Exhibition Title: "Photographic Memoirs of an Aboriginal Savant (Living on Occupied Land)"
Date: Nov. 13 to Dec. 22
Where: C.N. Gorman Museum
1316 Hart Hall
University of California, Davis
Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and by appointment
Reception: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13
Video Presentations: 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, 1150 Hart Hall,
and noon Tuesday, Nov. 15, Garrison Room, Memorial Union
Artist: Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
California artist Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie will exhibit her work in a mixed-media installation of photographic images, clothes and found objects. She combines digital images printed on torn book pages with poetry and text. The display covers her 40 years of life experiences as a Native American. Â
She describes her work as "thought-provoking pages photographically illustrated" and she invites the viewer to "journey to the center of an aboriginal mind without the fear of being confronted by the aboriginal herself."
In addition to her installation, Tsinhnahjinnie will present an "NTV" (Native Television) 20-minute video produced for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. "NTV" is Tsinhnahjinnie's own network programming and includes programs such as "The Tipi Trembles," "Bingo Sisters," and "TV Shaman."
Tsinhnahjinnie, originally from Phoenix, now lives in Vallejo, Calif., and will be a visiting instructor in the UC Davis Native American studies department during the winter quarter. Tsinhnahjinnie graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M. She received her bachelor of fine arts degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.
The exhibition is supported by the campus's Native American studies department, Women's Resources and Research Center, Cross-Cultural Center, and the California Art Council's Multicultural Entry Grant Program. The exhibition and events are free and open to the public.
The C.N. Gorman Museum was founded in 1973 and is named in honor of Carl Nelson Gorman, a retired Native American studies faculty member who is an advocate of Native American art and a member of the Navajo Nation.