Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation and one of the most prominent Native American artists working today, known for her bold, politically charged paintings that blend abstraction with text, collage, and imagery drawn from Indigenous culture and history. Her work critically examines colonialism, environmental issues, and the erasure of Native peoples, often incorporating newspaper clippings, maps, and pop culture references into richly layered compositions. A tireless advocate for Indigenous artists, she has curated landmark exhibitions and mentored generations of Native American artists throughout her decades-long career.