Ya Tseen Nicholas Galanin is one of the most vital voices in contemporary art. Born in Sheet’ka (Sitka, Alaska), Galanin is Tlingit and Unangax̂; he creates from his perspective as an Indigenous man. His work calls for an accounting of the damages done to land and life by unfettered capitalism while envisioning and advocating alternate possibilities. For the 2020 Biennale of Sydney, he excavated the shape of the shadow cast by the monumental statue of Captain James Cook, a call for the burial of monuments to violent histories, which ArtNEWS and Artsy called a defining work of 2020. Land Swipe—a painted deer hide that depicts the NYC subway map, marked with selected sites of police violence against Black youth—was called one of “the most important art moments in 2020” by The New York Times. His work spans sculpture, video, installation, photography, jewelry and music; advocating Indigenous sovereignty, racial, social, and environmental justice, for present, and future generations. His debut as Ya Tseen (“be alive,” and a reference to his Tlingit name Yeil Ya Tseen) is Indian Yard, his first album for Sub Pop. Rich with emotional range and sharp awareness, Indian Yard explores love, desire, frustration, pain, revolution, and connection through the magnetic expressions of an Indigenous mind. Created by one of the world’s foremost Indigenous artists, the irrepressible Indian Yard is an intense illumination of feeling and connection. Ya Tseen’s tracks Close the Distance (Mar 66 Remix) by Ya Tseen published on 2023-07-27T21:24:18Z Look at What the Light Did Now (feat. Samantha Crain) by Ya Tseen published on 2022-10-07T23:28:02Z Gliding Through The Atmosphere by Ya Tseen published on 2022-10-04T22:22:16Z We Just Sit and Smile Here in Silence by Ya Tseen published on 2021-01-21T17:19:41Z At Tugáni by Ya Tseen published on 2021-01-21T17:19:31Z Synthetic Gods by Ya Tseen published on 2021-01-21T17:18:08Z Gently to the Sun (feat. Tay Sean) by Ya Tseen published on 2021-01-21T17:16:34Z Close the Distance by Ya Tseen published on 2021-01-21T17:12:25Z Get Yourself Together by Ya Tseen published on 2021-01-21T16:59:24Z Light the Torch by Ya Tseen published on 2021-01-21T16:58:39Z