Inkpa Mani is a multidisciplinary artist Who works in stone, wood and painting. He  grew up in the lands now knowns as Chihuahua, Mexico and Minnesota.  His work uses social engagement to share the many injustices faced by Indigenous people of the Americas. He will earned his BFA with an emphasis in paining at the University of South Dakota in 2019. He is working to be a Fine Arts Professor. His process involves oral histories, institutional research, and critical theory to highlight the concerns of his people and family. Inkpa’s artistic practice also involves speaking engagements and community sharing circles to share his work. Inkpa has worked on projects addressing sexual assault of Indigenous people and its effect on communities, cross generational trauma and how to address it in a culturally competent manner, health disparities in mental and physical health, and many other areas of research for his art. Inkpa also engages in social activism for human rights to share his Indigenous concerns.