Krystyna Printup (New York, 1983) is a Brooklyn based artist, curator and educator whose work investigates her identity as an Indigenous woman and the issues surrounding ideal representations of the Native American community. A member of the New York Tuscarora Turtle Clan, Printup references her tribal history throughout her paintings, sculptures and design work referencing American Indian folk art, pop culture stereotypes, and objects of everyday life which are then combined with her own family's history and traditions. She has exhibited at Marianne Boesky gallery; Mehr Midtown Gallery; Schafler Gallery; White Box Gallery; The Hole; NYU Kimmel Windows Gallery; Year 08 Art Fair: London and at the Whitney Biennial 2017. Printup launched an original art collection with The Company Store for their inaugural Fine Art in 2018 and Artfare listed her one of the "60 contemporary artists to collect in 2019". In 2021 she designed an immersive installation reimagining the Iroquois story of creation " Turtle Island" for the Chashama Gala in Times Square. She is the 2018 awardee of the Stony Brook "40 under 40" Award, and Fund For Teachers double grantee. Printup received a BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and a MLA from StonyBrook College, Stony Brook, NY.
