Species Pending
Mobile Artists in Residence 2024–2025
Two Santa Fe artists have been selected as the 2024–2025 Mobile Artists in Residence. Animkeewa White Eagle and Jamison Chās Banks will collaborate on Species Pending, an exhibition reimagining the historical narrative based on the shuvosaurid or proto-dinosaur Effigia okeeffeae, whose name is a tribute to Georgia O’Keeffe. This animal lived on the ancient continent of Pangea during the late Triassic period and its holotype fossils were found in blocks collected in the 1940s at Ghost Ranch, where O’Keeffe lived and owned a home.
The duo will visit Ghost Ranch with the Museum’s Art to G.O. truck and curators to examine the history of the animal through an Indigenous lens. This will allow for a rewriting or “re-righting” of the narrative about this fossil toward a more inclusive perspective. Using imagery, sculpture, and installation that is reminiscent of archived historical photographs and items, Banks and White Eagle aim to reinterpret how this fossil and animal is presented.
Species Pending will conclude with an exhibition hosted by Axle Contemporary and the Museum in spring 2025.
About the Artists
Animkeewa White Eagle
is a student and multi-disciplinary artist living in Santa Fe. He is enrolled in the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and is also of Kiowa descent. He won the youth Art of Technology Award at Santa Fe Indian Market in 2018 and won Best of Show at the Heard Museum Student Art Show in 2019. He is a fourth-year college student, currently enrolled at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is studying fine arts with a focus in digital art.
Jamison Chās Banks
Jamison Chās Banks is a multi-disciplinary artist who creates films, paintings, performances, and installations. A dual citizen of the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, his work often explores the history of war and territorial expansion, both literal and psychological. Banks often reimagines symbols or characters of popular culture in contexts that challenge their original meanings. Banks has been exhibiting work for more than a decade and holds an AFA and BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts, where he also taught for 12 years.
White Eagle and Banks follow in the successful footsteps of Brian Fleetwood (Muscogee Creek), the Museum’s first Mobile Artist in Residence. You can learn more about his exhibition Place/Holding on our website.
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In an exciting collaboration, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is proud to partner with Axle Contemporary, an innovative mobile exhibition space also housed within a truck.
