A citizen of the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe, Nancy Mithlo is an active curator employing American Indian Curatorial Practice mandates of work that is long-term, mutually meaningful, reciprocal and with mentorship. She has led nine exhibits at the La Biennale di Venezia, the subject of her forthcoming book, Red Skin Dreams. A life-long educator, Mithlo has taught at the University of New Mexico, the Institute of American Indian Arts, the Santa Fe Community College, Smith College, California Institute of the Arts, Occidental College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her co-edited book Visualizing Genocide: Indigenous Interventions in Art, Archives and Museums was published by the University of Arizona Press in 2022.