Portfolio

The Equivocator

2021 | Mixed Media: Textile, Sculpture | Knotting. Sewing | Rope, Wire, Stocking, Thread, Satin Ribbon, 42 x 60 inches

Collection of Hair and Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

  • “A belly tied in knots with the red flags that you so delicately placed but insisted did not exist.”

    The Equivocator reminds us to pay attention to the knowledge we gain from how we feel in our own bodies. The accusatory “you” in the statement calls out the abuser, and points to a path forward in healing through reasserting and honoring one’s personal integrity.

  • 2021 Created by the artist Maggie Thompson in her studio at the Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN

    2021 Loaned by the artist to the Rochester Art Center for the group exhibition “The Human Scale”, July 9th - October 24th, Rochester, MN,

    2021 Acquired by Hair and Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

    2023 Loaned by Hair and Nails Gallery to the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum for the group exhibition “Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023”, May 26th - March 31st, 2024, Washington D.C.

    2024 Returned to the collection of Hair and Nails Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

    2025 Loaned by Hair and Nails Gallery to the Broodthaers Society of America for the group exhibition, “Text: Textile”, New York, NY

  • Coming soon.

Breadcrumbing

2022 | Mixed Media: Textile, Sculpture | Bread Crumbs, Vinyl, Metallic Thread, Velcro, Wood | Sewing, Stuffing | 61 x 75 x 2 inches

  • Borrowing its title from a newish euphemism referring to the act of leading someone on, Breadcrumbing emulates a picket fence in all of its faux. Structurally nonfunctional, its fourteen vinyl panels are a wall bound, gridden abstraction. The sculpture reflects on experiencing the simultaneity of expectations and false promises – how acts of service can lure and conjure attachments, only to be abandoned along with whatever commitment or future they seemed to have signaled.

  • 2022 Created by the artist Maggie Thompson in her studio at the Northrup King Building and assisted by Sage Phillips and Nidaanis Taylor (Studio Intern from the Institute of American Indian Arts), Minneapolis, MN

    2022 Loaned by the artist to Bockley Gallery for the solo exhibition “Just Friends”, July 21st - August 27th, Minneapolis, MN

    2022 Stored at Bockley Gallery offsite facility, Minneapolis, MN

    2023 Loaned by the artist and Bockley Gallery to Franconia Sculpture Park for the solo exhibition “Loves Me, Loves Me Now” January 28th - April 16th, Shafer, MN

    2023 Returned to Bockley Gallery offsite storage facility

  • Coming soon.

Quantum Entanglement 

2022 | Mixed Media: Textile, Sculpture | Beads, Fabric, Thread, Ink, Batting | Beading, Sewing, Photo Transfer | Approximately 41 x 58.5 x .75 inches

Collection of the Minnesota  Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN

Family Portrait

2013 | Textile | Wool, Rayon | Weaving | 3 Panels: 72 x 36 inches each

Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

Family Portrait represents blood quantum, the percentage of Indian blood, of my parents and myself. My Dad is mostly Native American and my Mom is Irish and German. Even though I am mostly "white" I still identify myself as being Native American, but why? In this piece I am exploring and questioning ideas and systems of "authenticity."