Tara Downs

Nizhonniya Austin

Biography

Nizhonniya Austin (b.1990, Juneau, US) is an artist based in Santa Fe, US. Austin received her degree at Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, US) in 2020. Selected exhibitions include: “The Year of the Vampire,” Tara Downs, New York, US (2025); “Exploding Native Inevitable,” Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, US (2025); “Exploding Native Inevitable,” Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, US (2025); “Exploding Native Inevitable,” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, US (2024); “Exploding Native Inevitable,” Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, US (2023); “Jíík’éh,” Farahnheight Fine Art, Santa Fe, US (2021); “Indigenous Feminist Spatiality,” Rainosek Gallery, Albuquerque, US (2019); “Desert Woman,” Peralta Studio, Santa Fe, US (2019); “I Wanna Be Well,” MCAU Gallery, Los Angeles, US (2015). Her work is included in the permanent collection of Anchorage Museum, US and Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, US.

Nizhonniya Austin, Flowers For You, 2025. Acrylic, oil, and wax pencil on canvas, 63 1/2 × 48 1/2 in / 161 × 123 cm

Installation image of The Year of the Vampire, Tara Downs, New York, US. 2025.

Nizhonniya Austin, I Blow A Million Kisses, 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 52 × 52 in / 132,1 × 132,1 cm

Installation image of The Year of the Vampire, Tara Downs, New York, US. 2025.

Nizhonniya Austin, There's Always Some God To Battle... Some Mountain To Climb... Some Song To Dance To, 2024. Acrylic and wax pencil on canvas, 74 × 58 in / 187,9 × 147,3 cm

Installation image of The Year of the Vampire, Tara Downs, New York, US. 2025.

Nizhonniya Austin, The Problem Wasn't Us It Was the World, 2024. Acrylic and wax pencil on canvas, 52 × 46 1/4 in / 132,1 × 117,5 cm

Installation image of Viewing Room, Tara Downs, New York, US. 2025.

Installation image of Exploding Native Inevitable, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, US. 2024.

Installation image of Exploding Native Inevitable, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, US. 2023.

Biography

Nizhonniya Austin (b.1990, Juneau, US) is an artist based in Santa Fe, US. Austin received her degree at Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, US) in 2020. Selected exhibitions include: “The Year of the Vampire,” Tara Downs, New York, US (2025); “Exploding Native Inevitable,” Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, US (2025); “Exploding Native Inevitable,” Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, US (2025); “Exploding Native Inevitable,” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, US (2024); “Exploding Native Inevitable,” Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, US (2023); “Jíík’éh,” Farahnheight Fine Art, Santa Fe, US (2021); “Indigenous Feminist Spatiality,” Rainosek Gallery, Albuquerque, US (2019); “Desert Woman,” Peralta Studio, Santa Fe, US (2019); “I Wanna Be Well,” MCAU Gallery, Los Angeles, US (2015). Her work is included in the permanent collection of Anchorage Museum, US and Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, US.