About Me

Chelsea Kaiah is White River Ute and White Mountain Apache / Irish settler, born on the Northern Ute reservation. She earned her BFA at Watkins College of Art and Design in Nashville, Tennessee. She currently resides in Denver, Co. In 2022, Kaiah was awarded the Native Arts and Cultures LIFT grant for early career support and was invited to participate in Redline’s Artist-in-Residency program for emerging, contemporary Colorado artists. She also received The Greene Grant Fellowship that supports working artists. She currently serves as part of the Indigenous Advisory Council for the Denver Art Museum after being their fall 2022 Native Arts Artist in Residence.