ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
Standing Rock Sioux
Artist Dates
b. 1977
Title of Work
Preview
Medium
Charcoal
Height
20"
Width
20"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: R10
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
David Thunderhawk was born in 1977 and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota. Thunderhawk attended the University of North Dakota from 2000 to 2004., first majoring in history, then in art. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from UND he returned to Bismarck, where he worked as a graphic designer while continuing to produce portraits. He is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Thunderhawk describes portraiture as "the greatest challenge of artistic expression". He believes that the challenge is not to simply capture an accurate physical likeness, but to strip away the individual's persona and reveal the essence within. In the process of doing so, the artist wants the viewer to contemplate universal issues of life, existence, and being.
Additional Information
Featured in the student-curated exhibition, #InYourFace: Reflections on Contemporary Portraiture, 2019
Tag: IAAC
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”