Melted Destiny
2026 On view
Artist Yatika Starr Fields
DetailsExterior acrylic latex paint, spray paint
Curator Wanda Nanibush
Address
1450 S Wharf St
St. Louis, MO
Site Description
Accessibility: The artwork is located outdoors and can be viewed from sunrise to sunset. Free street parking is available. Pathways to the artwork include city sidewalks and may be uneven.
Artwork Details
About the Artwork
Yatika Starr Fields is a painter and multidisciplinary artist who draws from world travels and his Osage, Cherokee, and Muscogee Creek knowledge bases to create murals that bring cultural histories into the present. In his process, Fields attunes himself to each site with great sensitivity through research and aesthetic interpretation. For Counterpublic 2026, Fields painted a temporary mural at the floodwall as part of the Paint Louis Festival, the largest graffiti festival in the world.
In addition, Fields created a large-scale visual marker at the burial site of Chief Pontiac, or Ogimaa Obwandiyag, located at 200 S. Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102.
Courtesy of the Garth Greenan Gallery.
This commission is made possible with the support of the Walker Youngbird Foundation.