Chelsea Bighorn

Chelsea Bighorn (b.1989) was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona, and is Lakota, Dakota and Shoshone -Paiute.

Bighorn’s work is the result of her combining traditional Native American design with elements from her Irish American heritage. Using this process, she tells her personal history through her art. 

Notable Exhibits & Residencies

Bighorn has shown her work at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, SITE Santa Fe, Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, and The Center for Native Futures in Chicago, IL. 

Chelsea currently resides in Chicago, IL where she is an artist in residence with Chicago Artist Coalition.

Education

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.

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2024 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fiber and Material Studies

2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Studio Arts: Painting

2017 Associate of Arts, Mesa Community College, Art and General Studies