I’m developing my own visual lexicon… these limb-like forms … are hard to define — which is intentional … they are in some ways defiant.

—Natani Notah, on her artistic forms and abstraction

Natani Notah (b. 1992) is a Diné (Navajo) interdisciplinary artist whose work investigates contemporary Native American existence through the lens of Indigenous feminism, identity, and resistance. Notah’s practice spans drawing, collage, sculpture, and soft assemblage, bringing together organic and found materials to create forms that challenge conventional expectations of representation and abstraction.

Rooted in material memory and cultural continuity, Notah’s work engages fragmented forms, bodily scale, and layered elements to explore power, survival, and otherness. Her pieces often draw upon unexpected juxtapositions including limb-like shapes and tactile assemblages, which reveal histories of resilience, trauma, and connection within Diné and broader Indigenous experience.

Notah has exhibited extensively across the United States and internationally, with solo exhibitions including Thoughts on Being Thrown (DOCUMENT, Chicago) and Inner Lining (BMoCA, Boulder). Her work has appeared in group presentations at major venues and art fairs and is held in important public and private collections.

Living and working in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Notah continues to expand her practice while mentoring and contributing to dialogues on Indigenous identity, feminist practice, and decolonial futures.