Jihan Gearon is a Diné and Nahiłii (Black) painter from Old Sawmill, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation. She is Tódích’ií’nii (Bitter Water Clan), born for Nahiłii, and her maternal grandfather is Tł’ashchí’í (Red Bottom Clan). Working primarily in acrylic, Jihan creates paintings that emerge from dreams, meditation, sacred places, and Indigenous ways of knowing. Her work explores the spaces where the physical and spiritual meet, translating moments of transformation into symbolic imagery that invites reflection, curiosity, and connection.

Before becoming a full-time artist, Jihan spent more than two decades as an organizer and leader in Indigenous environmental and climate justice. That experience continues to shape how she understands relationships between people, land, and spirit, offering a foundation for her creative practice rather than its subject.

A self-taught artist, Jihan earned a degree in Earth Systems, with a focus on Energy, Science & Technology from Stanford University before finding her way to painting. Today, her work is held in private collections across the United States and has been exhibited throughout Arizona. Through each painting, she hopes to create a space where viewers can pause, reconnect with themselves, and imagine the world through a different lens.