Demian DinéYazhi
Last updated: October 2025
Demian DinéYazhi ́is a Portland-based transdisciplinary artist born to the clans Naasht’ézhí Tábąąhá (Zuni Clan Water’s Edge), and Tódích’íí’nii (Bitter Water) of the Diné (Navajo). Their work is best understood through the lens of curatorial inquiry, zine production, street interventions, education, workshops, & transdisciplinary methods of art production. DinéYazhi’ received their BFA in Intermedia Arts from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2014. They are the founder & director of the artist/activist/warrior initiative, R.I.S.E. (Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment), as well as the creative director of LOCUSTS: A Post-Queer Nation Zine.
Bio courtesy of the artist.
