Imogene Goodshot Arquero
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Imogene Goodshot Arquero is an Oglala Lakota beadwork artist from South Dakota,[1] who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[2]
Imogene Jessie Goodshot Arquero is the great-great-granddaughter of the Oglala Lakota war chief, Crazy Horse (c. 1840–1877).[3] She is married to painter Dominic Arquero (Cochiti Pueblo).[2][4]
Art career
Imogene Arquero is known for her beadwork, in which she combines historic techniques with forms from mainstream culture such as tennis shoes and baseball caps.[5] She began her career as beadwork artist, working in classical Northern Plains styles before experimenting with new forms.[6]
The artist taught "Traditional Techniques" at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe in the 1970s.[3]
Arquero participated in Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar and Sage, a 1985 traveling exhibition of contemporary Native women artists curated by Harmony Hammond and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. She has also exhibited in Santa Fe Indian Market.[7]