Kelly Tapia-Chuning (b. 1997, California) is a mixed Xicana artist of Indigenous descent raised in southwestern Utah, and currently based in northwest Montana. Tapia-Chuning's multidisciplinary practice utilizes genealogical and historical research, textile appropriation and deconstruction, and large-scale needle-felting to examine the power dynamics attached to racial identity/culture, gender, and language.

Tapia-Chuning received an MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she was awarded a Gilbert Fellowship, and is the 2023 recipient of CAA's Professional Development Fellow in Visual Arts Award. Tapia-Chuning's work has been included in exhibitions with the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Kimball Art Center (UT), GAVLAK (LA), Cranbrook Art Museum (MI), Eric Firestone Gallery (NYC), Onna House (NY & FL), among others, with solo exhibitions with Red Arrow Gallery (TN) and Harsh Collective (NYC). Tapia-Chuning has been an artist in residence at Stove Works (TN) and Zion National Park (UT). Her work has been featured in Artnet News, Southwest Contemporary, Surface Mag, Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine, Artsin Square, and Friend of The Artist. Tapia-Chuning's work is held in numerous private and public collections across the US, including: Cranbrook Art Museum, The Bunker Artspace, Onna House, the State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection, and the Southern Utah Museum of Art.