PAST EXHIBITIONS

2023

Field Guide: Teresa Baker + Anthony Hudson + Jessica Mehta + Eliza Naranjo Morse
Field Guide featured the work of recipients of the 2020 and 2021 Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists, including Teresa Baker (Mandan/Hidatsa), Anthony Hudson (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians), Jessica Doe (Mehta) (Cherokee Nation), and Eliza Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo). The exhibition was curated by Andrea R. Hanley (Navajo). Click brochure image to view.

May 5 to July 30, 2023 at the Ucross Art Gallery

2022-2023

TIME, MARK, MEMORY: UCROSS AT 40 

Time, Mark, Memory: Ucross at 40 featureD the work of 15 contemporary visual artists from Ucross’s impressive roster of visual arts alumni and is curated by Ucross Fellow and arts writer Leah Ollman. The exhibiting artists include Michael Berman of Silver City, New Mexico; Arminée Chahbazian of Calistoga, California; Jennifer Garza-Cuen of Corpus Christi, Texas; Munson Hunt of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Shanti Grumbine of New Paltz, New York; Sharon Harper of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Lisa Hochstein of Santa Cruz, California; Elizabeth Hohimer of Marfa, Texas; Bill Morrison of New York, New York; Jenene Nagy of Riverside, California; Sarah McKenzie of Boulder, Colorado; Stephen Vitiello of Richmond, Virginia; Sarah Walker of New York, New York; Anne Wilson of Chicago, Illinois; and Katarina Wong of Santa Fe, New Mexico, New York, New York, and Havana, Cuba. Purchase the exhibition catalogue here.

November 4, 2022, to January 20, 2023 at the Ucross Art Gallery

2021

​AMERICAN MEMORY: INSIDE OUT: Monica J. Brown, Brittney Denham-Whisonant, and Bill Will
Featuring three Ucross fellows, the 31 works in the exhibition explored the idea of collective memory and its intersection with the complexities of our humanity. Together, the works offered a cross-section of Americana through a variety of expression, including Will’s sculptural work, Denham-Whisonant’s quilted textiles, and Brown’s photo-collage and mixed media.

May 14 to August 27, 2021 at the Ucross Art Gallery

MARKING TIME: Heidi Brandow + Luzene Hill, 2019 Ucross Native American Fellows
A multidisciplinary exhibition presenting 25 works of art by the 2019 winners of the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists, Heidi Brandow (Diné/Kanaka Mãoli) and Luzene Hill (Eastern Band of Cherokee).
January 11 - March 26, 2021 at the Ucross Art Gallery
April 8 - June 27, 2021 at the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
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2020 
ENTWINED: Jennifer Reifsneider + Martha Tuttle
Featuring the work of two Ucross fellows, Entwined showcases 24 contemporary multidisciplinary works that incorporate various elements including fabric, sculpture, paint, and fiber techniques such as weaving, spinning, crocheting, and knitting. 
February 14 - May 15, 2020
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2019 
METAMORPHOSES: AN ACT OF POETIC IMAGINATION
An exhibition featuring 40 photographs by Ucross alumna Martirene Alcántara, an acclaimed Mexican-born abstract visual artist, stage designer, and photographer who specializes in architecture.
October 11 to December 6, 2019
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INTRICATE FORM: BRENDA MALLORY + SYDNEY PURSEL
2018 UCROSS NATIVE AMERICAN FELLOWS
The inaugural exhibition presenting artwork by winners of the newly established Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists. The multidisciplinary exhibition includes works on paper, video, installation, and sculpture by the first two recipients of the Native American Fellowship, Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation) and Sydney Jane Brooke Campbell Maybrier Pursel (Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska). Mallory and Pursel were both in residence at Ucross in 2018.
June 3 to September 28, 2019
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RESPONSE TO PLACE: COLOR
Phoebe Adams + Teresa Booth Brown
Response to Place: Color is an exhibition of abstract paintings and collages that explores color and changing light in landscape by Ucross alumni artists, Phoebe Adams and Teresa Booth Brown.
February 15 to May 17, 2019
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2018
LINEAGE AND LEGACY: THE IMAGINED HORSE
This multidisciplinary equine exhibition, spearheaded by Mark Ritchie, Professor of Art in Printmaking at the University of Wyoming, featured thirty works from ten different artists (five international artists). The project was inspired by Ritchie’s participation in the Horse and Art Research Project (HARP), a unique equine-focused residency program in Hungary.  
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2017
THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF BIRDS
This exhibition featured paintings by Ucross alumni artist and avid birder Christina Baal. The show also included art submitted by members of the immediate community, the greater Wyoming community, and Ucross alumni from across the country. 
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2016
POWER OF PLAY: CROSS POLLINATION OF ART & SCIENCE
This interactive exhibition presented collaborations of dance, music from artists and scientists at the University of Wyoming. 
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2015
A PORTRAIT IN PLACE
This special exhibition of land art featured work by Charlie Bettigole, Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, Bill Gilbert, Jeanette Hart-Mann, Yoshimi Hayashi, Joseph Mougel, and Cedra Wood.
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For information on exhibitions prior to 2015, contact Tracey Kikut, Program Director.