Michelle J. Lanteri, Ph.D.

Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, is a curator and scholar of Native American art and an arts stewardship professional rooted in reciprocal, accountable collaborations of active listening, local-to-global views, and community dialogue. Lanteri’s curatorial practice focuses on collections engagement and acquisition projects with source communities in tandem with exhibitions of wearable, painted, lens-based, and sculptural arts embodying Indigenous values and site-specificity. She earned her PhD in Native American art history with an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellowship at the University of Oklahoma. Lanteri’s chapter on Wasauksing Ojibwe artist Maria Hupfield was featured in Visualizing Genocide: Indigenous Interventions in Art, Archives, and Museums (University of Arizona Press), on Hyperallergic's "Best Art Books" 2022 list. Her essay on artists Jason Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo) and Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) will be in Discrepant Art Histories: New Writings on Indigenous Art and Museum Practices (University of New Mexico Press, forthcoming). Now a contributing editor to First American Art Magazine, Lanteri previously led curatorial departments at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Millicent Rogers Museum, and New Mexico State University Art Museum. She is honored to have co-curated exhibitions with acclaimed artists such as Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow), on the site-specific installation, The Maniacs (We’re Not The Best, But We’re Better Than The Rest).