Shelley Niro Indigenous Artist

An artist that was mentioned in the reading of “10 Indigenous Artworks that Changed How We Imagine Ourselves” by Richard William Hill, whom address social challenges within their work is Shelley Niro who is an indigenous artist from New York and Ontario. Most of her work challenges the stereotype of native American women, indigenous women, land, boarders and treaties, this can be seen in one of her works such as “The Rebel” , in this photography she is mocking the strategy of marketing and how they use physically beautiful women who look sexy to sell cars or other products. She is also trying to show the playfulness, the confidence and the power a native women can have, unlike what had been portrayed before. Shelley Niro addressed social