Get to Know These Indigenous Artists from the HOSH Native American Art Show
The Hole Gallery on Bowery debuted HOSH’s artists for an evening of Native American storytelling and artist collaborations.
Biker T-Shirt by Craig George, 2025
During this critical time of white supremacy continuing to try to erase Indigenous people and their land, it’s important we recognize the next generations of those preserving Indigenous roots, practices, and legacies. Co-founded by D.Y. Begay and Tom Tarica, HOSH is a new creative platform that celebrates Native American stories and empowers them through fashion and art.
HOSH calls for Native Americans to reclaim their narratives through innovation to help rebuild their future from what was unrightfully taken and erased from them, as well as uphold the history of the generations before them. The name HOSH stems from a Diné (Navajo) word that translates to “cactus,” representing resilience and strength. Its logo is a Gila Woodpecker, whose home is inside a Saguaro cactus.
Last week, The Hole Gallery on Bowery debuted HOSH’s artists for an evening of Native American storytelling and artist collaborations, including a live performance by Ken Pomeroy, a Cherokee singer-songwriter with music featured in Reservation Dogs. Each artist specializes in unparalleled crafts, including painting, weaving, silversmithing, and pottery. Learn more about the artists who are a part of HOSH and were on view at The Hole.
Tony Abeyta
Untitled (Bracelet), Silver and Coral, 2018
Tony Abeyta is a Diné (Navajo) mixed media contemporary artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Berkeley, California. He specializes in mediums such as charcoal, oil, acrylic, and silversmithing, creating abstracts, sculptures, landscapes, and jewelry. Abeyta’s work has been featured in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Denver Art Museum, the Autry Museum, and numerous other public and private collections.
Transformation, 2012
D.Y. Begay is a Diné (Navajo) textile artist born into the Tóʼtsohnii (Big Water) Clan and born from the Táchiiʼnii (Red Streak Earth Clan. She is a fifth-generation weaver, inspired by the women who came before her. She utilizes natural dyes and traditional weaving techniques to blend modern designs with her homeland's heritage. Her work bridges the gap between traditions and experimental works, as well as expresses the power of color and design.
Berdine Begay
Indigo Scape, 2015
Inspired by her sister, D.Y., and her family, Berdine Begay has been weaving since a young age. She creates intricate designs through her early knowledge of fiber and textile design. She is heavily inspired by her family’s abstract style of weaving landscape and nature settings. Begay often uses hand-dyed and churro wool for her textile designs.
Berdina Y. Charley
Our Bodies, Hearts, and Village
Using traditional weaving techniques such as wedging and soumak twining, Berdina Y. Charley integrates the legacy of her family’s weaving into her own. As a fifth-generation Diné (Navajo) from Tselani, Arizona, her preservation of traditional crafting blends with innovative designs.
Untitled (Land of Enchantment)
Craig George’s artworks embody the best of both worlds: his upbringing in South Central Los Angeles and his current home on the Navajo Nation reservation in Arizona. Many of his juxtaposing paintings display Indigenous people traveling through cityscapes. George, who began as a self-taught artist, soon after attended Santa Fe’s Institute of the American Indian Arts (IAIA). This has expanded his knowledge and appreciation for other tribes, helping to broaden his style of painting.
Specializing in intricate craftsmanship, Mary Louise Tafoya creates handmade, authentic Native American jewelry in the Kewa Pueblo. Born in Santo Domingo, Tafoya crafts each of her unique pieces from materials such as natural stones, shells, and sterling silver. When Tafoya was young, her father taught her everything she knows about Native American traditions, dyes, patterns, methods, and materials.
Áshkii Gáamalii : The Boy Who Lives in Two Worlds, 2021
Tyrrell Tapaha is a Diné (Navajo) weaver and fiber artist who confronts colonization, fascism, and cultural erasure. Created for both aesthetic and utilitarian reasons, Tapaha incorporates their memories, experiences, and ancestry into each weaving. Based in the Four Corners region of the Navajo Nation, Tapaha also works as a sheep herder, allowing them to be constantly surrounded by the natural resources to help them achieve carefully-crafted woven textiles.
Jared Tso is a fourth-generation Diné (Navajo) who integrates modern pottery designs into traditional practices. His love for creating these vessels began with the ones his late grandmother had made. While he got his MFA degree in electrical engineering at the University of New Mexico, he aspires to continue the timeless creations of Navajo pottery.
