Hi, I’m Xav Horkman, an Indigenous artist from Oneida, WI who likes to express myself in multiple ways. Welcome to the central art hub for all my creations. Through writing, photography, zines, podcasting, music, and videos, my expressions range from introspective and humanistic to lighthearted and explicitly fun.

Explore all the elements of my art throughout this website.

Tune into Bear Witness, a podcast I started with my partner Stacey Von Busch. Bear Witness Podcast is a shared audio space that houses documentary work, community conversations, speaking engagements, and oral histories. Bear Witness currently houses History for Hypothetical People, an archival project that documents stories from everyday people, focused on different demographics such as the Oneida Nation community and rural elders.

Listen to Ace Strawberry for laid-back hip hop beats, intentionally crafted as the musical score for the varietal moments of everyday life. Between the soundtrack contributions to your momentary pauses, I like to mix in the occasional verse.

Explore some of my nature and street photography, captured primarily on 35mm film. Incorporating film photography into my artistic journey has added new flavors to my expressions. The deliberate act of film photography has given me a renewed sense of patience, a revived appreciation for the splendor of the ordinary, and a fulfilling mental spotlight on attention to detail.

Read some of my wide-ranging writing, housed on Substack and in my zines. From editorial sportswriting to short fiction, my writing efforts navigate throughout a large share of the emotional spectrum.

And to keep up with all of it, sign up for my Slow Sunday Newsletter, a mellow monthly update into your email inbox.