Frank Big Bear: Nativia

Bockley Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition Nativia by Duluth-based artist Frank Big Bear. In his 12th solo show at the gallery, Big Bear continues to explore the complex issues in force at the intersection of Native American and American popular cultures. Running throughout this offering of new paintings, drawings and a single collage is the broader leitmotif of the human figure and, more specifically, the portrait.

Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, Noon to 5 pm

About the Artist Born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota in 1953, Frank Big Bear is an acclaimed Ojibwe artist whose work is in the collections of The British Museum, London, England; Walker Art Center;Minneapolis; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis; the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul; Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth; Plains Art Museum, Fargo; North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks ND; Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul and the Nerman Museum in Overland Park, Kansas. Big Bear’s drawings are also found in numerous private collections across the United States. Learn More about Frank Big Bear