Taos museum presents ‘Native Fashion Renaissance,’ showcases Osage artisan’s work
In New Mexico for the remainder of the year, the Taos Art Museum presents, “The Native Fashion Renaissance: Art, Identity, and Heritage,” a multidisciplinary showcase of works by Sky-Eagle Collection’s Dante Biss-Grayson, bringing together original oil paintings, groundbreaking fashion designs, and innovative holographic displays, creating a vibraThent array of Indigenous creativity.
The exhibit runs until Dec. 28.
Biss-Grayson is from the Osage Nation, Eagle clan, and is a USAF veteran who served in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Italy, returning home after his many tours, struggling with PTSD. His art has served as a way to release and heal his trauma. In his work, he also creates space for cultural healing and dissent, as seen in his work that creates awareness around missing and murdered Indigenous women, where he incorporates the signature red handprint that signifies solidarity with the movement.
Biss-Grayson started Sky-Eagle Collection with his wife, Yanti, with the vision of honoring, celebrating, and reclaiming Native American culture through fashion. His work blends traditional artistry with contemporary aesthetics, honoring heritage while creating a new path forward, continually redefining Native identity. His work is making waves. He organized UPLIFT: The Indigenous Fashion Renaissance, an event recently held in Santa Fe, a sold-out show whose runway featured fashions from his collection and other Indigenous designers. His collection traveled to New York for the inaugural Indigenous New York Fashion Week in September 2025, a landmark event featuring 25 Indigenous fashion designers, showcasing their collections and talents to a global audience. Both events highlighted the sovereignty, self-determination, and creative resilience seen in contemporary Native Fashion and are part of a new era of cultural reclamation where Native artists and designers are rightfully being seen and redefining Native identity on a global scale: The Native Fashion Renaissance.
This exciting Renaissance continues in Taos with this unique exhibition featuring a selection of oil paintings and digital collage, each exploring themes of resilience, beauty, and Native heritage. Drawing inspiration from Dante’s Osage roots, military background, and the natural landscapes of Taos, these works create a visual narrative of strength and transformation and reveal the creative design process for the Sky-Eagle Collection.
A cutting-edge holographic installation brings the exhibit to life, with animated projections of Sky-Eagle designs and artistic concepts, allowing visitors to experience the synergy between art and fashion in an immersive and futuristic way. Throughout the gallery, mannequins will be adorned in some of Sky-Eagle Collection’s most iconic pieces. Collectively, these elements weave together a rich tapestry of Native history, culture, art, and fashion, honoring the past and boldly envisioning the future.
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