Exhibitions
2020-2025

Kiertzner's creative exploration is a nuanced examination of critical materials that serve to recontextualize her personal history within a contemporary framework. The threads of her identity intertwine seamlessly with her art, weaving a tapestry that is both visually compelling and emotionally resonant. Drawing inspiration from the rich tradition of Mohawk Iroquois splint basket making and embroidery, Kiertzner infuses her work with a dynamic interplay of woven and stitched elements. Artists: Diedrich Brackens, Mia Werner, Jess G, Cheyann Washington, Joel Otterson, Liv Aanrud, Monica Locascio, Brittany Kiertzner, Daniela Parhisi, Kristen Reger, Renata Daina.

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Kiertzner's creative exploration is a nuanced examination of critical materials that serve to recontextualize her personal history within a contemporary framework. The threads of her identity intertwine seamlessly with her art, weaving a tapestry that is both visually compelling and emotionally resonant. Drawing inspiration from the rich tradition of Mohawk Iroquois splint basket making and embroidery, Kiertzner infuses her work with a dynamic interplay of woven and stitched elements.

Kiertzner's creative exploration is a nuanced examination of critical materials that serve to recontextualize her personal history within a contemporary framework. The threads of her identity intertwine seamlessly with her art, weaving a tapestry that is both visually compelling and emotionally resonant. Drawing inspiration from the rich tradition of Mohawk Iroquois splint basket making and embroidery, Kiertzner infuses her work with a dynamic interplay of woven and stitched elements.

The body of work describes the physical presence of Indigenous women shaping the future.  Kiertzner depicts the symbols of not only of their struggles but also their emotional endurance through inclusion of portals of release. The optical mixing of fiber as brushstrokes echo the inevitable social pressures and work to illustrate the creation emerging from disintegration and impermanence. Here, artist's palette becomes a conduit, painting a picture where the cycles of loss and renewal that are mirrored both in the human journey and the eternal dance of the Earth.

Creating new work within the themes of regeneration, authenticity, and the subversion of materials permeate Kiertzner's creations, mirroring a deep introspection into the layers of history and tradition.

Inward Looking Out. Repurposed textiles, fiber, canvas, oil paint on wire frame. 7x3.5 ft. site specific ceiling installation.

Kiertzner plays with the juxtaposition of colors familiar to her generation and how they relate to values in her own tribal visual dialogue. Highly saturated, vibrant colors of the 80’s are familiar culturally toward the natural subject matter.

"Explores the ways contemporary women artists have used textiles to give voice to the issues that bind us – both as individuals bound by gender restrictions and humanity bound together through common concerns."

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A suite of hand-embroidered abstract works alongside mixed media oil paintings on canvas. This collection looks to create a moment of introspection on fast reproducible art by creating work most authentic in-first person.

Body of work concerned with the racial, hierarchical and patriarchal histories inherent in the making. as a Native American Indigenous artist, the intrinsic value of the work is important. 

Experimentation with material, medium and processes to fit the indigenous narrative. Work in embroidery fiber, alone, generating new optical mixing, as it is woven and animalistic and ephemeral.

Work concerned with the racial, hierarchical and patriarchal histories inherent in the making. as a Native American Indigenous artist, the intrinsic value of the work is important.