Denton Peter McCabe was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1983. McCabe’s current body of work consists of collage, painting, photography, video art, and sound art. As a registered member of the Navajo Nation, McCabe's work critiques global culture and contemporary identity as an individual and outsider peering in from the periphery of contemporary sociopolitical issues. Choosing to defy expectations placed on Native American artists, his work intentionally abstracts sexuality and violence, as a reaction to the collective denial of the reality of our basic human instincts.
McCabe had a 2017 solo exhibition of his drawings and collages at Fourth Dimension Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. McCabe has also shown in group shows in Rome, Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque, Las Cruces and New Smyrna. He was an Associate Artist in Residence at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in 2017.
McCabe is also an accomplished musician, with experience as a session guitarist and composer. He has released six albums of his own compositions and is currently working on a seven album set which will be released as each installment is completed, along with accompanying video art. His notated scores have been performed by RE: New Music (Chicago), the Parhelion Trio (New York), Musical Amoeba (New York) and Robin Meiksins (Chicago). He has created music videos for electronic musicians CFOR, Wurm, and Kevin Sting.
McCabe had a 2017 solo exhibition of his drawings and collages at Fourth Dimension Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. McCabe has also shown in group shows in Rome, Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque, Las Cruces and New Smyrna. He was an Associate Artist in Residence at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in 2017.
McCabe is also an accomplished musician, with experience as a session guitarist and composer. He has released six albums of his own compositions and is currently working on a seven album set which will be released as each installment is completed, along with accompanying video art. His notated scores have been performed by RE: New Music (Chicago), the Parhelion Trio (New York), Musical Amoeba (New York) and Robin Meiksins (Chicago). He has created music videos for electronic musicians CFOR, Wurm, and Kevin Sting.