Art and music illuminate our lives, enrich our emotional world and act as a tool for deep learning. This is especially important in indigenous cultures, where art & music are fundamental to culture, sharing stories and communicating their relationship with the natural world. Today, a global movement is forming in which many artists are using their art as an instrument for social change.

The NATV Indigenous Artist Awards (Subsidiary and media channel of the Sinchi Foundation) is focused on developing new audiences and raising awareness amongst the general public by recognising such indigenous artists & performers from around the world. Showing their connection to their native cultures from both traditional and modern worldviews. Featuring music and performance to painting, photography and spoken word.

Our Judges

  • Jerome Kavanagh

  • Greenland Inuit Mask dance ujeerneq

    Lakkuluk W. Bathory

  • Josué Rivas

2022 Finalists

  • Honourable Mention David Diaz Gonzalez Shipibo

    Honourable Mention David Diaz Gonzalez Shipibo

  • Honourable Mention Gregg Deal Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

    Honourable Mention Gregg Deal Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

  • Honourable Mention Rose B Simpson Pueblo

    Honourable Mention Rose B Simpson Pueblo

“Music and art can explain things in a different way than words can, people will be more open to get the message through music and art.”




– Sandra Márjá West, 2020 competition judge