
ProjecT
& Exhibit History
Updated October 29, 2025
Awards, Cohorts, and Grant Support:
2025 MSAB Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2024 Bush Fellowship,
2024 Franconia Sculpture Park 5-Minute Film Festival Best in Show,
2024 MSAB Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2023 Propel Nonprofit Seeding Cultural Treasures (for Chief Buffalo Memorial) award
2023 NPN Artist Documentation & Storytelling Fund Grant,
2023 Pillsbury House Theater - McKnight Community Engaged Artist Fellowship
2023 Minnesota Film Festival Indigenous Filmmaker Grant
2023 Depot Foundation Artist Award
2023/24 MCAD-Jerome Fellowship for Early Career Artists
2022 Northland Foundation Maada-ookiing Grant
2022 St. Paul & Minnesota Foundation grant (DAI)
2022 Springboard for the Arts Creative Community Leadership Institute
2022 NorthxNorth Film Pitch Competition runner-up
2021 MSAB Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2021 Duluth Superior Film Festival Al Milgrom Memorial Award
2021 Waterers: Future Building Award recipient
2021 ARAC Established Regional Artist Award
2021 ARAC Emergency Working Artist Grant
2020 MSAB Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2020 2020 McKnight Foundation / St. Paul & Minnesota Foundation “Art in the Present Moment” grant
2020 Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Anishinaabe Fund (via Duluth Indigenous Commission for Chief Buffalo Memorial Project)
2020-2021 Arrowhead Regional Arts & Cultural Heritage Grant (Chief Buffalo Memorial Project)
2019 - 2020 Women’s Foundation of MN Innovator’s Program
2019-2020 Knight Foundation / 8 80 Cities Emerging City Champions
2019 Duluth News Tribune “20 Under 40” Award
2019 YWCA “Women of Distinction: Emerging Leader” award
2019 NAACP “Take a Stand For the Revolution” award
2019 ARAC Art Project Grant (to create Indigenous Land mural in Lincoln Park with youth)
2019 ARAC Technology & Equipment Grant (to purchase an iPad for street mural sketches)
2019 Forecast Public Art Emerging Artist (community street murals with Anishinaabe and local neighborhood ideas merged together)
2019 MSAB Artist Initiative (currently using to develop new body of paintings/digital art related to Children’s Rights)
2018-2021 Bush Creative Communities Cohort 2 (through AICHO)
2018 - 2019 Bush Change Network member
2018-2019 Duluth Chapter Voices for Racial Justice
2018 Girl Power Program Woman of the Week
2016 UW-S Community Diversity Award
2014 Duluth Soup Micro-Grant (Goody Night)
Collaborative Projects:
Artist Residencies:
Summer 2025 Pittsburgh BOOM Concepts Residency through ACA (upcoming), 2024 Missing Narratives Mural project (Cloquet, MN), April-May 2024 three thirty one space Artist Residency (Minneapolis, MN), July 2022 Tofte Lake Center BIPOC Residency (Ely, MN), December 2022 Salzburg Global Fellowship Artist in Residence (Salzburg, Austria), March 2023 Interconnected Learning Cohort (Israel/Palestine)
SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY & ARTS CURATION:
2025
Anishinaabe: The Living Art of Original Peoples Group Exhibit / Detroit Institute of Arts
September 2025 - April 2026 - Detroit, MI
Resist & Reclaim Group Exhibit / Goldstein Museum of Design
November 2025 - Minneapolis, MN
Ishkode Solo Exhibit / UW-Plateville
October 2025 - Plateville, WI
Neighbors of the Womb Duo-Exhibit with Leviathan Josts / St. Louis County Depot
October 2025 - Duluth, MN
We Belong Together Group Exhibit / Solidarity Street Gallery
Fall 2025 - St. Paul, MN
Little Big Show Group Exhibit / Macrostie Art Center
Summer 2025 - Grand Rapids, MN
Indaanikoobigijigan Duo-Exhibit with Robert Desjarlait / Hennepin Avenue United Methodist
June 2025 - Minneapolis, MN
Movement Group Exhibit / Grand Marais Arts Colony
May - August 2025 - Grand Marais, MN
Thunderdomesticity: Witness Me Group Exhibit / Fotolab 7
May 2025 - Vermillion, SD
Tell Me a Love Story Group Exhibit / Rum River Art Center
May-August 2025 - Anoka, MN
Rocking Chair (R) Evolution Exhibition / Weisman Art Museum
March 2025 - Minneapolis, MN
Thunderbird Review: Volume 13
2024
Small Spirits Solo Exhibition / Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
November - January 2024 - Bloomington, MN
Solo Exhibit / Butter Bakery
December 2024 - Minneapolis, MN
Shorts in Winter Film Festival / Two Harbors High School
December 2024 - Two Harbors, MN
Franconia Five Minute Film Festival - Best in Show / Franconia Sculpture Park
October 2024 - Two Harbors, MN
Migration Memories Group Exhibition / Solidarity Street Gallery
September - October 2024 - St. Paul, MN
Beyond Boundaries: An Exploration of Indigenous Art Group Exhibition / Landscape Arboretum
September - November 2024 - Chaska, MN
9th Annual Imagine This Women's International Film Festival (Extraction)
September 2024 - New York City, NY
Member Show / Duluth Art Institute
June - July 2024 - Duluth, MN
On The Record Group Exhibition / Earth Rider Brewery
June 2024 - Superior, WI
Solo Exhibit / Denfeld Whole Foods Co-Op
April 2024 - Duluth, MN
“Waiting For Beds” Duo Exhibit exhibit exploring mental health crisis care with Carla Hamilton
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October 2025 | UMN Morris Gallery, Morris, MI
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March 2024 | Kruk Gallery, Superior, WI
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April 2024 | Rabbit, Bird and Bear, Bayfield, WI
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April/May 2024 | Wildflyer Coffee, Hope Street, and Face2Face collaboration (youth specific) at Wildflyer Coffee and Studio 240 / Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN
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June - September 2024 | Unitarian Universalist Church Duluth, MN
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March - April 2025 | 210 Gallery & Art Center, Sandstone, MN
 
MCAD-Jerome Fellowship Group Exhibition (ft. “Waiting for Beds”) / MCAD
January - February 2024 - Minneapolis, MN
Dreaming Our Futures: Ojibwe and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Artists and Knowledge Keepers Group Exhibit
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January 16 - March 16, 2024 | Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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April 24 - July 21, 2024 | Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
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September 3 - December 27, 2024 | Tweed Museum of Art, University of MInnesota, Duluth
 
Thunderbird Review: Volume 12
2024 Thunder Film Festival (Constellations)
Commission / portrait of Francis Fairbanks for Minneapolis American Indian Center
2024 Timberwolves Basketball Women’s History Month Featured Artist
2023
Indigenous Artists of the Upper Midwest: Intersections of Art and Healing Group Exhibit / Gallery Marƶeń
October/November 2023 - Madison, WI
Group Exhibit / Washburn Cultural Center
October 2023 - Washburn, WI
Solo Exhibit / Superior Public Library
June 2023 - Superior, WI
Voices of Tomorrow Group Exhibit (youth project) / North Shore Bank of Commerce
Summer 2023 - Duluth, MN
Wakpa Triennial / St. Paul Public Library
September 2023 - St. Paul
Ruby Red: Group Anniversary Exhibit / Phipps Gallery
February 2023 - Hudson, WI
“Environmental Art Exhibition” / University of Connecticut
March 26, 2023 - Mansfield, CT
Ely Film Festival / Ely’s Historic State Theater
March 2023 - Ely, MN
“Waiting For Beds” Duo Exhibit exhibit exploring mental health crisis care with Carla Hamilton / PROVE
February 2023 - Duluth, MN (traveling)
“Waiting For Beds” Duo Exhibit exhibit exploring mental health crisis care with Carla Hamilton / Macrostie Art Center
May 2023 - Grand Rapids, MN (traveling)
2023 Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball Own Your Canvas/City Edition Selected Artist (Duluth)
2022
Selected Artist / MN Artist Penny Press Project
Winter 2022 - MN Statewide
Waiting area commission & community listening sessions / Hamm Clinic
September 2022 - St. Paul
Duluth Story project - Voiceover / Zeitgeist Center for Arts
Summer 2022
Solo fish series (part of a group exhibit) - Northern Warehouse Artist Collective
July 11, 2022 - St. Paul, MN
Wayzata Sail Painting featured artist
June 2022 - Wayzata, MN
Gifts of the Northern Sun Exhibit - University of Minnesota - Duluth
June 2022 - Online platform
Free Range Film Festival
June 2022 - Wrenshall, MN
“Doublethink: Rights of the Child” Solo Exhibit / Watermark Gallery
March 2022 - Bemidji, MN
“Doublethink: Rights of the Child” Solo Exhibit / The Phipps Center for Arts
January 2022 - Hudson, WI
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2021
“Ekphrasis” Group Exhibit / The Phipps Center for Arts
Fall 2021 - Hudson, WI
Duluth Superior Film Festival, Short Film Category, “Madweyaashkaa” / Zeitgeist Zinema
August 2021 - Duluth, MN - received the first Al Milgrom Memorial Award for boldness in media production.
“Water: A Minnesota Biennial” Group Exhibit / Minnesota Museum of American Art
Fall 2021 - St. Paul, MN
Madweyaashkaa: Waves Can Be Heard (150 ft. animated projection) / Washington Center
June 2021 - Duluth, MN
“Breaking the Silence” Virtual Group Exhibit / Minneapolis Institute of Art
February 2021 - Minneapolis, MN
Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock Featured Projection Artist (150 ft. animated projection) / Northern Lights.MN
February 2021 - Minneapolis, MN
Redleaf Center for Family Healing / Hennepin County Medical Center
Permanent Collection - Minneapolis, MN
BAM Instructor / Duluth Art Institute/Duluth Folk School exhibit
Summer 2021 - Duluth, MN
“A Winter Love” (feature film) animator / Written and Directed by Rhiana Yazzie
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2020
“Creating Apart: Local Artists Respond to the Global Pandemic” Group Exhibit / Tweed Museum of Art
Winter 2020 - May 2021 - Duluth, MN
“Project 30.1” Group Exhibit + Mural artist selection committee / The Phipps Center for Arts
December 2020 / January 2021 - Hudson, WI
Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock Projection Artist / Northern Lights Festival
Upcoming December 2020 - Minneapolis, MN
“Water 2020: A Minnesota Biennial” Group Exhibit / Minnesota Museum of American Art
(pending COVID-19)
“Doublethink: Rights of the Child” Solo Exhibit / New York Mills Cultural Center
September 2020 - New York Mills, MN
“Doublethink: Rights of the Child” Solo Exhibit / The Phipps Center for Arts
Scheduled for May 2021 - Hudson, WI
“Doublethink: Rights of the Child” Solo Exhibit / All My Relations Gallery
February 2020 / April 2020 - Minneapolis, MN
“Foresight: 20 Years of Mitakuye Oyasin” Group Retrospective Exhibit / All My Relations Gallery
December 2019 / February 2020 - Minneapolis, MN
“Where the Wild Rice Grows” - Solo Exhibit / Peace Church
November 2019 / February 2020 - Duluth, MN
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2019
“Doublethink: Rights of the Child” Solo Exhibit / Zeitgeist Arts Center
October 2019 - Duluth, MN
“Nibikaang” Group Exhibit / Watermark Art Center
July/September 2019 - Bemidji, MN
“Open Water” Group Exhibit / First Stage Gallery
May 2019 - Virginia, MN
“Art of Resilience” Group Exhibit / Headwaters Relief Organization (as part of Minneapolis Art-a-Whirl)
May 2019 - Minneapolis, MN
“Where the Wild Rice Grows” - Solo Exhibit / Institute on the Environment (U of M)
Winter - Summer 2019 - St. Paul, MN
“Bring Her Home: Stolen Daughters of Turtle Island” - Digital Designer & Co-Curator / All My Relations Gallery
February 2018, February 2019 - Minneapolis / Traveling Exhibit
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2018
“Where the Wild Rice Grows” - Solo Exhibit / Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth
September 2018 - Duluth, MN
“Endangered: Lives & Ways of Living” - Duo Exhibit with Ellen Sandbeck / Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center
August/September 2018 - Duluth, MN
“Old School Arts Summer Show”: Featured Artist / Old School Art Center
July/September 2018 - Sandstone, MN
Two Harbors Chalk.A.Lot: Featured Artist / Thomas Owens Park
July 2018 - Two Harbors, MN
“Nighthawks”: Group Exhibition / Changes Gallery
May/June 2018 - Foley, MN
“Phenomenal”: Group Exhibition featuring all WOCI artists (organized/curated + contributed artwork) / Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center
March/April 2018 - Duluth, MN
“WTF! Feminist Art Exhibition” / Gallery 315
March 2018 - Duluth, MN
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2017
“Phenomenal”: Group Exhibition featuring all WOCI artists (organized/curated + contributed artwork) / Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center
March 2018 - Duluth, MN
“WTF! Feminist Art Exhibition” / Gallery 315
March 2018 - Duluth, MN
“Maamawi”: AICHO Artists Group Exhibit & Calendar Release (organized/curated + contributed artwork) / AICHO Galleries
December 2017 - Duluth, MN
“Resist & Protect”: Group Exhibition / Zeitgeist Arts Cafe
November 2018 - Duluth, MN
“We the People”: Group Exhibition / Minnesota Museum of American Art
August/November 2017 - St. Paul, MN
Duluth Superior Film Festival: Short Film Screening Event / Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center
June 2017 - Duluth, MN
“The Art of Indigenous Resistance”: Traveling Group Exhibit / Self Help Graphics Gallery +
May 2017 - started in Los Angeles, CA
“Ubuntu”: Group Exhibition / Zeitgeist Arts Cafe
April/August 2017 - Duluth, MN
“Arts for Social Change”: Group Exhibition / University of Minnesota - Duluth
April 2017 - Duluth, MN
INAATE/SE/ Film Screening Event Feat. Short Films by Jonathan Thunder and Moira Villiard / Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center
January 2017 - Duluth, MN
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2016
“Introspection”: Group Exhibition / PRØVE Gallery
December 2016 - Duluth, MN
“Standing Strong for Our Precious Water”: Art Exhibit & Concert Benefit for Standing Rock and Honor the Earth (organized/curated + contributed artwork) / AICHO Galleries
December 2016 - Duluth, MN
DAI “Make Your Mark”: Live-Painting + donated work / Duluth Timber Company
October 2016 - Duluth, MN
“Plein Air Duluth: Paint du Nord”: Group Exhibition (+ live-painting) / Duluth Art Institute
July 2016 through September 2016 - Duluth, MN
Dawn of Redemption Concert: Live-Painting with Richmond Seju / New Century Theater
June 2016 - Minneapolis, MN
“Real”: Solo Exhibit / Zeitgeist Arts Cafe
June 2016 - Duluth, MN
“Resilience & Grit”: Group Exhibition / PRØVE Gallery
May 2016 - Duluth, MN
Wildwoods Fundraiser: Live-Painting / Clyde Iron Works
April 2016 - Duluth, MN
Escape to the Tropics Charity Concert Supporting Flint, MI: Group Exhibition (display + curated by Moira Villiard) / University of Wisconsin - Superior
April 2016 - Superior, WI
Guerilla Girls: “All About Eve” Gallery Hop / Trepanier Hall (AICHO ) + redGallery
January 2016 - Duluth, MN
All Black Zine Release: Group Exhibition / PRØVE Gallery
January 2016 - Duluth, MN
UMD Native Storytelling: Art Display / University of Minnesota - Duluth, Kirby Ballroom
January 2016 - Duluth, MN
Public Art Display / Lake Superior Bakehouse
Ongoing - Duluth, MN
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2015
“Anawe Mitigookweg Akiminan” (A Circle of Native Women): Group Exhibition / Edge Center Gallery
October 2015 - Bigfork, MN
Goody Night Episode #12 (curated + co-directed) / The Underground
September 2015 - Duluth, MN
Two Harbors Chalk.A.Lot: Featured Artist / Thomas Owens Park
July 2015 - Two Harbors, MN
Hip-Hop May Youth Art Workshop Coordinator / Valley Youth Center
May 2015 - Duluth, MN
“Into the Peripheral”: Group Exhibition / Trepanier Hall (AICHO)
May 2015 - Duluth, MN
Goody Night Episode #11: The Story & Life of Eric Swanson (curated + co-directed) / Sacred Heart Music Center
May 2015 - Duluth, MN
Duluth SOUP: Group Exhibition / Clyde Ironworks
May 2015 - Duluth, MN
American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference: Art Display / University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
May 2015 - Duluth, MN
Arts for Social Change: Group Exhibition / University of Minnesota
April 2015 - Duluth, MN
Goody Night Episode #10 (curated) / The Underground
March 2015 - Duluth, MN
Duluth SOUP: Group Exhibition + Grant Recipient / Clyde Ironworks
February 2015 - Duluth, MN
Rising Point Concert: Live-Painting + Auction / Sacred Heart Music Center
January 2015 - Duluth, MN
Live-Painting / Jefferson People’s House
January 2015 - Duluth, MN
Group Display / Ghost Dog Tattoo
2015 - Cloquet, MN
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2014
Duluth SOUP / Red Herring
November 2014 - Duluth, MN
Goody Night Episode #9 Solo Exhibit + Live-Painting + Charitable Auction / The UndergroundNovember 2014 - Duluth, MN
Solo Exhibit: All Black Everything / PRØVE Gallery
September 2014 - Duluth, MN
Goody Night Episode #8 - Solo Exhibit + Live Painting / The Underground
September 2014 - Duluth, MN
#NowFeeling / Spotify Corporate Event
July 2014 - Shoreditch, London, U.K.
Live-Painting Demonstration / Jefferson People’s House
July 2014 - Duluth, MN
North Country Bob Dylan Fest: Group Exhibition / Red Mug
May 2014 - Superior, WI
“EMERGE”: Group Exhibition (curated) / Trepanier Hall (AICHO)
May 2014 - Duluth, MN
“Quaintrelle”: Group Exhibition / PRØVE Gallery
February 2014 - Duluth, MN
Group Exhibition / Skyline Art Gallery
2014 - Duluth, MN
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2013
Thunder in the Gallery: Group Exhibition / Gimaajii American Indian Gallery
December 2013 - Duluth, MN
Rocky Makes Room For Them & Moira Villiard Art Exhibit / Gimaajii American Indian Gallery
April 2013 - Duluth, MN
American Indian Scholarship Exhibit: Group Exhibition / Kruk Gallery
April 2012 - Duluth, MN
