Will Wilson is a Diné artist who uses photography and video to examine Indigenous survivance in settler representations, futurism, and ecocritical issues in the Southwest. Wilson, who was raised in Navajoland, earned a BFA from Oberlin College and an MFA from the University of New Mexico. Beyond his creative practice, he led the photography program at Santa Fe Community College for nearly 10 years and has served as Associate Professor of Photography and Media at the University of Texas, Austin, since 2023. Wilson has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Eiteljorg Museum’s 2007 Native American Fine Art Fellowship, a 2016 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Photography, and the 2020 Doran Artist-in-Residence at the Yale University Art Gallery. In 2022, Wilson co-curated Speaking with Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography at the Carter.