Delaney Keshena
DELANEY KESHENA
(she/her)
Delaney Keshena (Menomini) is a moccasin maker and fine artist born to a train-bound border town in sleepy, North Central Wisconsin. With the body as site, Keshena uses hair, skin and glass in their practice of crafting objects that relate stories of family, nation and contemporary Indigenous experience. Delaney’s work has been shown in Italy, Belgium and throughout the United States. They are also a poet and have been named as a finalist for the James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets by Poetry Northwest. Currently, Delaney is completing a two-year residency through the North House Folk School and will begin the Incubator Residency with Public Functionary in July.
