and linocut. Her work has been displayed at the John A. Day Gallery in South Dakota, as well as the Nativo Lodge in Albuquerque. Alongside the exhibition, she gained experience as a teacher’s assistant

  My artwork is culturally based in my heritage as a Diné matriarch. The artworks stem from the thoughts we create with an understanding of beauty and harmony within ourselves and our environment. We as Diné are taught throughout our lives how to live in a ‘good way,’ and through my art, I focus on this idea while expanding upon attributes of a traditional lifestyle. I use printmaking and painting to explore concepts of Diné practices and storytelling. Through each medium, I expand upon the stories of my childhood, while combining them with a contemporary perspective.

 

Resume/CV

Education
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
2019-2020

Institute of American Indian Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2020-Present

Work Experience
Muesum Club, Institute of American Indian Arts — Vice President
2021-2022

Oscar Howe Art Institute, University of South Dakota — Counselor
2018-2022

Art Gallery, University of New Mexico - Assistant
2019

Working Classroom, Albuquerque, NM - Teacher’s Aide
2016-2018


Exhibitions
Bee’s Knees: Insects At IAIA, Balzar Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022
5th Annual Healing Circle, Pueblo Action Alliance, Albuquerque, NM
2021
Square Mileage Art Show, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2021
Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute Reception, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
2021
Young Matriarchs, Karuna Collective and Orpheum Community Hub, Albuquerque, NM
2020
Nativesque, Nativo Lodge, Albuquerque, NM
2019

Awards/Scholarshops
Student Recognition Award, Printmaking, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2022
The Cobell Scholarship, Indigenous Education Inc. Albuquerque, NM
2019-Present

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