Galéé Sin Companion

Galéé Sin Companion is a publication that accompanies Demian DinéYazhi´’s (Diné) solo exhibition at the Henry addressing the entangled relationships between the land, Native cultures and bodies, and settler colonialism. This companion publication includes a printed book with poetry and photography by the artist, and an audio cassette that features DinéYazhi´ delivering a poem to their ancestral homeland on Diné Bikéyah (Navajo Nation), as well as excerpts from an interview with the artist. The exhibition and the publication were produced on the occasion of DinéYazhi´ receiving the 2017 Brink Award, a prize awarded to an emerging artist, thirty-five years of age or under, working in the Cascadia region of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. DinéYazhi´(born 1983) is a transdisciplinary artist born to the clans Naasht'ézhí Tábąąhá (Zuni Clan Water’s Edge) and Tódích'íí'nii (Bitter Water) of the Diné. Working across artistic formats, inclusive of image and text, DinéYazhi´ gives voi