Celebrating Complexities showcases the work of four talented artists who work across different mediums, including photography, sculpture, painting, and printmaking. Hailing from diverse backgrounds, geographies, and tribal affiliations, they are at different stages in their careers. But each artist explores and celebrates complex concepts in their work, looking at the specific to elucidate the universal. They emphasize their connections to their communities, their families, and their ancestors. This is work that communicates an Indigenous worldview that acknowledges the past but is firmly grounded in the lively present and assures us of a continuing future. These artists reclaim materials and techniques, narratives, and identities, and their work tells rich stories about people and cultures that are living, vital, and thriving.

The exhibition is guest curated by Brenda Mallory (Cherokee), a recipient of the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists in 2018, the first year of the program. 

Celebrating Complexities features the recipients of the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists in 2022 and 2023: 

• Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla Band of Indians)

• Savannah LeCornu (Tsimshian, Haida, and Nez Perce)

• Mikayla Patton (Oglala Lakota Nation) 

• Cara Romero (Chemehuevi Indian Tribe)