Jessica Christy; Domestic Tides / Indigenous Mind
@ Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622,
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 18th
Please join us for the Opening Reception of “Domestic Tides / Indigenous Mind”, a solo exhibition of Jessica Christy’s work, on Friday, Nov 15. There will be a brief artist’s talk at 6:15 pm.
“Domestic Tides / Indigenous Mind” explores a move from the prairies of North Dakota to the urban environment of Chicago. The exhibition considers Jessica Christy’s transplanted indigenous identity, one connected to place, in the midst of a culture shock. While exploring a new city, both foreign and known images were gathered: deer hair, parking signs, coyote tracks, municipal tickets, bird feathers, and corner store signs. Through self-applied cultural guilt and gender expectations, visuals emerge that suggest the artist’s voice is becoming comfortable in the 21st century metropolis.
Christy is a native North Dakotan, born to two artists on the Sanger Art Farm, located at the northern edge of the Sheyenne River Valley. She received her MFA from the University of North Dakota in 2011 and has since created works that challenge the status quo of human activity and the resulting impacts. Heavily influenced by her upbringing in the Dakota and Lakota cultures, Christy weaves the Native experience into her work. She has shown both nationally and internationally, most recently at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Find further information at www.jessicachristy.com.
Exhibition Dates: 11/15/2019 – 1/18/2020
Free and open to the public.
Image: selection of work by Jessica Christy
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