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Terran Last Gun

Past exhibition
February 19 - April 5, 2025
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Terran Last Gun, 'Ancient Glyph,' 2023 (Photo by Yubo Dong)
Terran Last Gun, 'Ancient Glyph,' 2023 (Photo by Yubo Dong)
'Color and form are the building blocks of my art practice and connect me to my Piikani heritage.'
Diane Rosenstein Gallery announces a solo exhibition of ledger drawings by Terran Last Gun, a Piikani (Blackfeet) visual artist based in Santa Fe. Often employing geometric aesthetics, he contributes to an ancient yet continuum Indigenous North American narrative. Installed in our project room, this presentation is Last Gun's first exhibition with Diane Rosenstein Gallery.
 
There is an opening reception on Wednesday, February 19 from 6-8 pm.
 

Terran Last Gun, Saakwaynaamah’kaa (Last Gun), (USA, b. 1989) is an enrolled citizen of the Piikani Nation (Blackfeet) of Montana: one of four nations that make up the Blackfoot Confederacy, collectively called the Niitsitapi (Real People). Born and raised on the Blackfeet Reservation, Last Gun draws inspiration from land, cosmos, cultural narratives, and experiences. His work focuses on color and shape exploration, and the visual documentation of nature and recollections through various media, including ledger drawing, printmaking,painting, and photography. Last Gun’s drawings on ledger book paper merge Piikani art form and imagery within the context of 20th century art movements. He employs a visual language that infuses form and color with Indigenous symbolism to create new portals for accessing these histories.

 

The artist explains his artwork and the influence of Blackfoot culture as “vibrant energetic color harmonies”. He describes Piikani or Blackfoot painted lodges as “visual masterpieces of the Great Plains...[They] depict the world in which we live, through geometric geological landmarks, figurative animals, and the above world that connects us to Natosi (Sun).”

 

Last Gun received his BFA and AFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe (2016). His ledger drawings are currently on view in Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always, curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers in NJ. Recently, Modern Recordings of Ancient Blackfoot Symbolism, a two-artist exhibition, was at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO (2024). Last Gun has received solo exhibitions at Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT (2024); Missoula Art Museum, MT (2023); Contemporary at Blue Star, San Antonio, TX (2021); and IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), Santa Fe, NM (2020). He was included in exhibitions at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), AZ (2025); Bates Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME (2024); The 8th Floor, NYC (2024); and Newberry Library, Chicago, IL (2023); among others.

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Works
  • Terran Last Gun Powers From Above Protect Us, 2024
    Terran Last Gun
    Powers From Above Protect Us, 2024
  • Terran Last Gun Ancient Beings Approach, 2024
    Terran Last Gun
    Ancient Beings Approach, 2024
  • Terran Last Gun Arrival of Magnificent Energy, 2023
    Terran Last Gun
    Arrival of Magnificent Energy, 2023
  • Terran Last Gun Events Are In Motion, 2023
    Terran Last Gun
    Events Are In Motion, 2023
  • Terran Last Gun Take A Moment To Rebalance, 2025
    Terran Last Gun
    Take A Moment To Rebalance, 2025
  • Terran Last Gun Our Future Holds Brightness, 2025
    Terran Last Gun
    Our Future Holds Brightness, 2025
  • Terran Last Gun Layered in Extraordinary Events, 2023
    Terran Last Gun
    Layered in Extraordinary Events, 2023
  • Terran Last Gun Sites of Higher Encounters, 2023
    Terran Last Gun
    Sites of Higher Encounters, 2023
  • Terran Last Gun Ancient Glyph, 2023
    Terran Last Gun
    Ancient Glyph, 2023
  • Terran Last Gun Give New Energy, 2023
    Terran Last Gun
    Give New Energy, 2023
  • Terran Last Gun Our Planet Is Ancient, 2023
    Terran Last Gun
    Our Planet Is Ancient, 2023
  • Terran Last Gun Ascending To Vast Views, 2023
    Terran Last Gun
    Ascending To Vast Views, 2023
Installation Views
  • Terran Last Gun 2025 Diane Rosenstein Gallery Photo By Robert Wedemeyer Installation View 1B Small
News
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    February 11, 2025
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