Brandon S. Copley is a two-spirit artist who tells Indigenous stories through found objects, mixed media, and symbolism. The assemblage artist grew up in California’s Bay Area. His father is from the Seneca Nation of Western New York and his mother hails from a small band of Maidu in Northern California. Not religious and growing up off the reservation, Copley became a cultural sponge with a passion for learning new things. His artistic curiosity started with photography, which segued into collage, sewing, mixed media, and eventually assemblage, finding a balance between traditional Native influences and fine art contemporaries. Copley has been greatly inspired by the boundary-pushing assemblage artist Betye Saar and her work redefining stereotypes and playing with expectations. Struck by the discovery of child remains found on Indian residential school grounds started his journey as by processing grief through creativity.