" Indigenous Prayer" by artist Mer Young

Digital Collage Art
Full-Color Print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper 8x10

Mer Young (Chichimeca & Apache) is an Indigenous published multidisciplinary artist who has created a body of artwork manifested in collages, drawings, paintings, and founder of Mausi Murals public artworks. She lives and works on the traditional lands of Tongva (Long Beach, CA). She was nominated by Long Beach Living Absolute Best of Long Beach 2024 for Local Artist and Muralist. She is a BIPOC activist, steward of land and water and environmental justice advocate. Young's artworks aim to inspire, celebrate and elevate indigenous and native cultures and to bring about change within Brown and Black communities.