Melanie A. Yazzie (born 1966) is a Navajo sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. She teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder . Early life and education

Melanie K. Yazzie is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She writes and teaches about a range of topics, including Navajo/American Indian history; (neo)liberalism; settler colonialism; Indigenous feminisms; Native American studies; social movements; urban Native experience; political ecology; queer Indigenous studies; biopolitics; water; media ...

As a printmaker, painter, and sculptor, Melanie Yazzie’s work draws upon her rich Diné (Navajo) cultural heritage. Her work follows the Diné dictum “walk in beauty” literally, creating beauty and harmony.

Melanie A. Yazzie, a Navajo (Diné), artist, works in a wide range of media that include printmaking, painting, sculpting, and ceramics, as well as installation art.

Following a profound experience in the waters off of Kona during her 2022 residency at the Mill, Diné artist Melanie Yazzie returns to Hawai'i Island to explore her connections with water, the ocean and this deep source of ancestral knowledge.

Melanie K. Yazzie (Diné) is assistant professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota‑Twin Cities and coauthor of “Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation” and “The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save …

This stunning exhibition from Denver Botanic Gardens features six large-scale sculptures by contemporary artist Melanie Yazzie, Diné (Navajo). A meditation on “Walking in Beauty”—a Diné prayer about finding communion with one’s environment— Peace Walking celebrates the healing powers of nature and the strength of friendship between ...

Melanie K. Yazzie (Bilagáana/Diné) holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, and is is Assistant Professor in the Department of Native American Studies and the Department of American Studies, University of New Mexico.

Melanie Yazzie is Dine/Navajo of the Salt Water Clan and Bitter Water Clan of the Dine/Navajo People of North Eastern Arizona. She is Professor of Art and Head of Printmaking at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Melanie A. Yazzie, a Navajo (Diné), artist, works in a wide range of media that include printmaking, painting, sculpting, and ceramics, as well as installation art.