Summary
- 1971 Born in Colorado Springs, CO
- 1992 AFA, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
- 1993 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Lives and works in Chicago, IL
Gallery Representation:
Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe NM; Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK; Rainmaker Gallery, Bristol, UK; Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM; MoCNA Museum Store, Santa Fe, NM; Art Wanson Gallery, Marbella, Spain
Solo Exhibitions
2015
Accounts Past Due, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe NM
2014
Art in Response to Violence conference, featured artist, Northeastern Illinois Univ
2013
United Conference, September, Northern Michigan University, Marquette MI
2011
History Re-Imagined: Works by Chris Pappan, Schingoethe Center for Native American Studies, Aurora IL
2008
Native American Lowbrow, The Art of Chris Pappan, Zahra’s Gallery, Beacon NY
Group Exhibitions
2016
For Our Children 1, Spot Gallery Phoenix AZ
The Hive Anniversary show, Phoenix AZ
Farenheit, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK
Indian Market show, Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, NM
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago IL (2 person show)
2015
Harold Washington Library Native American Heritage Month, Chicago IL (2 person show)
Footprints Through Time, Illinois State Museum, Chicago IL
2015 invitational, Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe NM
On Fertile Ground, All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Lollipop Guild, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK
2014
Multi-Verse, The Hive, Phoenix AZ
Conflict, Courtship, Ceremony and the Chase, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls MT
Re-Riding History: Ledger Art and the Prisoners at Fort Marion, travelling exhibition
First People, Second City (2 person show) Rainmaker Gallery, Bristol UK
Landmarks,Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque NM
Modern Illusions, Winterowd Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Keynote presentation IL Arts Educators Assoc conference
2013
Indigenous Brilliance, Valencia Spain
My Land, Winterowd Fine art, Santa Fe NM
SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe NM
Octopus Dreams, 516Arts Albuquerque NM
Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival, Indianapolis IN
First Voice, Next Gallery project, St. Charles IL
Indigenous Brilliance, Seborga Italy
New Blood, Legends of Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM
Heard Museum Indian Market, Phoenix AZ
2012
IAIA Lumen Show, Santa Fe, NM
Standing In Sunshine, Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago IL
54th Annual Heard Museum Indian Market, Phoenix AZ
Octopus Dreams, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Eiteljorg Indian Market, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis IN
Messengers, Rainmaker Gallery, Bristol, UK
Zombie Skins, Salon La vie et la Mort, Ahlenia studios, Santa Fe NM
Low Rez, Eggman and Walrus Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe NM
Language of the Land, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Ledger art by Chris Pappan and Jewelry by Elizbeth Wallace Wheelwright Museum , Santa Fe NM,
Eiteljorg Indian Market Indianapolis IN
Examination of a Truth Untold Human Thread, Chicago IL
Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place and Heartland Reverberations Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence KS
2010 -2005
Mostly Indian and Other Fables, Lawton Gallery, Universtiy of Wisconsin, Green Bay WI.
SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe NM
Red Runners, Well And Good Gallery, Toronto ON.
Eiteljorg Museum 18th Annual Indian Market, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis IN
52nd Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ
Native Pulse 2009, Pop Gallery Santa Fe, August
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues art exhibit, United Nations building, New York NY
38th Annual Trail of Tears Art Show Cherokee Heritage Museum, Tallequah Ok
51st Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, Heard Museum, Phoenix AZ,
Native American Artists of Chicago, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago IL
Blazing Saddles Pop Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Transfusion part 2, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston IL
Transfusion, Trickster Gallery, Schaumburg IL
Generations, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago IL
Evolution of Skateboard Art, Trickster Gallery, Schaumburg IL
Skate Deck Graphic Exhibit, EXP Gallery, Chicago IL
Visions Regenerated, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago IL
Contemporary Osage Artists, Jacobson House Native Art Center, Norman OK
Dirty Show 7.5, Detroit, MI
A Voice of Their Own: Work by emerging Native American artists from Chicago, The Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures, Aurora, IL
American, Indian, Now, Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dissipating Indians, Trickster Gallery Inaugural show, Schaumburg, IL
Collections
- The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago IL
- National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC
- James T. Bialac Natie American Art collection, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman OK
- Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM
- North American Native Museum, Zurich Switzerland
- Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence KS
- J. W. Wiggins Native American Art Collection, University of Arkansas, Little Rock AR
- Kiva Gallery, Upsalla Sweden
- Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures, Aurora IL
- Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston, IL
- private collections, national and international.
Awards
- First Peoples Fund Artist In Business Leadership grant 2016
- Landmarks Fellowship/Artist Residency, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque NM, Yirrkala NT Australia, March/May 2013
- 1st place: Drawing division, Heard Museum Indian Market 2013
- 2nd place: Drawing, SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market 2013
- Evergreen College Olympia WA, National Native Creative Development Grant 2011
- Southwest Assoc of Indian Artist Discovery Fellowship 2011
- Wheelwright Museum Martha Albrecht Fellowship 2011
- 2nd place Drawing SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market 2011
- 1st place Painting, Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market 2011
- 2nd place Drawing, Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market 2011
- Chicago Area Artist Program Grant recipient 2011
- Best of Class, 2010 Heard Museum Indian Market
- Best of Division, 2010 Heard Museum Indian Market
- Judges Choice, 2010 Heard Museum Indian Market
- Honorable Mention, 2010 Heard Museum Indian Market
- 1st place Drawing, 2010 Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market
- 2nd place drawing, 2010 SWAIA Indian Market
- 3rd place: Graphics, 2009 Trail of Tears Art Show, Cherokee Heritage Center
Publications
- Contemporary Native Art Magazine
- Native Peoples
- Indian Country Today
- THE Magazine
- Kanza News
- Western Art Collector
- American Art Collector