Whitney Biennial 2026

Through Aug 23

Exhibition artists

56 total
Nanibah Chacon
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Nanibah Chacon

(she/her)
Born 1980 in Gallup, NM
Lives in Albuquerque, NM
Navajo Nation
On a terrace overlooking a busy cityscape, three utility pole-like sculptures stand. They have extra additional decorations as well.
On a terrace overlooking a busy cityscape, three utility pole-like sculptures stand. They have extra additional decorations as well.

Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2026 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 8–August 23, 2026). From left to right: Nani Chacon, Our Gods Walk Above Us, 2026; Nani Chacon, Our Gods Walk Among Us, 2026; Nani Chacon, Our Gods Walk Below Us, 2026. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

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Nanibah Chacon
(she/her)
Born 1980 in Gallup, NM
Lives in Albuquerque, NM
Navajo Nation

Nanibah Chacon's sculptures draw out the visual similarities between the sand paintings of Diné (Navajo) gods and electrical towers used by coal refineries on the Navajo Nation. By setting these forms in dialogue, Chacon seeks to transform environmental blight into a new narrative. After the Biennial closes, one of the sculptures will be installed on the land of the Navajo Nation.

On the Hour

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Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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