Imogene_Goodshot_Arquero

Imogene Goodshot Arquero

Imogene Goodshot Arquero

Oglala Lakota beadwork artist

Imogene Goodshot Arquero is an Oglala Lakota beadwork artist from South Dakota,[1] who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[2]

Personal

Imogene Jessie Goodshot Arquero is the great-great-granddaughter of the Oglala Lakota war chief, Crazy Horse (c. 1840–1877).[3] She is married to painter Dominic Arquero (Cochiti Pueblo).[2][4]

Art career

Imogene Arquero is known for her beadwork, in which she combines historic techniques with forms from mainstream culture such as tennis shoes and baseball caps.[5] She began her career as beadwork artist, working in classical Northern Plains styles before experimenting with new forms.[6]

The artist taught "Traditional Techniques" at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe in the 1970s.[3]

Arquero participated in Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar and Sage,[7] a 1985 traveling exhibition of contemporary Native women artists curated by Harmony Hammond and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. She has also exhibited in Santa Fe Indian Market.

Public collections

Arquero's work is held by the Fenimore Art Museum, among other institutions.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Fine Art and Outsiders: Attacking the Barriers". The New York Times. 9 February 1996. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Native Arts & Culture « Comment Page 1". greenfiretimes.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Imogene Gooshot". New Mexico Digital Collections. University of New Mexico. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Fort McDowell Indian Art Show draws crowds". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. [5]
    Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein (1990). American women sculptors: a history of women working in three dimensions. G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8732-4.
  6. [6]
    Lucy R. Lippard (1990). Mixed blessings: new art in a multicultural America. Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-0-394-57759-3.
  7. [7]
    Lincoln, Kenneth (1993). Indi'n Humor: Bicultural Play in Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 142. ISBN 0-19-506887-4.
  8. [8]
    "Fenimore Art Museum". collections.fenimoreartmuseum.org. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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