Wendy Red Star

Wendy Red Star is an artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Red Star received her B.F.A. from Montana State University-Bozeman and her M.F.A from UCLA in 2006. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her exhibitions include shows at the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Hallie Ford Museum, The Eiteljorg Museum, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Portland Art Museum, Hood Art Museum, Missoula Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum, National Museum of the American Indian-New York, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Haw Gallery. She has been a visiting lecturer at a range of respected institutions, including the Figge Art Museum, The Banff Centre, National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Dartmouth College, CalArts, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Flagler College, Fairhaven College, and I.D.E.A. Space-Colorado College. Over the course of her practice, Red Star has worked within and between the mediums of photography, sculpture, installation, and performance. Red Star’s work layers influences drawn from her background (Crow), daily surroundings, aesthetic experiences, and collected ephemera.