Naiomi Glasses
Naiomi Glasses | |
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| Born | Rock Point, Arizona, U.S. |
| Website | naiomiglasses |
Naiomi Glasses is an American (Diné) textile artist and skateboarder who uses social media to represent indigenous culture.
Life[edit]
Glasses is from Rock Point, Arizona.[1] She was bullied as a child due to bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate.[2][3] Glasses' older brother taught her how to skateboard at the age of 5.[1]
Using social media Glasses has advocated for the construction of a skate park in Two Grey Hills, Newcomb, New Mexico.[1] She features traditional Diné fashion in her skateboarding TikToks.[4] Glasses raises sheep for wool used in her weaved rugs and purses.[1] She uses social media to share and represent indigenous culture.[1][2] She is a turquoise collector.[5]
In a first for the fashion industry and indigenous collaboration, she was selected as first artist-in-residence for a series of Ralph Lauren capsule collections.[6][7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Wakayama, Brady (2021-04-03). "Navajo woman becomes internet sensation". The Santa Fe New Mexican. pp. A8. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ a b Rupcich, Claudia (2021-04-05). "Tiktok's Navajo skateboarder fights for more skate parks in Navajo Nation". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ Clark, Laura (2021-11-18). "Textile artist Naiomi Glasses brings Gen Z visibility to the Navajo Nation". In The Know. Yahoo. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ Connors, Madeleine (2021-03-18). "Meet the Navajo Nation Skateboarder Going Viral on TikTok". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ Allaire, Christian (2021-09-17). "Meet the Textile Artist With an Unbeatable Turquoise Collection". Vogue. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ^ "Ralph Lauren Presents First Artist in Residence Collaboration". corporate.ralphlauren.com. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Hoo, Fawnia Soo (2023-12-05). "A groundbreaking new Ralph Lauren collection celebrates Indigenous design". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Indigenous Weaver Naiomi Glasses Is Ralph Lauren's First Artist in Residence". Vogue. 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
External links[edit]
- Living people
- People from Apache County, Arizona
- Navajo women artists
- Native American textile artists
- 21st-century women textile artists
- 21st-century textile artists
- American weavers
- 21st-century American artists
- 21st-century American women artists
- Native American skateboarders
- Navajo sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Arizona
- 21st-century Native American women
- 21st-century Native American artists
- Textile artists from Arizona
- American female skateboarders