Anna Tsouhlarakis Exhibit YOUR REFUSAL TO SEE: A Native Guide Project Comes to East Window

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Anna Tsouhlarakis Exhibit YOUR REFUSAL TO SEE: A Native Guide Project Comes to East Window Inspired by the Ralph Ellison novel “Invisible Man,” YOUR REFUSAL TO SEE: A Native Guide Project deals with the artist’s venture of becoming a resident of this city.

Boulder, Colo.: Anna Tsouhlarakis works in sculpture, installation, video, and performance. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College with degrees in Native American Studies and Studio Art. She went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in Sculpture.
In cities such as Portland, Ore., Scottsdale, Ariz., St. Louis, Mo., and Columbus, Ohio, Tsouhlarakis has created various iterations of THE NATIVE GUIDE PROJECT. For her installation at East Window, Tsouhlarakis uses the framework of THE NATIVE GUIDE PROJECT to reflect and illustrate her journey as a dark brown woman and the racial interactions that create moments of absolute hilarity and horror.

Her work has been part of national and international exhibitions at venues such as Rush Arts in New York, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Crystal Bridges Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, and the National Portrait Gallery. Tsouhlarakis has participated in various art residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Yaddo, and was the Andrew W. Mellon Artist-in-Residence at Colorado College for the 2019-2020 academic year. She was awarded a Creative Capital Grant in 2021 and recently received a 2022 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.

The opening reception for YOUR REFUSAL TO SEE: A Native Guide Project, with Tsouhlarakis in person is Nov. 1, 2024 at 7-9 p.m. at the East Window Gallery located at 4550 Broadway, Ste C-3B2, Boulder, Colo. The event is open to the public. This exhibit is funded in part by the Boulder Arts Commission.

We invite members of the press to join us for this event. Please contact the organizer directly to coordinate your visit.

East Window Gallery is an independent arts organization owned by Todd Edward Herman that is dedicated to promoting and developing original art and performance by emerging and underrepresented artists from around the world. Please visit the East Window website to view details on upcoming exhibitions and hours of operation.

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