Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch celebrates more than a half century of Shelley Niro’s paintings, photographs, mixed-media works, and films. Accessible, humorous, and peppered with references to popular culture, Niro’s art delves into the timeless cultural knowledge and generational histories of her Six Nations Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community to provide purpose and healing. The exhibition will be on view May 27, 2023–January 1, 2024 at the museum’s New York location.
Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Shelley Niro, Waitress, 986. Oil on canvas. 36x48 inches. Courtesy of Art Gallery of Hamilton.
Shelley Niro, Rebel, 1987. Hand-tinted gelatin silver print. 8x10 inches. Courtesy of the Collection of the Artist.
Shelley Niro, Time Travels Through Us, 1999. Installation - three gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper with three vitrines containing a feather fan, a cornhusk doll and a beaded bag. 63.5x83.8 cm. Courtesy of Thunder Bay Art Gallery Collection, Purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 1996.
Shelley Niro, La Pieta #1, 2007. Series of seven color/black and white prints on beaded red cloths; each 101.6x71.1 cm. Courtesy of the Collection of National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC.
Shelley Niro, Ancestors M: Stories of Women, 2011. Color inkjet print. 152.4x101.6cm. Courtesy of the Collection of National Museum of the American Indian.
Shelley Niro, Abnormally Original, 2014-2017. Color inkjets on canvas. 137.2 x 86.4 cm. Courtesy of the Collection of the Artist.
Shelley Niro, Abnormally Original, 2014-2017. Color inkjets on canvas. 137.2 x 86.4 cm. Courtesy of the Collection of the Artist.
Shelley Niro, Abnormally Original, 2014-2017. Color inkjets on canvas. 137.2 x 86.4 cm. Courtesy of the Collection of the Artist.
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