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.