July 11 through mid-December 2020

Jack Malotte makes artworks that celebrate the landscapes of the Great Basin, with a unique focus on contemporary political issues faced by Native people seeking to protect and preserve access to their lands. An enrolled member of the South Fork Band of the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone, Jack Malotte makes artworks that celebrate the Great Basin with a focus on contemporary Native American political issues, infusing wry humor into his work even as he delves into sometimes serious subject matter that reconsiders historical narratives and myths of the American West, refers to Western Shoshone and Washoe traditions and legends, and highlights longtime political, environmental, and legal struggles of Native communities. This exhibition is organized by the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada.

Jack Malotte, Blue Mountains, 1985.

The Nevada Museum of Art exhibition was sponsored by The Satre Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Western Nevada, Nevada Arts Council, Sandy Raffealli | Bill Pearce Motors, Kathie Bartlett, and the National Endowment for the Arts. All images courtesy of Nevada Museum of Art.

Banner image: The Cowboy Guy, 1981, by Jack Malotte. Courtesy of the artist