Frohawk Two Feathers

Born in Chicago in 1976, Frohawk Two-Feathers earned his BA at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2000. Solo exhibitions of his work have been at Taylor De Cordoba in Los Angeles, with his work being included in exhibitions at Art Forum Berlin, Aqua Art Miami, NEXT The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art and 25 Bold Moves curated by Scenic in Los Angeles. Publications include his self-published book, The Hunter and the Teardrop, New American Paintings No. 73, Pacific Coast Edition, and features in Marie-Claire, Flaunt Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times among others. Two-Feathers lives and works in Los Angeles.

Born Umar Rashid, 1976. Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education
2000 BA, Southern Illinois University At Carbondale, Carbondale, IL

Solo Exhibitions

2013
You Can Fall: The War of the Mourning Arrows (An Introduction to the Americans and a Requiem for Willem Ferdinand), Visual Arts Center, Summit, New Jersey

2012
“All Gold Everything. An Elegy“, Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles, CA
“We Buy Gold, We Buy Everything, We Sell Souls”, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Denver
“Every Winter Was A War,” She Said, Heiner Contemporary, Washington, DC
It’s Yours: Wars of the Frenglish Revolution and other conflicts 1782–1797, Morgan Lehman, New York, NY

2011
The Edge Of The Earth Isn’t Far From Here, Stevenson Gallery, Woodstock, South Africa
Crocodile Company Part I. La Guerre Des Machetes Danseuses (The War of The Dancing Machetes), Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles, CA

2009
Frohawk Two Feathers at Scenic, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala of Scenic, New York, NY
New Work, Galerie Emmanuel Post, Leipzig, Germany

2008
In The Court Of The Crimson King, Solo Exhibition, Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Last Night, After the Lights Went Out, We Fell, Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles, CA
25 Bold Moves, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala of Scenic, House of Campari, Venice, Italy
The Easter Seal, Bent Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
C-Note Show, Project, Los Angeles, CA
You and Me, Unitard Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005
The Union vs. The Confederacy, Marvimon House, Los Angeles, CA
Tundrafoot vs. The Vikes, Han Cholo, Los Angeles, CA
Cool Heat, Blue Chips Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Goup Exhibitions

2013
In Case We Don’t Die, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2011
Nothing to Say, Guererro Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010
Stranger Than Fiction, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Else, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Aqua Art Miami, Wynwood, Taylor De Cordoba, Miami, FL
NEXT The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Taylor De Cordoba, Chicago, IL
POP-UP @ THE PARKER, Taylor De Cordoba, New York, NY

2007
Art Aqua Miami, Taylor De Cordoba, Miami, FL
Miami Basel, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Artforum Berlin, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2005
Permafrost At Ghettogloss, (Two-man show), Ghettogloss Gallery, Los Angeles

Bibliography

Cotter, Holland. Review, (2010, September) ELSE at Tilton Gallery
“The Shape Shifter: His Own Land,”  (2009, June). Brand X: Innovators
The Rise and Fall of The Frenglish Empire, Part Four. (2008, June). Flaunt Mazagine.
Artistic Vision (paintings reproduced). (2008, March). Maire Claire Magazine.
Myers, Holly. A chapter from colonial times.(2008, February 29). Los Angeles Times.
New American Paintings No. 73, juried by Alma Ruiz MOCA Los Angeles, Fall, 2007
Nys Dambrot, Shana. Review. (2006, November). Art Ltd.
Muchnic, Suzanne. The Art Explosion. (2006, September). Los Angeles Times.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. Preview. (2006, September). Flavorpill L.A., # 184.
Two Feathers, Frohawk. (2004). The Hunter and the Teardrop. Self Published.