Heidi K. Brandow

Heidi K. Brandow (Diné, Kanaka Maoli) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, photography, video, installation, and socially engaged projects. Rooted in her heritage, her practice centers on Indigenous perspectives and fosters cross-cultural dialogue grounded in respect, reciprocity, and creative sustainability. Her work has been featured in exhibitions, residencies, and cultural initiatives across the United States and internationally, often in collaboration with Indigenous artists and communities.

She co-founded the Harvard Indigenous Design Collective, advocating for design by and for Indigenous communities as an essential part of the field’s history, theory, and practice. She is a faculty member in the Master of Fine Arts - Studio Arts Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Brandow is a graduate of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and the Institute of American Indian Arts and has also studied design at Istanbul Technical University.