Forge Project stewards a collection of contemporary art with an emphasis on the work of living Indigenous artists. The collection is displayed on a rotating basis on site and is available for research as well as loan for off-site exhibitions. Acquisitions for Forge Project Collection are led by Candice Hopkins. Please email Collections and Special Projects Manager Amelia Russo (amelia@forgeproject.com) to make an appointment to view the collection or to request a loan.
Teresa Baker (Mandan/Hidatsa), Forest, 2019. Willow, yarn, spray paint, and buffalo sinew on AstroTurf, 69 x 52 in. Forge Project Collection.
Natalie Ball (Klamath/Modoc), Toes Out, 2021. Converse shoes, spur, elk hide, textiles, leather, wood (lodge pole pine), 36 2/3 x 15 x 12 2/3 in. Forge Project Collection.
Corey Bulpitt (Haida), Untitled, 2021. White Elk Drum, 18 × 3 1/2 in. Photo: Barb Choit. Forge Project Collection.
Judy Chartrand (Cree), Métis Soup (set: Indian Agent Tongue, Leek, Pumpkin, Beef, Chicken), 2011–2015. Six ceramic cans, 4 1/2 × 3 × 3 in. each. Photo: Barb Choit. Forge Project Collection.
Dana Claxton (Lakota), Headdress, 2016/2021. Archival pigment print on Epson photo paper, 48 x 32 in. Edition 4/25. Forge Project Collection.
Dana Claxton (Lakota), Headdress–Jeneen, 2018. LED firebox with transmounted chromogenic transparency, 60 x 40 in. AP 1. Forge Project Collection.
Jim Denomie (Lac Courte Oreilles band of Ojibwe), Tree People, 2020. Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in. Gochman Family Collection.
Beau Dick (Kwakwaka’wakw, Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation), Towkwit Woman, ca. 2000. Western red cedar, acrylic, horsehair, bone, 10 x 6 3/4 x 4 in. Forge Project Collection.
Demian Diné Yazhi' (Diné), my ancestors will not let me forget this, 2020. Letterpress print, 18 × 24 in. Forge Project Collection.
Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), Never Forget, 2021. C-print mounted on Dibond, walnut frame, 51 3/4 × 78 3/4 in. Photo: Nicholas Galanin. Forge Project Collection.
Jeffrey Gibson (Member of The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and half Cherokee), SHE KNOWS OTHER WORLDS, 2019. Acrylic on canvas, glass beads and artificial sinew inset into custom wood frame, 82 × 74 in. Forge Project Collection.
Ishi Glinsky (Tohono O’Odham), Custer’s Calvary, 2013. Ink, wax pen, pigment, oil stick, resin, 96 × 48 in. Photo: Ruben Diaz. Forge Project Collection.
Raven Halfmoon (Caddo), Caddo Dancing in Binger Oklahoma, 2020. Stoneware, glaze, 62 × 27 × 27 in. Photo: Dawn Blackman. Forge Project Collection.
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations), Sweetheart Songs, 2017–18. 24 Monoprints, 60 x 120 in. Photo: Ted West. Forge Project Collection.
Edgar Heap of Birds in Conversation with Zach Feuer at Forge Project
Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), Free me from this body, my voice can carry only so far. Free me from this body, as I lay on the grass it feels heavy and I can't move. Free me from this body, the color burns brown with dark limbs so tired and missing the weightless breadth of above., 2020. Inkjet with hand-scratched text, 17 × 17 in. Forge Project Collection.
Brian Jungen (Dane-Zaa, Treaty 8 Territory), Natives Suffering, 2017. Six plate photo-etching on Revere paper, double-sided, 28 1/8 x 22 in. Edition of 10 plus 1 AP (#6/10). Photo: SITE Photography. Courtesy of Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. Forge Project Collection.
Brad Kahlhamer, Next Level Figure 1, 2013. Acrylic paint on wood, 10.25 × 9.875 × 1.625 in. Forge Project Collection.
Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Iñupiaq and Athabascan), Remnant (Walrus Bone IV), 2019. Mixed media, organic and synthetic materials, 18 x 12 x 1 3/4 in. Photo: Yao Zu. Gochman Family Collection.
Matthew Kirk (Navajo), One More Time Around, 2020. Oil, spray paint, copper wire, wood, nylon paracord, Coroplast on rigid insulation foam, 63 × 85 in. Photo: Adam Reich. Forge Project Collection.
Gigaemi Kukwits (Coast Salish and Kwakwaka’wakw), House of Two, 2018. Acrylic on Canvas, 15 × 17 in. Photo: Barb Choit. Forge Project Collection.
Lehuauakea (Kanaka Maoli [Native Hawaiian]), Kānekauilanuimakehaikalani, 2021. Earth pigment paints on hand-beaten kapa (bark cloth), 31 5/8 × 10 1/4 in. Photo: Mario Gallucci. Forge Project Collection.
Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota), Mirror Shield Project, 2016. Mirror shields and drone video, Dimensions variable. Forge Project Collection.
James Luna (Payómkawichum, Ipai, and Mexican), Make Amerika Red Again, 2018. Hat, beads, embroidery, feather, 5 x 6 x 10 in. Edition 1/5 and 1 AP. Forge Project Collection.
Rachel Martin (Tlingit/Tsaagweidei, Killer Whale Clan, of the Yellow Cedar House (Xaai Hit’) Eagle Moiety), Houseboat Kitchen, 2020. Colored pencil and graphite on paper, 9 x 12 in. Forge Project Collection.
Audie Murray (Métis), Celestial Gloves, 2021. Worn work gloves, porcupine quills, various glass beads, acrylic paint, rabbit fur, tanned hide, 24 x 14 in. Photo credit: Sean Fenzl, courtesy Nanaimo Art Gallery. Gochman Family Collection.
Native Art Department International (NADI), Maria Hupfield (Anishanaabek) and Jason Lujan (Chiricahua and Mexican), Double Shift, 2018. Acrylic paint on custom canvas clothing, 114 x 50 in. Edition: unique. Forge Project Collection.
New Red Order, Culture Capture: Crimes Against Reality, 2020. Two-channel projection, 9 min, [co-directed by Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil, Jackson Polys, and Driftnote]. Edition of five with 4 APs. Forge Project Collection.
Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke (Crow)), Suaihchi'sshe (Thunderbird's Nest), 2021. Acrylic, graphite, kiakata paper, marble paper, 22 1/4 × 152 1/2 in. Forge Project Collection.
Eric-Paul Riege (Diné), jaatłoh4Ye’iitsoh [5], 2020. Mixed fiber installation
dimensions variable, each approx. 10 x 2 1/2 x 1/2 ft. Forge Project Collection.
Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), Sand & Stone, 2020. Photograph, 44 3/4 x 30 in. Edition of 7. Forge Project Collection.
Christine Howard Sandoval (Chalon Ohlone), Pillars- An Act of Decompression & Arch- A Passage Formed By A Curve, 2020. Adobe mud and graphite on paper, 60 × 96 in. each. Forge Project Collection.
Walter Scott (Kahnawá:ke), Symbols of Paradise, 2015. Digital print on vinyl, metal, 55 × 35 × 4 in. Photo: Barb Choit. Forge Project Collection.
Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), lovers land mass (sea fret), 2019-2022. Acrylic, graphite and logging pencil on BFK Rives paper, 70 x 42 in. Photo: Mario Gallucci. Forge Project Collection, traditional lands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok.
Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo), Beauty the beast, 2021. Ceramic, glaze, grout, steel, wood, lava beads, leather beads, clay beads, glass beads, copper beads, twine, epoxy, 29 1/2 x 8 x 9 in. Forge Project Collection.
Philip Singer (Diné), Pink Triangle, 2019. 100% wool, 28 x 16 in. Forge Project Collection.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), War Horse in Babylon, 2005. Mixed media on canvas, 60 × 100 in. Forge Project Collection.
Kali Spitzer (Kaska Dena and Jewish), Melaw Nakek'o II, 2015. C-print on dibond, 10 x 8 in. Photo: Courtesy of the Artist. Forge Project Collection.
Gail Tremblay (descendant of Onondaga and Mi’kmaq ancestors), Reconstructing the Ethnographic Present, 2016. 16mm film (At the Winter Sea Ice Camp, Part 1, 1967); green, black and white 16mm film leader; silver metallic braid, green metallic yarn, Scotch brand double-sided tape, 16 1/2 x 10 x 10 in. Forge Project Collection, traditional lands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok.
Charlene Vickers (Anishinaabe), Singles: Performance Moccs Series, 2018. Whiskey box, glass beads, cotton fabric and thread. Photo: Barb Choit. Forge Project Collection.
Marie Watt (Seneca and German-Scot), Turtle Island, 2021. Vintage Italian beads, industrial felt and thread, 11 x 31 1/2 in. Photo: Kevin McConnell. Forge Project Collection.
Nico Williams, Free Burn, 2021. 15/0 glass beads, thread, 1.41 x 2.75 x 0.15 in. Forge Project Collection.
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets'lo:tseltun (Coast Salish and Okanagan (Syilx)), Untitled (Tree Prototype), 2019. Ink on matte board, framed, 65 1/3 × 25 1/2 in. Forge Project Collection.
Sally Tisiga (Kaska Dena), Grandmother Wind The Messenger, 2020. Paper clay, acrylic paint, wire form, horsehair, feathers, cloth, beads, 10 x 14 x 18 in. Photo: Paul Litherland. Forge Project Collection, traditional lands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok.
Joseph Tisiga (Kaska Dena), Untitled Series, 2020-2022. Plaster, watercolor, and synthetic turf over wood panel, 25 panels each 24 x 24 in. Photo: Maxime Brouillet. Forge Project Collection, traditional lands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok.