Exhibition Changes Quarterly
Recent Acquisition Highlights features new acquisitions to provide visitors with a glimpse into the breadth and depth of the Museum’s collection. Exhibitions rotate quarterly.
About the Permanent Collection: The North Dakota Museum of Art’s collection began in the 1980s by collecting individual paintings, works on paper, photographs, and sculpture, often drawn from its own exhibitions organized in-house. After nearly fifty years, the collection has grown to over 3,000 works of art. Through donors, strong relationships with artists, and groundbreaking commissioned work the collection continues to grow and thrive.
Areas of Focus:
• Contemporary regional, national, and international art starting with the early 1970s with the founding of the Museum and onwards.
• The visual history of the region created by local, national, and international artists, including Native American and indigenous artists from North America.
• The Museum collects historical art if appropriate and it supports the exhibition mandate, including twentieth century and Native American.
Exhibitions curated by the Museum bring important work into the collection, sometimes purchased from the show, through the gallery or artist, and sometimes gifts from artists or collectors. The Museum also commissions artwork that become valuable additions to the collection. Numerous works have entered the collection from private donors helping expand its rich holdings, or with assistance from the Laurel Reuter Directors Fund or the Helgi Ederstrom Fund within the Museum Foundation. As the State Art Museum, it is our mission that this valuable collection be celebrated and shared with all. In addition to frequent collection exhibitions, and the Recent Acquisition Highlights gallery, the Museum has placed works of art in public institutions such as the Altru Hospital and the Grand Forks International Airport, while seeking new and existing organizations to collaborate with.
The Laurel Reuter Directors Fund honors the life and legacy of Founding Director Laurel Reuter, who after 50 years retired in 2022. Following her retirement this fund was established to help purchase new contemporary artworks for the collection, and is available to support other museum components such as artist publications, general operating, and commissions.
Artists Featured:
Martine Gutierrez
Matthew Kirk
Terry Evans
Walton Ford
La Monte Westmoreland
David Macdonald
Martine Gutierrez, Masking, Red Spath Mask, p49 from Indigenous Woman, 2018. C-print mounted on Sintra. 20 x 16 inches.
Gift of NDMOA donor.
Matthew Kirk, Line Leader, 2023. Acrylic ink, India ink, pastel, and graphite on sheetrock. 60 x 43 inches. Gift of NDMOA donor.
Terry Evans, Pheasants, 2001. Archival inkjet print. 24 x 20 inches. Gift of the artist (in honor of Founding Museum Director, Laurel Reuter).
Walton Ford, Visitation, 2004. Etching, aquatint, and drypoint. 44 x 31 inches. Gift of Judith Goldman.
La Monte Westmoreland, Target Series, 1989. Body print collage, mixed media. 22 x 18 x 2 inches. Gift of NDMOA donor
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David Macdonald, Nyama Form with Fibers, 1979. Stoneware and fiber. 54 x 32 x 32 inches. Gift of NDMOA donor.