This August, Cara Romero Gallery + Studio and Bockley Gallery come together to present Infinite We, an interdisciplinary exhibition featuring 10 Indigenous artists exploring overlapping themes of time, memory, knowledge transmission and the continuum of art-making practice.
Dyani White Hawk, Infinite We II, Murano glass and copper-plated brass, 581/2 x 301/2 in.
“When we’re thinking openly about this idea of infinite, it’s really speaking to a fascinating diversity—an infinite diversity and numbers of stories and narratives and mediums and practices that we have as Native people. This particular show will have artists from at least eight different nations with a variety of backgrounds and telling stories from that infinite place,” says Cara Romero, gallery owner.
Opening in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as part of the Santa Fe Indian Market, one of the city’s most important cultural events of the year, the exhibition features work from Jim Denomie, Leah Mata Fragua, Tom Jones, Matthew Kirk, Kite, Cara Romero, Diego Romero, Mateo Romero, Dyani White Hawk and Nico Williams.
Matthew Kirk, Oh Honey. Oh Sugar., canvas, spray paint, acid-free paste, matte medium, gaffer’s tape and upholstery tacks on plywood, 42 x 42 in.
The exhibition name comes from White Hawk’s signature sculpture in the show, Infinite We II, a Murano glass and copper-plated brass standing sculpture. Each artist has one or two pieces in the show that reflects the common theme in mediums including photography, ceramics, painting, sculpture, abstract media and sound. Together, they fill the gallery with breadth and range of Indigenous creativity.
“There are things that are ever changing in places that we’re living and mediums that we’re expressing ourselves in, how our imaginations come through time. I think you see that in everybody’s artwork, and this show there is the ever-permanent side and the ever-changing side of contemporary native art,” says Romero.
Jim Denomie, A Keeper, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in.
“You’ll see beadwork used in a completely different way. You’ll see hide work that goes back a very long time used in this completely different, conceptual way. People working in Murano glass, which is Italian.”
Romero’s own work centers around world-building and capturing stories and myths of the land, ecosystems and animals through her contemporary lens. “I’m working in the way that I do with magical realism and supernatural happenings in everyday life and working with our animal stories and our mythos…and bringing the story of the bobcat back to life,” says Romero.
Matthew Kirk, So Every Mouth Can Eat., plywood, paracord, wooden dowels, rifle stock, pipe, corrugate plastic board, spray paint, acrylic, ink, paint marker, fabric webbing, leather, pickets and upholstery tacks, 52 x 23 x 7 in.
While each artist imbues their unique perspectives, culture and vision into their art, there are through lines across the works on display. Under the cohesive title and theme Infinite We the artists reveal their shared preoccupations of how images preserve memory; how materials hold and transmit knowledge; and how connections to land, community and one another shape their sense of presence in the world.
“When our contemporary artists are working alongside our culture keepers, it’s like this fabric of Native America as opposed to like isolated movements. We’re a very interdependent community when it comes to our arts; I think that is something you’ll see,” says Romero. “I like this idea that continuum has to do with timelessness—not so much thinking about things being linear, but all things being true at the same time.”
Infinite We will open August 13 with a reception from 4 to 8 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet and purchase the artwork. —
Cara Romero Gallery + Studio
August 13, 2026
333 Montezuma Avenue, Suite 5, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 218-6588, www.cararomero.com
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