Damian Jim (born 1973) is a Diné (
Navajo
The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...
) artist. He is known for his design work on traditional woven baskets, in addition to digital art, photography, and work with acrylic, oil, and ink.
Early life and education
Damin Jim was born in 1973 in
Shiprock, New Mexico
Shiprock ( nv, ) is a unincorporated community on the Navajo Nation, Navajo reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 7,718 people in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. For statistical purposes, the Un ...
on the
Navajo Nation.
Jim received training in graphic design from the Al Collins Graphic Design School. He also has a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems.
Art career
Jim is well known for his work as a basket design. He began this work by sketching symbols from Navajo oral history
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people wh ...
, editing the image with a computer, and discussing the design with weavers for their input. His first job was with the Twin Rocks Trading Post in Utah, where his designs were used by leading Navajo weavers and helped sustain Navajo basketry. His designs were also used by rug weavers and jewelers.street art
Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art.
Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant graff ...
aesthetics, incorporating retellings of Indigenous stories, in work with acrylic, oil, and ink on canvas and paper.
He co-founded and managed 1Spot, one of the few Native Americans in the United States-led art galleries in Phoenix, Arizona.
Publishing
Damian Jim helped create ''Ziindi: Indigenous Art Zine'' in 2012.[
]
Awards
* Best Artist of the Year, Flagstaff, AZ (1992)[
* People's Choice, Sedona Fine Arts Festival (1992)][
* First Place, Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum Exhibition (1998)][
* First Place, 2D/Prints and Honorable Mention, 2D/Mixed Medium, Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market (2021)
]
External links
*
Ziindi
indigenous Indigenous art zine
References
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1973 births
Artists from Arizona
Living people
Navajo artists
Native American painters