Painting of a woman with grey skin and red braided hair. Her mouth is pixelated in censorship. Her red hair is suspended in the air behind her.

Current Exhibition

Danielle SeeWalker: But We Have Something to Say

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Danielle SeeWalker is a Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta citizen from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She is an artist, writer, activist, and boymom of two, based in Denver, Colorado. Danielle SeeWalker: But We Have Something to Say uses storytelling to explore a variety of issues important to Indigenous peoples and communities. Striking nineteenth-century hair ornaments, beaded spoons, and moccasins are paired with SeeWalker’s art in ways that illuminate censored and erased histories. 

SeeWalker’s art comments on the intersections of historical Native American society and modern culture. Drawing on current color palettes, expressionistic art strategies, and her Lakota traditions, SeeWalker spins her work into a contemporary vision that elevates her community and their often dismissed or silenced histories.

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Painting of a woman with grey skin and red braided hair. Her mouth is pixelated in censorship. Her red hair is suspended in the air behind her.
Blue toned painting of a man in a cowboy hat, button up shirt, and bandana. His face is a grey tone with only his eye and glasses being fully rendered. On his face are abstract grey and blue lines. His hair is hot pink. He looks at the viewer.
Jar handle and decorated with red beads and feathers.
A pair of red children's shores made from animal hide. It is decorated with cross and triangle patterns with red, blue, green, and white beads.
A thin carved wooden comb. It is made from dark wood and in a semi-circle shape.
A pair of children's shoes made with animal hide and beaded with blue, red, and yellow beads in a striped pattern.
5 spoons . The handles are beaded with white, blue, green, red, and yellow beans. Each spoon has a few beaded tassels coming off each end.
Light blue painting with a Native American figure looking at the camera. Their face is blank besides the right eye, which stares at the viewer. On their face are abstract line designs. The figure wears a white war bonnet and a pink cheetah print jacket. They have a medal on their chest.

My aesthetic is different from what people might expect Native American art to be; it's not the stereotypical Chief on a horse overlooking a river from a hill. I'm showing that Native art can take on different forms, styles and mediums

Danielle Seewalker

 

This project is funded in part by the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, cultivating arts and leaders for a vibrant community.