I-Witness Culture: Frank Buffalo Hyde By Kristin Gentry
Frank Buffalo Hyde, Buffalo Dancers Study, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”, Courtesy of Tansey Contemporary
Fond memories of visiting the Gilcrease Museum with his father as a child came up as Frank Buffalo Hyde expressed the honor of having his own solo exhibition on display in the same museum now as an adult. Hyde was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is from both the Onondaga and Nez Perce tribes, grew up in New York with his mother on
her reservation, and then later returned to Santa Fe, New Mexico to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts for creative writing and two-dimensional studies and them the Santa Fe Arts Institute. Hyde creates a variety of work through mixed media paintings, mixed media sculptures, street art, writing, and collaborative sculptural pieces. His Katherine Hair’s whimsical, towering deer sculptures
are made from discarded and recycled branches.
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