About
BIO
Delia Touché was born in Devils Lake, ND and is part of the Spirit Lake Nation. They are Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Assiniboine artist based in the Midwest. They have exhibited across the United States and abroad at venues such as Travemeise (Lübeck, Germany), M Contemporary Art (Ferndale, MI), Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND), The Art Galleries at Austin Community College (Austin, TX), Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI), BULK Space (Detroit, MI), Minnesota Center for Book Arts (Minneapolis, MN), All my Relations Gallery (Minneapolis, MN), Die Graphische (Vienna, Austria) among others. Delia has their work in permanent art collections at the University of North Dakota, St. Olaf College's Special Collections Department, Walker Art Center, Minnesota Historical Society, Northwestern University and Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art where they received the Gilbert Fellowship. Delia's work acknowledges the estranged and complex relationship they have with their Indigenous culture. Delia’s practice is influenced by familial archive, Dakota and Assiniboine cultural framework, Native nuances, gallows humor, Indigenous diaspora and pop culture.
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Education:
2023 MFA in Print Media, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020 BFA in studio art with Emphasis in Drawing and Illustration, Minnesota
State University Moorhead
Professional Experience:
2023 Art Museum Education Assistant, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield
Hills, MI
Print Shop Technician, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 Education Intern, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Awards/Fellowships/Scholarships
2024 Studio Assistant Scholarship, Penland School Craft, Penland, NC
Harpo Foundation Native American Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2023 Windgate University Fellowship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, TN
2021 The Gilbert Fellowship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020 Student Award #2, Juried Student Art Exhibition, Roland Dille Center for the
Arts Gallery, Moorhead, MN (Juror:Nicole Soukup)
Residencies/Visiting Artist
2023 Bloom Artist Residency, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL
Place + Making at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Buzz Lab at Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
American Prairie Artist Resident at Open AIR Lewistown, MT
2022 Hannaher’s, Inc. Print Studio, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND
Exhibitions:
2024 In-Habit, Group Exhibition, Zootown Arts Community Center, Foreground Gallery, MT
34th Annual International Small Print Show, Group Exhibition, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL
2023 New Editions Showcase, Biennial Showcase, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Moral Material, Group Exhibition, BULK Space, Detroit, MI
Of the Land, Juried Group Exhibition, The Lightwell Gallery, Norman, OK (Juror: Anna Tsouhlarakis)
Celebrate Print, Juried Group Exhibition, Cider Gallery, Lawrence, KS (Juror: Taro Takizawa)
El Paso Print Pachanga, Juried Group Exhibition, El Paso, TX (Juror: Rigoberto Luna)
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Book Arts Show, Juried Group Exhibition, Friedli Gallery and Studio, St Paul, MN (Juror: Erin Maurelli)
Cranbrook Pink, Group Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Mapping the Interior, Group Exhibition, M Contemporary Art, Ferndale, MI
The Contemporary Print, Juried Group Exhibition, The Art Galleries at Austin
Community College, Austin, TX (Juror: Rashaun Rucker)
North Dakota Human Rights Festival, Group Exhibition, The Plains Art Museum, Empire Arts Center, The
Bismarck Downtown Artist Cooperative Dakota, The Taube Museum of Art, The Hames Memorial Art Center,
The Arts Center
2022 Selections from the 9INHANDPRESS Seventh Annual Print Exchange, Group Exhibition, St. Louis Artists’
Guild, St. Louis, MO
Southwest Print Fiesta, Group Exhibition, Silver City, NM
The Bootleg Show, Group Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021 Fargo Moorhead Visual Arts Big Art Show, Group Exhibition, The Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, MN
Summer Solstice, Group Exhibition, Wild Terra, Fargo, ND
2020 BFA #2 Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorhead, MN
Juried Student Art Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery, Moorhead, MN
(Juror: Nicole Soukup)
North Dakota Human Rights Festival, Group Exhibition, Plains Art Museum,The Bismarck Downtown Artist
Cooperative, The Taube Museum of Art
2019 Festering Liberation, Group Exhibition, Edward J. and Helen Jane Morrison Gallery, Morris, MN
College Arts Fest, Group Exhibition, The Red Raven Espresso Parlor, Fargo, ND
Flock Together, Group Exhibition, The Rourke Art Gallery and Museum, Moorhead, MN
Collections:
Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, MN
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Rosemary Frutak Art Book Collections, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
St. Olaf College’s Special Collections Department, Northfield, MN
Cranbrook Academy of Art Library Collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI
University of North Dakota Art Collections, Grand Forks, ND