Native Art Department International: Jason Lujan and Maria Hupfield

While Hupfield and Lujan both have separate artistic practices, they produce work together under the moniker of Native Art Department International, or NADI. The works in Bureau of Aesthetics are selected from exhibitions, programs, and performances over the past five years that reflect NADI’s cooperative and multi-modal approach which often includes collaborations with fellow artists and cultural producers. Bureau of Aesthetics is the first large-scale exhibition of their work in the US and includes sculpture and video adapted for this venue to address the changing space of the gallery as a site for gathering during the pandemic.

NADI focuses on communications platforms and systems of support in the art world while at the same time functioning as emancipation from essentialism and identity-based artwork. NADI seeks to circumvent easy categorization by comprising a diverse range of activities such as curated exhibitions, video screenings, panel talks, collective art-making and documenting, and an online presence. However, all activities contain an undercurrent of positive progress through cooperation and non-competition.

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