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Nicholas Galanin

Nicholas Galanin

Artist
WA-00036227
PrintmakingConceptual Art
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
10
Works in Collection
14
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (1)

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

Nicholas Galanin is a Native American artist born in 1979 whose practice engages sculpture, installation, and video to address Indigenous sovereignty, colonial history, and cultural repatriation. Working across materials including carved wood, found objects, and digital media, his work directly confronts the legacies of museum collecting and ethnographic display. His formal approach combines traditional Indigenous craftsmanship with conceptual strategies that interrogate how Indigenous bodies and artifacts have been positioned within Western institutions.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement
Conceptual Art
Medium
Printmaking
Related Artists
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Artworks (10)

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Artwork sources (5)

10 published of 11 catalogued · 3 with image
  • Whitney
    5 published
  • The Met
    2 published
  • MoMA
    1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources
  • Dreaming in English (shadow dance)
    2021 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

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Let Them Enter Dancing and Showing Their Faces: Yeil (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Let Them Enter Dancing and Showing Their Faces: Yeil (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6
Movements1
Conceptual Art
Collections5
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCleveland Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtArt Institute of ChicagoWhitney Museum of American Art
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Representation & Collections

In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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