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Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band Luiseño Indians) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University. He was born and raised in Ferndale, Washington, and has spent several years in various locations including Palm Springs, Riverside, California, Portland, Oregon, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Portland, he studied and taught Chinuk Wawa, the language of the indigenous Lower Columbia River Basin. His work, encompassing video, photo, and text, focuses on personal narratives about Indigenous homeland and landscape, as well as language as a cultural medium expressed through personal, documentary, and non-fiction forms. His projects have been featured in prestigious festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and New York Film Festival. Hopinka's work was included in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, 2018 FRONT Triennial, and Prospect.5 in 2021. He has held various fellowships and accolades, including the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Sundance Art Nonfiction Fellowship, and received the 2020 Alpert Award in Film/Video, Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2022 MacArthur Fellow.
Harvard University • Cambridge, MA
Teaching courses related to Indigenous studies, documentary film, and visual arts.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).