February – July 2024
Reception: April 2, 4:30 – 6pm
Duhesa Gallery, Lory Student Center

Gregg Deal, (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe) is a multi-
disciplinary artist, activist, and “disruptor.” His work is informed by his Native identity and includes
exhaustive critiques of American society, politics,
popular culture and history. Through paintings,
murals, performance work, filmmaking, spoken word,
and more, Deal invites the viewer to confront these
issues both in the present and the past tense.

Deal has lectured in multiple institutions, with two TEDx talks, often challenging
stereotypes, pushing for accurate representation, and honest looks at history of
the United States as it relates to this country’s First Peoples. It is in these
“disruptions” of stereotypes and ahistorical representations which Deal uses the
term to describe his work. Deal had exhibited his work at notable institutions both
locally, nationally, and internationally including the Denver Art Museum, RedLine
Gallery, and The Smithsonian Institution. Deal currently lives with his wife and
five children along the Front Range of Colorado.

Thoughts and Prayers is an artistic look at western
romanticism from an indigenous perspective. It’s pop
art, Americana, with concentration on stereotype,
nationalistic narratives and representation. It’s meant
to be funny, offensive, sarcastic and approachable.