Indigenization

Opening: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 4p - 8p
Exhibition Dates: April 26 - July 27

Duende Gallery is proud to present Indigenization, an exhibition highlighting artwork from Tia Collection, exploring how the featured Native artists have been influenced by some of the most recognized and influential figures in art history.

 Native artists have long engaged with the canon of art history, drawing inspiration, pushing its boundaries, and utilizing its stylization to tell their stories. In this exhibition, selected works from the Tia Collection will be paired with widely recognizable iconic works from the annals of art history, highlighting these Native artists’ connections to global artistic legacies and showcasing the ways that they are indigenizing the contemporary art world. Featured artists in Indigenization include: Rick Bartow,
David Bradley, T.C. Cannon, Robert King, Jeff Kahm, Martine Gutierrez, Sheldon Harvey, Patrick Dean Hubbell, Jessie Littlebird, James Luna, Michael Namingha, Gerald Stone, and Everton Tsosie.

While the exhibition pairs Native and non-Native works in conversation, it does not presume direct influence from the chosen non-Native artists. Instead, it highlights how the Native artists featured in this exhibition have adapted and reimagined techniques and styles often associated with broader art practices, infusing them with cultural narratives and perspectives unique to their own modern indigenous lived experiences. Indigenization underscores the importance of Indigenous perspectives in continuing to shape the global art world. This exhibition invites viewers to reflect on the process of indigenization—the power it has to reclaim and transform—and emphasizes the ways Indigenous artists assert their voices in a contemporary art world that often marginalizes them.

Curated by Jaime Herrell and Robert King