MISSOULA, MT.- The Missoula Art Museum will present Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky, a career retrospective of nationally renowned artist Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation). Gathering four decades of the prolific artist's prints, glass, weaving, and ceramics, this is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Feddersen's career to date, featuring more than 120 works ranging from miniatures to wall-sized installations.

Moving fluidly between media, Feddersen cultivates a visual language that draws upon recognizable signs, symbols, and forms. With poignancy and humor, he transforms the familiar into a world of juxtapositions that confront how we see, use, and treat the natural world. In everything he creates, Feddersen promotes his belief in the power of the landscape and our interconnected relationship with it.

This travelling exhibition was organized by the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, WA, and co-curated by Rachel C. Allen (Nimiipuu [Nez Perce]), Curator of Special Projects at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, and heather ahtone (Choctaw/Chickasaw Nation), Director of Curatorial Affairs at the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City. Award-winning graphic designer Kevin Coochwytewa (Isleta Pueblo/Hopi) designed the exhibition, which includes videos produced by Spokane-based, Native-owned production company Counting Coup Media.





The exhibition premiered at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in 2024, and traveled to the High Desert Museum in Bend, OR, in 2025, before coming to MAM. MAM will celebrate the exhibition with a reception from 5-7pm on Friday, September 4, and an artist talk by Feddersen at 5:30 PM, followed by a curatorial talk with heather ahtone on Saturday, September 5, at 10:30 AM.

Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky is accompanied by a 200-page, fully illustrated catalogue published by the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture and distributed by University of Washington Press, with contributions by heather ahtone, Rachel C. Allen, Anya Montiel, and a selection of poetry by past collaborators of the artist.

Throughout August, three of MAM's galleries will be temporarily closed as the museum prepares for the exhibition. Visitors can still explore Land and the Cosmic: Works from the MAM Collection, Jacob Riddle's How to Grow a Hammer in the Art Park, and receive 50% off Local Missoula Walking Tours' self-guided downtown art audio tour with their museum visit.

Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky was made possible through major support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.