Broken Treaty Quilts

Gina Adams is an artist of Native American descent who uses quilts to tell the story of her heritage and its complicated history with the United States. Her “Broken Treaty” project includes the reuse of antique quilts, to which she appliqués hand-cut letters depicting the language of broken treaties between the United States government and Native American tribes. Gina’s work is exhibited extensively throughout the US and resides in many public and private collections. The noted international art critic Lucy Lippard wrote the introduction on her artwork for her Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Exhibition “Its Honor Is Here Pledged”, which introduced her Broken Treaty Quilts to a new contemporary-art arena in 2015, and helped to launch her career as an artist. In 2016, Gina was a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow (SARF), and had “Its Honor Is Hereby Pledged” exhibitions in Boulder, Colorado at Naropa University’s White Cube Gallery, where she is a Faculty in Visual Arts. In the summer of 2017, Gina presented and exhibited at the American Indian Workshop (AIW) Conference at Goldsmiths College, University of London, England. Gina’s work is currently exhibiting at the Bemis Center of Contemporary Art and The Museum of Design in Atlanta. At the same time, she is finishing an  Artist-in-Residence at Dartmouth College (which includes a Solo exhibition), and this summer she was a visiting artist in residence at the  Kohler Arts Center.  Among other exciting events, Gina has an upcoming exhibit at the Minus Space Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Welcome, Gina!

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