UW–Madison alumna Dyani White Hawk has been selected for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 80th biennial exhibition, “Quiet as It’s Kept.”
White Hawk earned her MFA and is currently a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Education’s Art Department. This fall, she will begin as an assistant professor in the 2D painting and drawing area with the department.
White Hawk is among 63 artists and collectives that have been selected for the show, which will run from April 6 to Sept. 5 and is described as “a constellation of the most relevant art and ideas of our time.”
“The work I created for this exhibition, with the help of an amazing team of assistants, is a large-scale, mixed-media beaded piece rooted in Lakota aesthetics,” says White Hawk.
The Whitney Biennial was introduced in 1932 by the museum’s founder, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Established to chart developments in art of the United States, it is the longest-running exhibition of its kind, and more than 3,600 influential and innovative artists have participated in a Whitney biennial or annual.
“I am deeply grateful to be exhibiting at the 2022 Whitney biennial,” remarks White Hawk. “I am especially excited to be one of four Native artists included in this year’s biennial. It does my heart good to know that this group of Indigenous artists will have their work and voices in conversation with a diverse body of amazing artists in one of the farthest-reaching exhibitions in the country.”
View more information, including a video, about the Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept on the museum’s website.