SWAIA: Santa Fe Indian Market

Tina Benavente

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

Textiles

Tina Benavente (Koasati/Chamoru) is an Indigenous textile artist and fashion designer, currently based in Texas. She received her BA in Fashion Textiles from the University of Arts London, London College of Fashion. Her designs and techniques draw from her Indigenous upbringing living on both her ancestral homelands of Louisiana and Guam.