Current and Recent Exhibitions by Racing Magpie

We are involved in a variety of exhibitions in our space and around the world. Below is a sampling of current and recent exhibits:

Lines Unleashed

Michael Patton (Oglala Lakota)

Wah.shka: On the occasion of the 2017 Venice Biennale

Installation by Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band Cherokee), Keli Mashburn (Osage), and Marcella Ernest (Ojibwe). Co-curated by Nancy Marie Mithlo and Mary V. Bordeaux.

Exhibited in Venice, Italy in May 2017

Past Exhibitions

Stellar Regions - New works by Hoka Skenandore (Oneida, Oglala Lakota, La Jolla Band of Luiseno, Chicano). This body of work began during my time at the University of Oklahoma (2017-2020). While working on my MFA I took a deeper look at my family and the artistic traditions they established. I am part of a lineage that includes the ceramics of my Grandmother Rose Kerstetter, the Lakota Dolls and artwork of my late Mother Olivia Skenandore & the paintings, prints and sculptures of my late Uncle Fritz Scholder. I also inherit the legacies of the schools I attended, the Institute of American Indian Arts as well the University of Oklahoma. Central to all of these people and places is the creation of contemporary art created from the deepest roots of our individual cultures. This body of work reflects my investigation of a personal family history as well as my own influences, one of the largest being Style Writing.

Responsibilities and Obligations: Understanding Mitákuye Oyásʼiŋ. Installation by Clementine Bordeaux (Sicangu Lakota), Layli Long Soldier (Oglala Lakota), and Mary V. Bordeaux (Sicangu Lakota). Previously shown at the Public Functionary gallery and the All My Relations gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota, and the Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, with guest artist Mikayla Patton (Oglala Lakota).

Untitled: New paintings by Dwayne Wilcox (Oglala Lakota). Dwayne “Chuck” Wilcox was born in Kadoka, South Dakota, attended Crazy Horse High School, and served in the military for four years. While he has no formal art training, Chuck had his first commissioned art piece in 1974, which eventually lead to a full-time career. His work has been exhibited at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK; Red Cloud Heritage Museum, Rine Ridge, SD; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA; the University of Alaska, Anchorage; among many other venues. While he is best known for his ledger art, he is developing a new line of paintings. We are exhibiting an evolving rotation of these vibrant paintings as he produces them. Each time you come to the gallery, you may see new works fresh from his studio!

Where Her Light Is Made: New paintings and drawings by Tani Gordon (Sicangu Lakota), October 2018 - December 2019. Tani currently lives in Okreek, S.D., as a freelance artist. She was a student and teacher for the Great Plains Art Institute of the Sinte Gleska University. Her artwork consists primarily of two-dimensional paintings, drawings, and collage work. She also specializes in unique pen and ink drawings presented as simple black and white images or colorful kaleidoscope surrealism. Her art is inspired by an endless list but mainly Nature, emotion, Lakota philosophy, soul searching, organic matter, film, music and other artists.

Kite’s Listener: Installation and performance art by Suzanne Kite (Oglala Lakota), July - September 2018. Listener is a science fiction story told through a performance artwork with videos created for this location. The 3D map is an exaggerated height map of Rapid City. The walking video was created in the areas around the building. The story is about a woman wandering alone in the future, receiving transmissions from the Far Place on her Listening devices.

50/50/50: South Dakota Governor's Awards Art Show, February, 2017. Curated by Mary V. Bordeaux and Peter J. Strong with the regional assistance of Post Pilgrim Gallery, Akta Lakota Museum, Madison Area Arts Council, Four Bands, Sisseton Arts Council, Aberdeen Area Arts Council, and The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School. 50 years of the South Dakota Arts Council/50 South Dakota artists/50 square inches or smaller. Exhibited in Pierre, South Dakota.