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Band Cherokee artist Shan Goshorn has lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma since
1981. Her work is exhibited extensively in the US and in Canada and has
won prestigious awards in major competitions including Santa Fe Indian Market (NM), Red Earth (OK), Kituwah (NC),
34th Annual Trail of Tears Art Show (OK), Lawrence Indian Art Show
(KS), Red Cloud Indian Art Show (SD) and Cherokee Heritage Show (NC) to
name a few. Goshorn's painted photographs have toured with the Fratelli
Alinari "Go West" collection, and have been exhibited in venues
including York, England's Impression Gallery, twice in 2 and 3-person
shows in New York City's American Indian Community House Gallery, the
Franco-American Institute in Rennes, France, Beijing Jialuan Art
Center, China and the International Arts Alive Festival in
Johannesburg, South Africa. In 1992, her tribe awarded her with an
honorarium for the work she was doing to truthfully represent the
Eastern Band; In 2001, the Indian Affairs Commission of Tulsa honored
her with the Moscelyn Larkin Cultural Achievement Award for her artwork
that challenges the stereotypes that persist regarding Indian people. She has served on the Board of Directors of the American Indian Heritage Center (Tulsa) as the first and second vice chair; NIIPA (Native Indian/Innuit Photographer's Association) in Canada; The Second Circle Board of the National Native Arts Network ATLATL; and was appointed by the mayor to serve on the board of the Greater Tulsa Indian Affairs Commission and the Arts Commission of Tulsa. Shan Goshorn is a self-employed artist conducting her work through her business, the Shan Goshorn Studio. |
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