Kiowa Jan Art Collection
Kiowa Jan (Kiowa, Apache) is an Indigenous artist, advocate, best-selling author, digital futurist, and award-winning creative whose work bridges contemporary themes, Indigenous narratives, emerging technology, and social impact.
A member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Jan creates digital paintings, drawings, comics, and animations rooted in storytelling, identity, resilience, and hope. Every piece is hand drawn and painted on a digital canvas using digital ink, paint, and brushes. She combines the personal, hand-drawn feel of traditional art with the creative possibilities of digital tools.
Jan is a nationally recognized voice in the #MMIWGT2S movement, raising awareness of the crisis impacting Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Transgender, and Two-Spirit individuals. As a survivor of child sex trafficking, she uses her voice to support Indigenous survivors and their families through advocacy, community storytelling, and awareness work. She serves as a Board Member of the Chaa’ishmal Foundation and is a donor to Native News Online’s Founders Circle.
She is the co-author of the best-selling memoir Savage and Co-founder and Chief Voice Officer of Jan and Joy, a Voices as a Service for Humanity™ platform dedicated to amplifying movements for dignity and justice. Through this work, she advocates for the #MMIP (Missing and Murdered Indigenous People) crisis, anti-human trafficking efforts, Cause Tech™, mental-health awareness, and resources for vulnerable communities.
Jan has spoken internationally on trafficking, violence against Indigenous women, and survivor-centered reform, including at the Global Empowerment and Inclusion Summit at the United Nations in Geneva and in discussions with UN Women in New York. Her creative work and nontraditional career achievements earned her New York’s Vanguard Award from the Nontraditional Employment & Training Program and the Center for Women in Government.