“Multidisciplinary Art by Eric-Paul Riege Exhibited at Bell Gallery”

**Diné Artist Eric-Paul Riege Unveils *ojo|-|ólǫ́* at the Bell Gallery**

Eric-Paul Riege, the renowned Diné artist, presents his significant exhibition, *ojo|-|ólǫ́*, at the Bell Gallery at Brown University. This institutional showcase brings together Riege’s diverse practices, including textile art, sculpture, collage, video, and performance, creating a captivating blend of traditional and contemporary art forms.

Riege, born in 1994 in Na’nízhoozhí (Gallup, New Mexico), draws inspiration from customary Diné arts such as silversmithing, beading, and weaving. His works are monumental mixed-media creations that reference Diné mythology, the evolution of settler trading posts within the Navajo Nation, and the concept of “authenticity” in Indigenous art and craft.

For *ojo|-|ólǫ́*, Riege constructs new sculptures informed by Navajo blankets, silver jewelry, and dolls from the collections of Brown’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and Washington’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. The exhibition features large-scale jewelry, tools, and unconventional material weavings, challenging colonial archival practices and honoring Indigenous craftsmanship.

Throughout the exhibition, live performances facilitate deeply reflective dialogues about Indigenous representation in academic institutions. Set in both university museums, *ojo|-|ólǫ́* aims to shed light on the intricate histories of power and knowledge within these spaces.

On display at the Bell Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island, until December 7, the exhibition will then travel to the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, where it will be showcased from March 15 to August 30, 2026.

This exhibition is co-organized by the Bell Gallery at Brown University and the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, with curatorial oversight by Thea Quiray Tagle, Ph.D., Associate Curator at the Bell, and Nina Bozicnik, Senior Curator at the Henry Art Gallery. A major publication designed by Luminosity Lab is forthcoming to accompany the exhibition.

For more information, visit [bell.brown.edu](https://bit.ly/45X8u1I).