ARTIST_

X is a multidisciplinary practitioner whose work operates at the vanguard of Indigenous futurism, synthesized through the lenses of spatial politics, ancestral epistemologies, and speculative technology. By converging land-based knowledge with emerging digital architectures, X explores the concept of living systems—reconfiguring the built environment as a site-specific ontology shaped by memory, deep time, and embodied experience.

Methodological Approach

As an enrolled citizen of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana and Indigenous CHamoru of Guam, X’s practice is a rigorous exercise in algorithmic sovereignty. Their work challenges the colonial decoupling of technology from the natural world, instead proposing a biotic architecture where the digital and the organic are inextricably linked. X utilizes their dual background in Architecture (MArch, USC) and Art and Technology (MFA, SAIC) to develop a material language that critiques the static nature of colonial structures, replacing them with fluid, responsive installations that honor Indigenous sovereignty.

Exhibition and Provenance

X’s work functions as both a conceptual intervention and a technical feat, leading to an extensive international presence. Their practice is represented in the collections and exhibitions of major global and national institutions, including Ars Electronica, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Field Museum, and the Autry Museum. Currently based in California, X continues to engineer resilient spatial narratives that bridge ancestral presence with speculative, tech-mediated futures.

AWARDS_

2019

3Arts Fellowship
Chandler Family Awardee

2025

2025

Creative Impact Award
Joyce Foundation + United States Artists

United States Artists Fellowship
Media - Ford Foundation

2021

2022

Joyce Foundation Fellowship
Joyce Foundation

E(ART)H Fellowship
Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation

  • FUTURE IMAGINARIES 2024

    FOR FREEDOMS 2024

    ASSEMBLY 2024

    COUNTERPUBLIC 2023

    AND OTHER SUCH STORIES 2020

    INDIGENOUS FUTURISMS 2020

    ERROR 2018

  • (SELECTED)

    PBS
    Feature Interview: "Indigenous Artists Imagine the Future"

    Hyperallergic
    Feature Article: "Highlights from the Santa Fe Indian Market"

    National Geographic
    Feature Article: "How Indigenous People are building Solidarity"

    The Art Newspaper
    Cover Story: "Rebuilding Indigenous Cities, One Mound at a Time"

    Chicago Tribune
    Feature Story: "Artist X Makes his Mark"

    Newcity Design
    Interview: "Reappropriation of Misappropriation"

    Newcity Art
    Special Edition: "Art 50 2020: Chicago’s Artists’ Artists"

  • (SELECTED)

    THE RETURN, 2018. Immersive new media installation.
    Exhibited: Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 2018.

    THE KEEPER, 2020. New media installation. Projection Mapped Video.
    Exhibited: Museum of Contemporary Native Art (MoCNA), Santa Fe, NM, 2020.

    NATIVE BUILDS A COMPUTER, 2020. Single channel video. Performance. Digital occupation.
    Exhibited: Settlement: Mayflower 400 Festival, Plymouth, UK, 2020.

    THE FIRE INSIDE (HAYO TIKBA), 2020. 12’ x 12’ Architectural Installation. Exhibited: Commissioned by The Chicago Architecture Biennial, 2020.

    FLUX ROOM, 2021. Immersive 360° installation.
    Exhibited: Solo Exhibition, WNDR Museum, Chicago, IL, 2021.

    AUGMENT EARTH, 2022. Augmented reality interactive installation.
    Exhibited: Joyce Foundation Award Project, Chicago, IL, 2022.

    OUR RETURN, 2022. Permanent immersive installation. Exhibited: Native American Hall, Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 2022-Current
    Collection: Acquired by Field Museum Permanent Collection, Chicago, IL, 2022.

    THE COILED SERPENT, 2023. Earthwork. 100’ x 100’
    Commissioned: Chicago Public Art Group, Schiller Park, Chicago, IL, 2019.

    (A RIVER) WILL FLOW, 2023. Land Art + Analog Light/Sound Installation. Exhibited: Counterpublic Triennial, St. Louis, MO, 2023.

    VOID_COLLECTION, 2024. Collection of sculpted, quilted, new media. Exhibited: Solo Exhibition, Gerald Peters Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2024.
    Collection: Acquired by TIA Collection, Santa Fe, NM, 2024.

    GLITCH IN PERPETUAL TIME, 2024. 270° XR Installation.
    Exhibited: Pacific Standard Time: Future Imaginaries, Autry/Getty, Los Angeles, CA, 2024–2026.
    Collection: Acquired by Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, 2024.