Yatika Starr Fields is an artist and athlete with emphasis on studio painting and running. He is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and a member of the Osage, Cherokee andMvskoke Nations. He attended the Art Institute of Boston and then NYC for a decadeon the East Coast.

Currently living and working in Tulsa as a full-time time artist and athlete. His artistic and athletic endeavors have taken him around the world, working with institutions and Museums in a continuous dialogue to help broaden the views of Contemporary Native art today as well at running mountain races from the European Alps to the Colorado Rockies.

After graduating High School in Stillwater, OK he studied landscape painting in Italy under mentorship guidance, this plein air painting practice has continued since that time and regularly informs his studio practice, keeping him aligned with the natural qualities outside the studio. He attended the Art Institute of Boston and then NYC for a decade on the East Coast.

In recent years his work has taken a shift to represent the contemporary political terrains we live in today, often layered with figurative, cultural and historical motifs. His compositions are colorful and dynamic, leaving the viewer to move their eyes and find relating elements to their own journey. From studio paintings to murals an orchestrated visual landscape of unbounded possibilities and solutions are revealed- giving and creating space for new narratives to take shape all the while keeping up with training for the next running or cycling adventure.

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