Shan Goshorn
1957–2018
Introduction
Shan Goshorn (July 3, 1957 – December 1, 2018) was an Eastern Band Cherokee artist, who lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her interdisciplinary artwork expresses human rights issues, especially those that affect Native American people today. Goshorn used different media to convey her message, including woven paper baskets, silversmithing, painting, and photography. She is best known for her baskets with Cherokee designs woven with archival paper reproductions of documents, maps, treaties, photographs and other materials that convey both the challenges and triumphs that Native Americans have experienced in the past and are still experiencing today.
Wikidata identifier
Q19642414
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, mixed-media artist, painter
ULAN identifier
500487443
Names
Shan Goshorn, Noon da Da lon a ga e, U Do Dalona Gei, Yellow Moon
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed November 5, 2024.
