Wendy Red Star: Whispering Spirit (working title)

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present “Wendy Red Star: Whispering Spirit” (working title), a site-specific exhibition of the dynamic portraiture practice of leading contemporary artist Wendy Red Star. A member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) nation, Red Star will make all new work for the exhibition, inspired by research conducted in collections across several Smithsonian units and other institutions based in Washington, D.C.

Red Star’s research-based practice reframes and transforms archival materials, including early photographic portraits, to foreground the histories of her Apsáalooke ancestors and community. The National Portrait Gallery is grateful for the generosity of the Teiger Foundation whose support has made this exhibition possible. This project has also received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.