Da-ka-xeen Mehner

Da-ka-xeen Mehner (born 1970) is a Tlingit/Nisga'a American visual artist whose work includes photography and multimedia installations that incorporate video, sculpture and sound.

Early life and education Mehner was born in Fairbanks, Alaska to an American father and a Tlingit/Nisga'a mother. His extended family includes several artists, and he was particularly influenced by the photographer Larry McNeil, who is his uncle. In 1990, he left Alaska and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico to pursue an education at the Institute of American Indian Arts His student work explored themes that included the environment, death and destruction.

He has had solo exhibitions at the State Museum of Alaska, the Anchorage Museum among other venues.

He is currently Professor of Native Art at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where he is the director of the Native Arts Center.