General Gallery Viewing Hours
Dates: June 10 - September 16 (Fridays only)
Time: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: Enter through AICHO's Gimaajii-Mino-Bimaadizimin at 202 West 2nd Street, Duluth, MN
Free, no registration required. Face masks required
Time: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: Enter through AICHO's Gimaajii-Mino-Bimaadizimin at 202 West 2nd Street, Duluth, MN
Free, no registration required. Face masks required
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About the Exhibit |
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AICHO Galleries is proud to present “Indigenous” by Shaun Chosa, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa citizen and painter, who uses historical photographs and sepia tone images and transforms them into colorful paintings with pop cultural themes and iconography. Chosa’s artwork centers on the faces of Indigenous portraits, sometimes providing visual clues and connections to various aspects of tribal life, customs, and assorted frames of reference. Chosa’s work embraces the diversity of Indigeneous experiences: the pride for culture and tradition, the celebration of victories and blessings, and the painful memories and realities lived by Indigenous people. He delves into popular culture and history to reassert these images of the past, giving them new life and reinserting Indigenous collective presence back in the public’s consciousness.
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COVID-19 Safety Precautions
- All visitors must wear face masks. Masks must cover the mouth and nose regardless of vaccination status.
- If visitors are not feeling well or feeling ill, please do not attend.
- Social distancing guidelines will be adhered to
- During gallery viewing hours, visitors must enter at the 202 entrance and sanitize their hands.
- While attending artists receptions, visitors must enter at the 212 entrance and will have their temperature checked and be asked to sanitize their hands.
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About the Artist |
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Shaun Chosa is a self-taught artist with a background in graphic design. He uses photographs as the basis and starting point for the images and paintings he creates. Being raised by a young single Native mother, who was a painter herself, led Chosa to witness, and sometimes partake, in various aspects of many different cultures in addition to Indigenous ones all over the United States. The artist lives and works in Ely, Minnesota, and he is a Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa citizen. He has two cats and spends most of his time creating art in his studio. His usual pastimes include exploring art, reading, and enjoying cinema from around the world.
Learn more about Shaun Chosa. |
Works by Shaun Chosa |
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"War on Paint" at the Duluth Art Institute, March 2020.
Shawn Chosa Interview Published by The PlayList on WDSE, January 2014.
Shawn Chosa Interview Published by The PlayList on WDSE, January 2014.
Event Funders |
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The McKnight Foundation and Minnesota Department of Human Services Behavorial Health Division