2025 ALASKA TRIENNIAL EXHIBITION PUTS NEW ALASKAN ARTWORKS ON VIEW AT THE MUSEUM

On view Feb. 7, 2025 - Sept. 7, 2025

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The depth and diversity of Alaska contemporary art will be on view in the 2025 Alaska Triennial, opening Feb. 7, 2025, at the Anchorage Museum. This highly anticipated exhibition presents a major survey of contemporary art in Alaska through the works of 47 artists selected from across the state.

Juried by Mary Bradshaw, curator and director of Visual Arts at the Yukon Arts Centre (Whitehorse, YT, Canada), the 2025 Alaska Triennial showcases a rich tapestry of artistic expression, with works ranging from intricate beadwork, textiles, and encaustic to ceramics, printmaking, woodworking, and beyond. The Alaska Triennial received 222 applications through an open call, and 47 artists were selected in a blind jurying process, representing communities from across the state, including Kodiak, Fort Yukon, Juneau, and others.

The exhibition celebrates Alaska’s unique sense of place through the lens of contemporary art. Featuring art created since 2022, it also encourages the creation of new works by Alaska artists.

“The landscape looms large in the North,” says Bradshaw. “Selected works present an interplay of tradition and innovation—at once surprising and familiar, grounding and transformative. Together, these works invite visitors to see Alaska through the eyes of its artists: a place where people, land, and possibility remain deeply and inextricably connected.”

Adds Anchorage Museum Assistant Curator Rachel Boesenberg, “The exhibition reflects the vibrancy of the artistic community in our state. We see a breadth of mediums and an array of stories and emotions.”

Featured Artists:

Brianna Allen, Kate Boyan, Honore Buckley, Pamela Butcher, Susan Campbell, Grace Choi, Sharlene Cline, Katie Ione Craney, Gail Davidson, Don Decker, Joshua Demain, Alanna DeRocchi, Monica Devine, Colleen Firmin Thomas, Hal Gage, Jenny Irene, Acacia Johnson, Susan Johnson, Arlitia Jones, Javid Kamali, Joseph Kashi, Mary Bee Kaufman, Young Kim, Carla Klinker, Peter Krupski, Inari Kylänen, Ethan Lauesen, Petra Lisiecki, Melanie Lombard, Emily Longbrake, Maureen Meyer, David Mollett, Ree Nancarrow, Adele Person, Susan Joy Share, Lauren Stanford, Marianne Stolz, Addie Studebaker, Emily Sullivan, Sara Tabbert, Shoko Takahashi, Kerry Tasker, Owen Tucker, Antoinette Walker, Michael Walsh, Gretchen Weiss-Brooks, and Jacob Wilson.

Organized by the Anchorage Museum, the 2025 Alaska Triennial continues a tradition of more than three decades of celebrating place and artistic innovation. Under various titles and formats, this exhibition has inspired and nurtured the creation of new works, inviting audiences to engage with Alaska through the lens of contemporary art.

The 2025 Alaska Triennial reaffirms the Anchorage Museum’s commitment to fostering the arts and encouraging dialogue and creative exchange by providing a platform for creative expression that connects local and global perspectives on the North.

The exhibition will be on view through Sept. 7, 2025. For more information, visit anchoragemuseum.org.

Juror Talk:
Mary Bradshaw reflects on works and themes highlighted in the 2025 Alaska Triennial during a special lecture in the Anchorage Museum Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7.

Press Preview:

Members of the press are invited to an exhibition preview -at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, in the museum’s fourth floor Brian E. Davies Chugach Gallery. Curators Bradshaw and Boesenberg will be available for interviews.

Exhibition Details:
Dates: February 7, 2025 – September 7, 2025
Location: Brian E. Davies Chugach Gallery, Fourth Floor, West Wing
Anchorage Museum, 625 C Street, Anchorage, Alaska

About the Anchorage Museum:
The Anchorage Museum shares the art, history, culture, and stories of Alaska and the North from diverse perspectives through exhibitions, public programs, and community projects focused on people, place, planet and potential. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, the museum sits on the traditional homeland of the Eklutna Dena’ina.

For more information, visit www.anchoragemuseum.org.

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About the Anchorage Museum 
Creatively reflecting a sustainable and equitable North, the Anchorage Museum focuses on people, place, planet and potential. The museum sits on the traditional homeland of the Dena’ina Eklutna. Learn more at www.anchoragemuseum.org.