Keanu Jones

It began as a challenge to practice design, mixed media, and color. I found portraits and photographs that portrayed my ancestors. My body of work mixes photographs, textures, and time to examine the themes of merging time and time travel. I felt like many of the creations display the collision of lifetimes that were the intersection of worlds from the past to the present. I later understood that creating my art was healing to express my own pain, beauty, and complexity to understand myself as a human. Windows of time meshed together that harvested my love for art. 

I played with blending and creating my own gradients, the inclusion of lines and geometric patterns into the original photos, and merging layers. This artwork is an attempt to open portals, using shapes and geometric designs, into the past and future. I’m formally known as a filmmaker but these recent creations have amplified my abilities to grow as an artist. My art is a fusion of worlds that explores Indigenous peoples' representation in contemporary life.

Keanu Jones (Dine’/Navajo) is Mexican People Clan born for Big Water Clan and is originally from Grand Falls, Arizona. He graduated from Navajo Technical University with a bachelor of fine arts degree in Creative Writing and New Media. He is currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While being surrounded by family and the way of life on the Navajo Nation, his artistic identity has been greatly informed by his upbringing. This continues to be reflected in film, photography, graphic design, and writing. 

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