Bio/Artist Statment

Bio

Chelsea Bighorn was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona, and is Lakota, Dakota, Shoshone -Paiute, and European. Bighorns work is the result of her combining traditional Native American design, with elements from her European heritage. Using this process, she tells her personal history through her art. Bighorn has shown her work at De Boer in Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, and The Center for Native Futures in Chicago, IL. She graduated from The Institute of American Indian Arts in 2021 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts. Bighorn received her Master of Fine Arts in Fiber and Material Studies from School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2024. She currently resides in Chicago, IL