Terran Last Gun

Current Solo Exhibition

Terran Last Gun: Future Cosmic Energy
Missoula Art Museum (MAM), Missoula, MT
April 18–August 12, 2023

Magnificent Light (2023)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Journal Day Book, Dalhart, Texas” ledger sheet (dated 1911)
Paper Size: 8 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches
Frame Size: 11 1/4 x 16 5/8 inches
Original, one of a kind
Available at MAM

Summer Showcase Group Exhibition
Museum of the Plains Indian, Browning, MT
June 1–August 11, 2023

Niitsitapi Cosmic Connections (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Journal Day Book Chicago, IL” ledger sheet (dated 1903)
Paper Size: 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Frame Size: 16 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches
Original, one of a kind
Available at MPI

Upcoming Art Markets

SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market
Santa Fe Downtown Plaza, Santa Fe, NM
August 19–20, 2023
Booth Number: PAL S 256

Past Happenings

Terran Last Gun
Hecho Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
March 3–April 2, 2023

Reconstructing Energy (2023)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “City of Butte, Montana, Auditor’s Register of Treasurer’s Disbursements” ledger sheet (dated 1920); Watermark: Triumph Linen Ledger, Minneapolis Paper Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Paper Size: 16 3/4 x 13 7/8 inches
Original, one of a kind
Available at Hecho Gallery

Visual Energy Continuum (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “City Treasurer, Butte, Montana Journal” ledger sheet (c. 1900); Watermark: National Record
17 7/16 x 15 9/16 inches
Original, one of a kind
Available at K Art Gallery

Taking Flight
Gallery Hózhó, Albuquerque, NM
October 1–November 30, 2022

Roaming The Backbone (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Jos. Hirshberg & Co., Choteau, Montana” ledger receipt (dated 1913)
Paper Size: 7.75 x 5.5 inches
Frame Size: 11.25 x 9 inches
Original, one of kind
Available at Gallery Hózhó

Future Cosmic Energy (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Missoula County” diptych ledger paper (dated 1918); Watermark: Defiance Linen Ledger, est. 1915
Paper Size: 16 x 45 inches (both sheets combined)
Frame Size: 20 x 50 inches
Original, one of a kind
Private Collection

2022 Awarded First Place in Ledger Art and Best of Division A, SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market.

Southwest Contemporary Announcement

Moving East
K Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
March 18–June 3, 2022

Driveline To Livelihood (2022)
Ink and colored pencil on antique “Journal Day Book Chicago, IL” ledger paper (dated 1904)
Paper Size: 13.5 x 8.25 inches
Frame Size: 17 x 11.5 inches
Original, one of a kind
Available at K Art

Cloud Cover
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
September 11, 2021–January 8, 2022

Star Messenger Brings Map (2021)
Ink and colored pencil on antique ledger paper (dated 1926)
Paper Size: 17 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches
Frame Size: 21 1/4 x 15 x 1 1/4 inches
Original, one of a kind

When Black Holes Collide (2021), ink and colored pencil on antique ledger paper (dated 1889), 12 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches. Artist Collection.

I am very pleased to share with you all an exciting project I had the honor of contributing ledger drawings to. Corey Gray (detector operator at LIGO’s Hanford Observatory in Washington) and his mother Sharon Yellowfly, both from Siksika, are doing amazing work that involves physics, Einstein, colliding black holes, gravitational waves, and Blackfoot language.

Sharon translated the 2015 LIGO press release announcing the first detection of gravitational waves into Blackfoot, as well as developed new Blackfoot words to describe some of the observations. Einstein’s theory of relativity is piisaatsinsiimaan (beautiful plantings) and gravitational waves is apootookspiisiiya otoh’kimskass (stick together waves) are a just few of the words she assisted with. My works are visual interpretations of gravitational waves/ripples and colliding black holes. Thank you Symmetry Magazine for having my artwork accompany this fantastic article. Be sure to check it out the link below to learn more about this project!

Einstein’s garden: translating physics into Blackfoot

Terran Last Gun & Deborah Sipple
Gallery Hózhó, Albuquerque, NM
September 18–November 30, 2021

Bringer Of Light (2021)
Ink and colored pencil on antique ledger paper (dated 1926)
Paper Size: 17 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches
Frame Size: 21 1/4 x 15 x 1 1/4 inch
Private Collection

Terran Last Gun: Color Play
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Store Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
August 1–November 1, 2020

Immemorial Medicine (2020) mural and installation shots.