EXHIBITS AND EVENTS

2026
Solo Exhibit: Wood sculptures. Fall. MAFAC; Marshall, Minnesota.
Wooden Spoon Sculptures. MNPAiR & Forecast Grant Recipient. Lake Brophy, Alexandria, Minnesota and Memorial Park, Granite Falls, Minnesota. Work in Progress.
Bike Sculpture. MNPAiR & Forecast Grant Recipient. Lake Brophy, Alexandria, Minnesota. Work In Progress.
Red Wing Plein Air Invitational; Red Wing, Minnesota. 2020, 2026.
2025
Artist in Residence: Pipestone National Monument. Pipestone, Minnesota.
​Sculpture Dedication: And One Wake Up. Veterans Center. Cottonwood, Minnesota.
Be the Light Exhbit. William Whipple Galler, SMSU. Marhsall, Minnesota.
Ledger Art - Family Engagement Event. Farmington and Northfield Public Schools, Minnesota.
Solo Exhibit: Ledger and Inktober. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Highland Park, Minnesota.
2024
Sculpture Dedication: Aekhoyaka Wood Relief. Bethel Lutheran. Northfield, Minnesota.
Published article in Arboretum Magazine showcasing Kiciuzapi sculpture, June/July 2024. 
Farmington American Indian Education. Digital logo.
Traditional Soft-Sculpture Lakota Horse Sticks. Farmington American Indian Education. Farmington, Minnesota.
Traditional Wooden Lakota Horse Sticks. Farmington American Indian Education. Farmington, Minnesota.
2023
Solo Exhibit: Lakota Ledger Art Interpretations of Church Bulletins. Pine Street Church Gallery. Boulder, Colorado.
Solo Exhibit: Lakota Instagram  & Ledger Art, Church Bulletins. Jackson Fine Arts Council Gallery. Jackson, Minnesota.
Solo Exhibit: Let My Prayer Rise Up. Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Gallery. Marshall, Minnesota.
Solo Artist: Dakota Omnicycle 2023. We Own Ourselves. Historic Fort Snelling. St. Paul, Minnesota.
​Sweetgrass Baptismal Font Permanent Sculpture Dedication. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Traditional Wooden Lakota Horse Sticks. Yellow Medicine Integration. Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota. .
Black Hills Plein Air Paint Out; Hill City, South Dakota; Hill City Art Gallery, regular participant.
2022
Mitakuye Oyasin Wanbli Permanent Sculpture Dedication. City of Northfield. Northfield, Minnesota.
Awarded 2022 Prairie Star by the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council.
Solo Exhibit: Wilmar Area Arts Council. Wilmar, Minnesota.
Solo Exhibit: Ridgewater College. Hutchinson, Minnesota.
Solo Exhibit: Italy, Inktober, and Instagram: A Journey; Southwest Minnesota Arts Council, Marshall, Minnesota.
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​Additional Experiences and Awards
SMSU Art Faculty Shows; William Whipple Gallery; Southwest MInnesota State University; Marshall, Minnesota.
Solo Exhibits; KK Berghe Gallery; Granite Falls, Minnesota.
2021 Kiciuzapi Dedication and Exhibit. Minnesota Landscale Arboretum; Chaska, Minnesota.
2021, 2019 Boulder Plein Air Festival Show; Rembrandt Yard Art Gallery; Boulder, Colorado.
2020 Davey Jones Cast Iron Memorial Plaque Dedication. Normandale Community College; Bloomington, Minnesota.
2019 Dakota Ridge Plein Air Challenge Show; Boulder, Colorado, Open Studios Art Gallery.
2017 3rd Place in Show - Paint du Nord; Plein Air; Blacklist Artison Ales Gallery; Duluth, Minnesota.
2016 Florence and Umbrian Painting Workshop with Louis Degni.
2015 Rome and Umbrian Painting and Workshop Show; Agriturismo Columbaio II Gallery; Fabrio, Italy.
2010 People's Choice Winner: Sculpture Walk; Avera McKennan; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Sazi to Inya.
2004 People's Choice RunnerUp; Sculpture Walk; Pavilion to Fall s, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; PowWow Fancy Dancer.

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