Artist and photographer Ryle Yazzie will discuss his latest project Native Genes and speak on selecting film and digital images, the printing process, and embracing limitations in art. 

Participants will receive a signed 11 x 17 inch poster printed in three colors, featuring an image derived from Ryle Yazzie's Native Genes catalog. 

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Artist Statement

Growing up traditional and non traditional, on and off the Navajo Reservation, my view of the Navajo Reservation, the people and culture is from a third hybrid view. This third hybrid view is also informed by my experience of living in another country. Living in Dubai introduced me to another culture, government, rules, laws, and an overall different view of the world. My perspective is from an artist’s gaze of outside looking in, of not only the view of Navajo Reservation but also the US. I am using analog photography as the vehicle for double exposures, triptych and diptychs, as well as installations that play with romanticization and fetishization of Native life. I’m also interested in the ideas of citizenship through representation, using satire and the tactics of consumerist media.