Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
Shelley Niro (Six Nations Reserve, Bay of Quinte Mohawk, Turtle Clan, b. 1954), The Rebel, 1987. Hand-tinted gelatin silver print. Collection of the artist.
May 27, 2023 – January 1, 2024
National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center
One Bowling Green
New York, NY
New York, NY
2nd Floor, East Gallery
Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch celebrates more than a half century of Shelley Niro’s paintings, photographs, mixed-media works, and films. Accessible, humorous, and peppered with references to popular culture, Niro's art delves into the timeless cultural knowledge and generational histories of her Six Nations Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community to provide purpose and healing.
The exhibition was organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Hamilton with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and with curatorial support from the National Gallery of Canada.