Ishi Glinsky
Ishi Glinsky (b. 1982, Tucson, AZ) lives and works in Los Angeles.
Working in a variety of media, which includes painting, drawing and sculpture, Ishi Glinsky investigates the traditional practices of his tribe, the Tohono O’odham Nation, as well as other North American First Nations to create contemporary homages to sacred events and customs. These investigations often consist of a close study of the history and significance of a craft tradition, the committed apprenticeship of its technique, and its assimilation or transformation within Glinsky’s artistic practice. Each immersive installation, sculpture or painting is a fusion of intertribal celebration and resourcefulness, permanence or evolution, all of which is intimately reflected in the carefully crafted material nature and composition of a given work. A strategy common to Glinsky’s production consists of creating disproportionate shifts in scale in order to both amplify Indigenous practices and stories, and memorialize them in the form of monuments to survival.
Current solo exhibition includes Duration of Being Known, P.P.O.W., New York.
Recent solo exhibitions include Lifetimes That Broke the Earth, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2023; Upon a Jagged Maze, AD&A Museum UCSB, Santa Barbara, 2022; Monuments to Survival, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2021; and Dead Weight, Visions West, Denver, 2020.
Recent group exhibitions include Needle in the Hay, As-Is, Los Angeles, 2024; Models, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, 2024; Trespass sweetly urged, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, 2024; Western Values: Re-thinking the "Old West," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, 2024; Second Skin, Art Gallery of Alberta, Alberta, 2023; Indian Theatre: An Artistic Experiment in Process, Hessel Museum of Art, New York, 2023; Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2023; North American Pavilion, Frieze Gallery, London, 2023; Ecstatic: Selections From the Hammer Contemporary Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2023; and I’ve Gone to Look for America, murmurs, Los Angeles, 2023.
Gravitationally Stable Under Particular Circumstances, 2024. Oil Paint, Acrylic ink, oil stick, oil pastel, matte medium, 48 x 60 in (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
Silhouettes on land #1, 2024. Oil paint, oil stick, acrylic ink on canvas, 54¾×48 in (139.1×121.9 cm)
Thinking about the Journey #1, 2023. GFRC, fiberglass, pigment, steel, aluminum, resin, 99 1/2 x 19 x 5 in (252.7 x 48.3 x 12.7 cm)
Thinking about the Journey #2, 2023. GFRC, fiberglass, pigment, steel, aluminum, resin, 99 1/2 x 29 x 5 in (252.7 x 73.7 x 12.7 cm)
Inertia—Warn the Animals, 2023. Canvas, resin, wood, foam, pigment, ink, industrial adhesives, steel, aluminum, fiberglass, goat skin rawhide, deerskin rawhide, bear grass, yucca, wool, shell, cotton, Astro turf, clay, beads, willow, yarn, dentalium, nylon, wire, redwood, 132 x 96 x 96 in. (335.3 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm). Photo: Charles White.
Inertia—Warn the Animals, detail
Inertia—Warn the Animals, detail
Inertia—Warn the Animals, detail
Inertia—Warn the Animals, detail
Inertia—Warn the Animals, detail
Inertia—Warn the Animals, detail
Intercommunicating, 2023. Oil stick, oil paint on canvas, 17 x 17 in (43.18 x 43.18 cm)
With the Earth and in the air , 2023. Acrylic ink, oil stick, oil paint and matte medium on canvas, 96 X 69 in (243.84 x 175.26 cm)
Installation image, Lifetimes That Broke the Earth, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2023
Keep Cool, 2023. Bailing wire, 30 x 32 x 34 in (76.2 x 81.28 x 86.36 cm)
Installation image, Lifetimes That Broke the Earth, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2023
A Crow's Feather , 2023. Oil stick, oil paint on canvas, 14 x 14 in (35.56 x 35.56 cm)
Sedimentary Sky , 2023. Oil paint and oil stick on canvas, 40 x 18.5 in (101.6 x 47 cm)
Rapidly, Slowly, 2023. Acrylic ink, oil stick and matte medium on canvas, 80 x 60 in (203.2 x 152.4 cm)
Installation image, Lifetimes That Broke the Earth, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2023
Lifetimes that broke the Earth #1 , 2023. Acrylic ink, oil stick and matte medium on canvas, 120 X 60 in (304.8 x 152.4 cm)
Trip to Topawa , 2022. Acrylic ink, oil stick and matte medium on canvas, 120 x 72 in (304.8 x 182.88 cm)
Traveling with Me, 2022. GFRC, earth, fiber glass, pigment, steel, 17 x 120 x 3.75 in (43.18 x 304.8 x 9.525 cm)
A Portrait of a Thousand Miles Per Hour, 2022. Oil paint and oil stick on canvas, 66 x 84 in (167.64 x 213.36 cm)
Installation image, Monuments to Survival, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2021
Installation image, Monuments to Survival, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2021
Installation image, Monuments to Survival, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2021
AKA Ricky the Rat, 2020. Resin and aluminum, 24 x 14.25 x 2 1/8 in (60.96 x 36.195 x 5.3975 cm)
Installation image, Monuments to Survival, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2021
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Duration of Being Known
P.P.O.W., New York
Solo Show
October 25 - December 7, 2024
Ongoing
Trespass Sweetly Urged
Tanya Leighton, Berlin
Group Show
February 03 - March 23, 2024
Made in L.A. 2023: Act of Living
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Group Show
October 01 - December 31, 2023
Lifetimes That Broke The Earth
Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles
Solo Show
May 13 - June 18, 2023
I’ve Gone to Look for America
Murmur, Los Angeles
Group Show
April 14 - May 27, 2023
Art Basel 2022
Chris Sharp Gallery, Miami
Solo Booth
December 1 - 3, 2022
Felix 2021
Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles
Solo Booth
July 29 - August 1, 2021