Joe Feddersen
2014                                          (PRINTS)

Joe Feddersen was born in 1953, in Omak, Washington, just off the Colville Indian Reservation. His mother was Okanogan and Lakes from Penticton, Canada; his father was the son of German immigrants and is a member of The Confederated Tribes Of The Colville Reservation.

In 2009, Joe had a mid-career solo exhibition, Vital Signs, which traveled from the Tacoma Art Museum, WA to the Missoula Art Museum, MT, and then the Hallie Ford Museum, OR. Joe Feddersen has had solo exhibits at the George Gustav Heye Center in New York, NY and his group shows range from the Sixth Triennial Small Print Exhibition, Chamalieres, France to New Art of the West, Eiteljorg Museum, IN.

Education: University of Washington & University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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This project was done with support from the Jordon Schnitzer Family Foundation. 
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With additional support from the 
Missoula Art Museum.
About his work:
Arising from Plateau Indian iconographic interpretations of the human-environment relationship, Feddersen's prints, weavings, and glass sculptures explore the interrelationships between contemporary urban place markers and indigenous design. Following in the footsteps of his Plateau Indian ancestors who "spoke to the land in the patterns of the baskets," Feddersen interprets the urbanscapes and the landscapes surrounding him and transforms those rhythms into art forms that are both coolly modern and warmly expressionistic.
Missoulian Article on Joe Feddersen's Artist Residency at MATRIX Press.
I'd like to thank the great print assistants we had on this project: Jason Clark, Tressa Jones and Beth Huhtala.