Sources:
https://www.wendyredstar.com
https://massmoca.org/event/wendy-red-star/
https://www.arts.gov/stories/magazine/2018/1/women-arts-galvanizing-encouraging-inspiring/wendy-red-star
https://www.wendyredstar.com
https://massmoca.org/event/wendy-red-star/
https://www.arts.gov/stories/magazine/2018/1/women-arts-galvanizing-encouraging-inspiring/wendy-red-star
Artist Quote: “It is critical to preserve and pass along culture, heritage, and shared values while also providing future generations with a sense of identity, solidarity, and empowerment.” Achievements: Red Star has exhibited in the United States and abroad at venues including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, Hood Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others. In 2017, Red Star was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and in 2018 she received a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship. | About the Artist: Red Star holds a BFA from Montana State University, Bozeman, and an MFA in sculpture from University of California, Los Angeles. About the Artwork: Red Star explores her cultural heritage and the role of Native women through a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, video, fiber arts, and performance. An avid researcher of archives and historical narratives, Red Star seeks to incorporate and recast her research, offering new and unexpected perspectives of Native American representation. "As indigenous people, through colonization, we’re having to deal with some of the same dilemmas that other women are experiencing as well. There’s sexism—women are limited to certain things. I created the hashtag #ApsaalookeFeminist, and anytime I experience something or make something that is historically and culturally specific to Crow women, I’ll photograph it on Instagram with the hashtag." |