Eric-Paul Riege

He was influenced and inspired by his maternal great-grandmother, a weaver and activist from Burntwater, Arizona who was affected by the Bureau of Indian Affairs "livestock reduction" program in the 1930s.

[5][6] The Navajo Times states that Riege is Naaneesht'ézhi Táchii'nii (The Charcoal Streak Division of Red Running into the Water People), born for Béésh bichʼahii" (Metal Hat People-German).

[3] Riege received a BFA in 2017 in studio art and ecology, with a minor in Navajo language and linguistics from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

The project "promotes a digital occupation by Indigenous Peoples within the context of the 400 year commemorations of the Mayflower's arrival in North America.

"[18] For the 2022 Toronto Biennial of Art, he exhibited the installation, a home for Her, incorporating a collection of weavings and looms in collaboration with the women weavers in his family.

The large-scale sculptures, which are suspended from the ceiling, represent to what the artist calls "totems of memory" and are reminiscent of ornate jewelry and trees swaying in the wind.

[23] In 2021, Riege received a New Work Project Grant from the Harpo Foundation to produce an installation for Prospect New Orleans.