DIVERSE GROUP OF MN ARTISTS & ART LESSONS
  • Home/About/Contact
  • Artist/Museum Index
  • Lessons/Resources
  • Home/About/Contact
  • Artist/Museum Index
  • Lessons/Resources
Search

Artists and Museum Index

Categories:
Asian-Pacific Islander
Black-African American
Latin/X
LGBTQIA+
American Indian-Indigenous
​Middle Eastern
White Women
White Men
​

​Please note some artists are in
multiple categories

Museum/Gallery Directory after Artists Index

Picture
Pao Houa Her   ​
My Grandmother’s Favorite Grandchild, 2017
Digital Archival print
8" x 10"
Photo courtesy of artist 

Asian, Pacific Islander MN Artists

Picture
​Pao Houa Her photography
​Minneapolis

Picture
Sophia Chai photography
​
​Rochester

Picture
Cy Thao painted a 50 piece series of Hmong History
St. Paul


Picture

Chamindika Wanduragala 
​puppet artist and filmmaker

Picture
Wing Young Huie photography
​
​Minneapolis

Picture
Victoria Vang graphic designer, illustrator

​St. Paul

Picture
Ka Zoua Lee textile artist

Picture
Aki Shibata, founder of primary school of behavior art

​Minneapolis/St.Paul

Picture
Peng Wu, cofounded 
​CarryOn Homes watch this video about migration

Minneapolis/St.Paul

Picture
Shun Yong, photographer

Minneapolis/St.Paul

Picture
Isa Gagarin site-responsive installation & mixed media works on paper

​Minneapolis

Picture
Roshan Ganu, is a multimedia artist originally from Goa, India

Minneapolis

Picture
​Jovy Rockey, jeweler, metalsmith, community activist, business owner
​
​
Winona


Black, African American MN Artists

Ta-coumba T. Aiken 
No Words
Medium: acrylics on canvas
Dimensions: 6’H x 24’W triptych
Collection of Walker Art Museum
Picture
Ta-coumba T. Aiken, public artist, community activist, educator

Minneapolis/St.Paul


Picture
Jovan C. Speller  photography,collage, installations
​
​Osage

Picture
​Ifrah Mansour, Somali, multimedia and performance artist
​watch a video about her here

Minneapolis

Picture
Yunior Rebollar,Cuban-American,
portraits & 
digital manipulations
Osage

Picture
Eyenga Bokamba,(LGBTQIA+) ​abstract painter 

Picture
Leslie Barlow, painter

Minneapolis/St.Paul

Picture
Kprecia Ambers, freelance illustrator

Picture
Khadijah Muse, Somali, Executive Director of Soomal House of Art

Picture
Mohamud Mumin, Somali, curator co-founder of Soomal House of Art

Picture
Kaamil A. Haider, Somali, visual artist and designer

Picture
Rock Johnsen, ceramic artist

Picture
Lamar Peterson, painter

Picture
Seitu Jones, paintings, drawings, visual art installations

Picture
Dom Venzant, potter and founder of Little Free Pottery

Picture
Chenoa Williams (Aonehc Aonehc), Identifies equally with Black and Native Heritage
​enrolled member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribe
Bead Artist
Duluth

Picture
Lori Greene, (Mississippi band of Choctaw, African American and Caucasian) 
Mosaic artist and sculptor, community and public artist
St. Paul


Picture
Chotsani Elaine Dean, Artist and Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Minnesota

Minneapolis/St.Paul

Picture
Emma Eubanks, Illustrator and Designer


Latin/X, MN Artists

Luis Fitch, (L to R)
The Missing 43, On Top of the World, El Árbol de La Muerte
Screenprints-part of The National Museum of Mexican Art
2018
Picture
Luis Fitch, artist, designer, from Tijuana, MX, studio and design brand UNO in Minneapolis


Picture
Alexa Horochowski, artist, sculptor, dual citizen of Argentina and the US
watch a video of her work here

Picture
Alondra Marisol Garza, Tejana, artist, painter, drawer

Picture
Alonso Sierralta, sculptor, originally from Chile
​Watch him talk about his work here


Picture
Carmen Gutiérrez-Bolger, mixed media artist, originally from Cuba

Picture
Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo, 
artist, documentary
​filmmaker, educator

Picture
Dougie Padilla, painter, Norwegian, Mexican cowboy

Picture
Guillermo Cuellar, potter, originally from Venezuela

Picture
Gustavo Lira Garcia, professional art educator, artist and activist

Picture
Maria Cristina Tavera (Tina)  Mexican-American printer, public art and installation artist

Picture
Martha Gabriela Driessen, originally from Mexico, photographer 

Picture
Selma Fernández Richter, photographer of Mexican heritage

Picture
Xavier Tavera, photographer and filmmaker

Picture
Guillermo Guardia, ceramic artist


LGBTQIA+ MN Artists

Picture
Emmet Ramstad
ALONE TOGETHER
Rebar, mortar, stucco, wood, paint, wood, bathtub, earth, grass, concrete
2019

Photo by Jaffa Aharonov and/or Franconia Sculpture Park staff
Picture
Emmet Ramstad, sculptor and
maker of participatory works

Picture
Nicole Thomas, interdisciplinary artist

Picture
Noah Lawrence-Holder, (LGBTQIA+) non-binary, illustration & animations 

Minneapolis/St.Paul

Picture
Kathy McTavish, media composer,
​cellist and installation artist 

Duluth

Picture
Ka Oskar Ly,
multidisciplinary, 
co-founder of Ua Si Creative, a Hmong womxn
artist collective

Picture
Heather C. Lou, multi media artists and
​co-organizer of @supportlocalhustle

Picture
Chris Willcox, (White women category as well) painter

Picture
Petra Lee, (they/them) raised in Singapore, Vietnam and the US, artist and graphic designer

Picture
MALFLOR, trans disciplinary artist and writer.


American Indian, Indigenous MN Artists

Picture
Dyani White Hawk 
Wopila | Lineage (2021).
Acrylic, beads
Photo by Ben Davis.
​Exhibited at The 2022 Whitney Biennial

Picture
Dyani White Hawk(Sičáŋǧu Lakota), a painter, draws from the history of Lakota abstraction in beadwork, painting, and quill work. Video of her painting/beading process here.

Picture
Julie Buffalohead,(Ponca tribe of Oklahoma), printmaker, mixed media artist
​
​ 

Picture
Marlena Myles,(Spirit Lake Dakota),
digital artist, illustrator, fabric and fashion design, animator

​Minneapolis/St.Paul


Picture
Frank Bigbear,(Anishinabe), collage and mixed media

Picture
Andrea Carlson, painting and drawing, 

Picture
Maggie Thompson, (Fond Du Lac Ojibwe)founder of Makwa studio, 
​a creative space with a focus on textiles, art and fashion

Picture
Jennie Kappenman,(Ojibwe)textile, beadwork artist

Picture
Moira (pronounced "Miri")Villiard,(grew up on Fond du Lac Reservation
​and is a 
Fond du Lac direct descendent), visual artist, educator, activist

Picture
Angela Two Stars, (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), 
​
contemporary studio and public artist

Picture
Sam Zimmerman/ Zhaawanoogiizhik,
(
Ojibwe), painter, author

Picture
Cole Redhorse Taylor, (Mdewakanton Dakota and member
of the Prairie Island Indian Community)Drawing, Painting, Beadwork,Quillwork
Mankato


Picture
Doug Limon, (enrolled member of "the" Oneida Nation and a
descendent of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
traditional and contemporary Native American beadwork 

Picture
Chenoa Williams (Aonehc Aonehc), (Black-African American)
​enrolled member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribe
Beadwork Artist
Duluth



Picture
Lori Greene, (Mississippi band of Choctaw, African American and Caucasian) 
Mosaic artist and sculptor, community and public artist
St.Paul



Middle Eastern MN Artists

Picture
Essma Imady
Coming-Home Outfit
Part of Installation "Thicker than Water"
2018
Picture
Essma Imady, installation and film artist

Picture
Katayoun Amjadi, installation artist, ceramicist

Picture
Keren Kroul,(Latin/X) painter,
large scale watercolors

Picture
Rotem Tamir, textile artist

Picture
Syed Hosain, painter


White Women MN Artists

Picture
Judy Onofrio
Mango Banana
Bliss Series
​Mixed Media
28" x 41" x 12.5"
2021
Picture
Judy Onofrio, sculptor

Picture
Melissa Cooke Benson, large graphite on paper drawings

Picture
Monica Moses Haller, works in a range of media spanning photography, video, sound, design, installation and writing

Picture
Harriet Bart, installation artist

Picture
Liz Miller, textile installations

Picture
Nicole Havekost, fiber artist, mixed media sculptor

Picture
Rachel Breen, textile installations

Picture
Priscilla Briggs, a lens-based artist, investigating representations of capitalism and consumerism within the global market

Picture
Alyssa Baguss, mixed media

Picture
Anna Metcalfe,her work is a bridge between ceramics and public art


White Men MN Artists

Picture
​Chris Larson
Crush Collision
Archival Inkjet 24" x 36"
Image from 12 min film
Picture
Chris Larson, film, mixed media, installation, co-director of non-profit Second Shift Studio Space of St. Paul

Picture
Aaron Spangler, sculptor and printmaker

Picture
Alec Soth, photographer

Picture
Adam Turman, muralist, painter, printmaker

Picture
Jeff Oestereich, potter

Picture
Pete Driessen, visual artist, curator

Picture
Andy Ducett, artist and educator

Picture
Piotr Szyhalski, multimedia artist

Museums, Art Centers & Galleries
Hmong Museum, the museum has no building to visit but an abundance of art and culture are available online 
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MIA located in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center, contemporary art in Minneapolis, includes outdoor Minneapolis sculpture garden
Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, represents many BIPOC artists
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth
The Somali Museum of Minnesota, Somali arts, traditional and contemporary
Minnesota History Center, located in St. Paul, a variety of art and culture
Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post, located in Mille Lacs dedicated to the thriving Ojibwe peoples
Tweed Museum of Art, on University of Minnesota Duluth Campus
Minnesota Museum of American Art, The M, located in St. Paul
Weisman Art Museum, located on University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus
All My Relations Arts, Minneapolis Contemporary American Indian Artists 
The Museum of Russian Art, located in Minneapolis. They condemn Russia's war on Ukraine
Minnesota Museum of Marine Art, located in Winona
Goldstein Museum of Design, located in University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus
Wanda Gág House, house of illustrator and writer located in New Ulm
Bell Museum of Natural History, On University of Minnesota Campus, St. Paul
Franconia Sculpture Park, Chisago County, Shafer
Jaques Art Center, Aitkin
Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids
Rochester Art Center, Rochester
Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead
MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids 
Hutchinson Art Center, Hutchinson
Soomal House of Art, contemporary Somali art, located in Minneapolis
The Anderson Center, Red Wing 
Pink Slip Gallery, is a queer/lgbtqia+ positive space, Minneapolis
Hair + Nails Gallery, Minneapolis
Semillas Galleria, Minneapolis. A Latina Artist run non-conventional gallery in an apartment that features work by Latine artists
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home/About/Contact
  • Artist/Museum Index
  • Lessons/Resources