Anita + Nokosee Fields

Artist Anita Fields and musician Nokosee Fields, mother and son, are collaborating on work for Counterpublic. Anita creates clay and textile works that reflect her Native Osage culture. Her practice explores the complexities of cultural influences and the intersections of balance and chaos found within our lives. Her work can be found in collections such as the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, and more.

Nokosee, the great nephew of celebrated Cherokee fiddler Sam O’Fields, began studying orchestral violin at a young age and has recently turned his attention to various forms of traditional American music, performing, teaching, and touring professionally. A quest for balance shapes his work, whether he’s reconciling the weight of tradition with his creative impulses; challenging the demands and vacuity of colonialist, capitalist structures and systems with the richness of his experience and upbringing as a member of the Osage, Creek and Cherokee Nations.