christopher Sweet
2024
First Place Theme Category - Spirit of Our Ancestors
When They Gathered
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, W
2024
First Place 2-D Art
Fishing by the River
Woodland Indian Art Show- Green Bay, WI
2023
First Place Theme Category - Honoring Our Veterans
Land Protectors
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2023
Mayor’s Purchase Award
Reflected Memories
City of Madison - Madison, WI
2022
First Place: Theme Category
Haini pii Naani Maa (Good Morning Mother Earth)
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2022
People’s Choice
Walks the Road
Spirit Lake Arts Community Art Show -Baraboo, WI
2022
Third Place Division 1: Paintings
Reflections of Healing
Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival - Indianapolis, IN
2022
Honorable Mention: 2 - Dimensional Art
Vibrant Visions
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2022
Second Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Embracing Our Future
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2021
First Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Earth and Sky Blessings
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2021
Honorable Mention: 2 - Dimensional Art
Voices - Past, Present, Future
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2020
First Place Winner
Spirit of the Lake
Art June, Chalk on the Walk - Baraboo, WI
2020
First Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Earth and Sky Blessings
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2019
First Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Unity In Healing
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2019
Second Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Circle of Sisters
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2018
First Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Unity In Healing
Ho-Chunk Alumni Association - Black River Fall
2017
Honorable Mention
Woodland Tradition
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2017
First Place: 2-Dimensional Art
Blue Bear Relatives
Ho-Chunk Alumni Association Art Show - Black River Falls, WI
Ho-Chunk/White Earth Ojibwe | Fine Artist and Muralist
EXHIBITIONS
Awards
2024
First Place Theme Category - Spirit of Our Ancestors
When They Gathered
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, W
2024
First Place 2-D Art
Fishing by the River
Woodland Indian Art Show- Green Bay, WI
2023
First Place Theme Category - Honoring Our Veterans
Land Protectors
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2023
Mayor’s Purchase Award
Reflected Memories
City of Madison - Madison, WI
2022
First Place: Theme Category
Haini pii Naani Maa (Good Morning Mother Earth)
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2022
People’s Choice
Walks the Road
Spirit Lake Arts Community Art Show -Baraboo, WI
2022
Third Place Division 1: Paintings
Reflections of Healing
Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival - Indianapolis, IN
2022
Honorable Mention: 2 - Dimensional Art
Vibrant Visions
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2022
Second Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Embracing Our Future
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2021
First Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Earth and Sky Blessings
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2021
Honorable Mention: 2 - Dimensional Art
Voices - Past, Present, Future
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2020
First Place Winner
Spirit of the Lake
Art June, Chalk on the Walk - Baraboo, WI
2020
First Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Earth and Sky Blessings
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2019
First Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Unity In Healing
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2019
Second Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Circle of Sisters
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2018
First Place: 2 - Dimensional Art
Unity In Healing
Ho-Chunk Alumni Association - Black River Fall
2017
Honorable Mention
Woodland Tradition
Woodland Indian Art Show - Green Bay, WI
2017
First Place: 2-Dimensional Art
Blue Bear Relatives
Ho-Chunk Alumni Association Art Show - Black River Falls, WI
exhibitions
Indigenous Wisconsin: A Story of Resistance
Group Exhibition
The Gallery at the Truax, Madison, WI
2024
Stand Together
Group Exhibition
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI
2024
Fall Art Tour - 31st Annual
Artist Studio Tour
Blue Bear Studio, Baraboo, WI
2024
Harry Whitehorse International Wood Sculpture Festival
Group Exhibition
San Damiano, Monona, WI
2024
Fall Art Tour - 30th Annual
Artist Studio Tour
Blue Bear Studio, Baraboo, WI
2023
Woodland Peoples - Honoring Door County’s Indigenous History
Group Exhibition
Kress Pavilion Egg Harbor, WI
2023
Healing Journeys: Heritage and Resistance
Duo Exhibition
Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2022
From Those Who Have Gone Before Us and All Those Yet Unborn
Group Exhibition
AICHO Galleries, Duluth, MN
2022
Coming Home
Group Exhibition
Alexander House, Port Edwards, WI
2022
No More Stolen Sisters
Group Exhibition
Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
2022
The Art of a Blue Bear
Solo Exhibition
Chestnut Center for the Arts, Marshfield, WI
2022
First Nations Contemporary Art
Solo Exhibition
Pablo Center at the Confluence, Eau Claire, WI
2021
Everything COVID
Group Exhibition
Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
2021
Expressions of Blue Bear
Solo Exhibition
Driftless Historium, Mount Horeb, WI
2021
WI Discover Art Golf
Group Artist Exhibition
Half-Moon Lagoon Disc Course, Reedsburg, WI
2021
The Art of Huuc Co & Wakatatlihuni
Duo Artist Exhibition
Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center, Duluth, MN
2019
Native Fiber
Group Artist Exhibition
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Art, Cedarburg, WI
2019
Bring Her Home - Stolen Daughters of Turtle Island
Group Artist Exhibition
All My Relations Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2019
LEAF Fellows Showcase
Group Artist Exhibition
Native Presence Gallery, Wisconsin Dells, WI
2017
The Voices of Native American Art
Group Artist Exhibition
Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI
2017
Reedsburg Native
Solo Exhibition
Artslink, Reedsburg, WI
2017
In Our Midst - Wisconsin's Contemporary Native American Art
Group Artist Exhibition
Stevens Point, WI
2016
Earth Sky Journey
Solo Exhibition
Native Presence Gallery, Wisconsin Dells, WI
2016
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Ho-Chunk Appliques, Indian Gaming Magazine, March Issue Cover Artwork
Official Visitors Guide and Travel Planner STEVENSPOINTAREA.COM
2022
Bear Clan, Indian Gaming Magazine, March Issue Cover Artwork
2021
Traditional Dancer, Indian Gaming Magazine, March Issue Cover Artwork
2020
Eagle Headdress, Indian Gaming Magazine, May Issue Cover Artwork
2019
Commissions
2024
PRC Interpretive Trail Signage Project
Commercial Commission
Plover River Crossing, Plover River, WI
2024
Three Sisters
Commercial Commission
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, WI
2024
Match Day Poster
Commercial Commission
Forward Madison, Madison, WI
2023
Connectedness, Mural
Commercial Commission
Friends of the GSST Sauk City, WI
2023
Awaken the Healing, Mural
Commercial Commission
UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
2023
Untitled
Commercial Commission
Indigenous Biz Con, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Raising Our Sisters
Temporary Public Art Installation
Baraboo Public Art Association, Baraboo, WI
2022
New Beginnings
Commercial Commission
First Nations Development Inst. Longmont, CO
2022
Shared Blessings
Commercial Commission
DENTONS US Washington D.C
2022
Seasonal Teachings
Commercial Commission
First Nations Development Institute, Longmont, CO
2022
Cieja uu, To Be At Home
Commercial Commission
CUNA Mutual Group, Madison, WI
2022
Vote for the 7th Generation
Commercial Commission
WI Native Vote, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Raising Our Sisters
Temp. Public Art Installation
Farm/Art DTour, Sauk County, WI
2022
Ho-Chunk Appliques
Commercial Commission
CUNA Mutual Group, Madison, WI
2022
Concerts on the Square Poster
Commercial Commission
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Madison, WI
2021
Song for the Seven Sisters
Public Art Commission
CREATE Portage County, Amherst, WI
2020
Garmin Nature Preserve Way Finding SIgnage
Commercial Commission
106 Group/Jefferson County Waterloo, WI
2019
Creator and the Four Lakes
Commercial Commission
Goodman South Campus, Madison, WI
2017
Coming Home, Reminisce, Our Winter Begins
Commercial Commission
Ho-Chunk Gaming, Wisconsin Dells, WI
2017
Taking Flight
Public Art Commission
Little Eagle Arts Foundation, Wisconsin Dells, WI