Nicholas Galanin is an Indigenous multidisciplinary artist of Tlingit and Unangax descent. A member of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Galanin uses his work as a tool for environmental and social activism, working across mediums including installation, dance, music, sculpture, photography, videography, and collage. Using taxidermy, as in Escape from Inertia, 2020, as well as other mediums and practices, Galanin often employs traditional Indigenous customs, aiming to correct the common misappropriation of Indigenous culture, and examine themes of colonialism.