CHELSEA BIGHORN
Chelsea Bighorn (b. 1989, born in Tempe, AZ) is Lakota, Dakota, and Shoshone–Paiute and is based in Chicago. She is a textile artist who works in finding the beauty in her rich, mixed Native American and Irish American heritage. Finding great inspiration in the history of traditional dance. Bighorn has a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Fiber Material Studies. Bighorn has had a solo exhibition at the Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL; and her work has also been shown at the Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE; Museum of Contemporary Native Art, SITE Santa Fe, Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco; and The Center for Native Futures in Chicago, IL.
Selected Works
Chelsea Bighorn
Triple Point, 2025
canvas, dye, glass beads, artificial sinew, and jingle cones
105 x 128 in. / 267 x 325 cm
Chelsea Bighorn
Reconciliation, 2025
canvas, dye, beads, African porcupine quills
58 x 39 in. / 147 x 99 cm
Chelsea Bighorn
Gentle, 2026
canvas, beads, and jingle cones
30 x 48 in. / 76 x 122 cm
Chelsea Bighorn
Leonid, 2024
canvas, dye, beads, brass sequins
105 x 69 in. / 244 x 175 cm
Chelsea Bighorn
CMYK, 2024
canvas, dye, glass beads
85 x 52 in. / 216 x 132 cm
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Chelsea Bighorn
Ease the Burden, 2025
canvas, dye, beads, jingle cones
92 x 47 in. / 234 x 119 cm
EXHIBITIONS
Chelsea Bighorn: A Bead at a Time
April 18 – June 13, 2026
de boer | Los Angeles