Jamie Nakagawa Boley is a Choctaw interdisciplinary artist and writer, working with painting, video, photography and installation. Her practice is deeply connected to the landscape of the San Joaquin Valley and foothills. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions, including Standing In the Gap, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, Valencia College. Orlando, Florida (2020); Mother to Mother, Virtually — Knots & Nodes, SAIC, Chicago, IL, 2020 Art Crush, SAIC Columbus Gallery, Chicago IL 2018. She holds an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2019) and an M.A. in Studio Art from CSU-Fresno (2017), where she currently teaches. She lives in Visalia, CA.

Image: Jamie Nakagawa Boley, with Corky Mills and Millie Vela (Lakota), Winyan Omnicha, The Gathering of the Women (detail), 2017, oil painted panels, traditional Lakota shawl, sound, found roots, projection, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.