Wendy Red Star (born 1981) was born in Billings, Montana, and lives and works in Portland, Oregon. She earned her BFA from Montana State University, Bozeman, and her MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Red Star's first solo exhibition, A Scratch on the Earth, opened at the Newark Museum of Art and toured to the San Antonio Museum of Art and the Columbus Museum of Art. She has received numerous awards and grants including a 2018 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, a 2022 Anonymous Was A Woman Grant and a 2024 MacArthur Fellowship.