Jody Folwell was born in 1942 into the Santa Clara Pueblo of New Mexico (Kha’p’o Owingeh in the Tewa language). Over the past five decades, she has revolutionized Pueblo pottery—and Native art more broadly—by pushing the boundaries of form, content, and design while remaining firmly within the art traditions of her community.

This exhibition, “O’Powa O’Meng” (“I came here, I got here, I’m still going”), was organized by Mia and the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. These iconic works span the breadth of her groundbreaking career, demonstrating the arc of her artistic development and integrating a trailblazing Native American artist within the wider canon of contemporary American art.