By Juan Fuentes

Medium: screen print
Year: 2024
Image Size: 20 × 16
Edition of 10

Ohlone Dancer is a 2024 screen print by Juan Fuentes, honoring the cultural resilience and living traditions of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. The portrait depicts an Ohlone dancer in traditional regalia—feathered headdress, beaded adornments, and ceremonial markings—rendered in Fuentes’ signature bold linework with a striking touch of red at the lips.

Ohlone dancers hold an essential role in preserving and revitalizing Indigenous cultural practices. Their dances serve not only as expressions of identity and history, but also as a bridge connecting Ohlone communities with other Native peoples across California and beyond. Fuentes’ image pays tribute to this ongoing cultural continuity and the beauty of Indigenous ceremony.