MoNA Current Exhibitions – July thru September 2018
In Red Ink
Exhibition Date:
Reception Date:
July 7 – September 23, 2018
A major exhibit of recent works by over 20 contemporary Native American artists, curated by artist RYAN! Feddersen (Okanogan /Arrow Lakes), with Chloe Dye Sherpe. In Red Ink, forms a corrective lens on stereotypical and historicized depictions of Native American identity by highlighting artists who are addressing their own histories and traditions while simultaneously reflecting their current realities within a living culture. Native American art and culture isn’t created in a vacuum or a vitrine: it reflects pop culture, politics, activism, technology, and self-awareness. In Red Ink, represents a breadth and depth of work in a variety of mediums by artists hailing from tribes across the extended Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Artists:
Neal Ambrose-Smith, (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, descendent)
Natalie Ball, (Modoc/Klamath)
Tamara Ann Burgh, (Inupiat/Kawerak, Swede)
Andrea Carlson, (Ojibwe)
Ka’ila Farrell-Smith (Klamath Modoc)
Carly Feddersen (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation)
Joe Feddersen (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation)
John Feodorov, (Diné)
Erin Genia, (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and Odawa)
Amy Malbeuf, (Métis)
Alison Marks, (Tlingit)
Miles Miller, (Yakama Nation)
Jaune Quick-to-See (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation)
Tanis Maria S’eiltin, (Tlingit)
Bently Spang, (Tsitsistas/Suhtai, Northern Cheyenne)
Fox Anthony Spears, (Karuk, descendant)
Asia Tail, (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)
Storme Webber (Sugpiaq/Alutiiq and Choctaw)
Matika Wilbur, (Swinomish and Tulalip)
Shirod Younker, (Coquille & Coos)
Proceed with Abandon… Viva Patty!
Exhibition Date:
Reception Date:
July 7 – September 23, 2018
The work of Patty Detzer is as honest, as transgressive, and as remarkable as the artist herself. Incorporating her unique perspective about the cruelty and hilarity of life, her work intimately speaks to those who aren’t often spoken too. By creating pieces whose shape is gentle and feminine but whose skin is composed of broken glass, human teeth, and nails, Patty exposed the incongruous nature of existence.
