Juleana Enright

Juleana Enright (Lower Brule, Lakota) (they/them) is an Indigenous, queer,  freelance writer, independent curator, and DJ based in Minneapolis, MN. They have contributed to local literary platforms Pride Magazine, mplsart, Primer and City Pages, as well as the national magazine, Hand Paper Making. Juleana has curated six art exhibitions, including Soft Boundaries, Anomalies, biskaabiiyang (returning to ourselves), and the Green Roof Poetry series at the Walker Art Center. In 2020, they were a participating artist in “Controlled Burn” at the Phoenix Theatre, where they exhibited, “To Wash the Native Out of Us” – an audio/visual installation on the history of Indian boarding schools through the lens of intimate family experiences. Juleana is a recipient of the Emerging Curators Institute 2020-21 Fellowship program, and has held writer’s fellowships with MnArtists and Sixty Inches from Center and Franconia Sculpture Park. Through their practice, Juleana strives to examine the act of daily creation in the midst of great chaos and explore what it means to be a contemporary Two-Spirit artist with a focus on Indigenous Futurism in art and performance. They are currently the Gallery and Programs Manager at All My Relations Arts.