Kade L. Twist (born 1971) is a Cherokee Nation interdisciplinary artist who works with video, sound, interactive media, text, and installation.
In 2003, he received a bachelor's degree in Native American studies with an emphasis in tribal policy from the University of Oklahoma.
[4] In 2012, he obtained a master's degree in fine arts, specifically focusing in intermedia from Arizona State University.
Repellent Fence was made to symbolize as well as bring awareness to the disconnection between United States and Mexico.
Former members include Cristóbal Martínez (Chicano), Raven Chacon (Navajo), and Nathan Young (Delaware/Cherokee Nation/Kiowa/Pawnee).
[8] The Repellent Fence project that Kade L. Twist participated in consisted of placing twenty-six "scare eye" balloons 2 miles intersecting the U.S. and Mexico border.
The sculpture shown is a deceased mule deer hanging as its blood drips down to a Pueblo drum placed right beneath it.
The metaphor being shown in this piece is an evaluation of the process of how indigenous people manage to put food on the table.