artists decided to allow their work to be exhibited. White Noise, American Prayer Rug, and Let Them Enter Dancing and Showing Their Faces — Shaman, were submitted by Galanin. In September 2019, Galanin spoke of his intention to withdraw from the exhibition and his ultimate decision to participate. "For me, the reason for both decisions was to fight erasure." In reference to museums, where "our ancestors’ bones" have been held in storage, museums have not been safe spaces for Indigenous people or culture. He says, "But in order to have agency in such spaces, you have to show up. It’s more impactful to engage in conversation than to avoid it." Personal life Nicholas Galanin has three children. Notable public collections Alaska State Museum, Juneau, Alaska Anchorage Museum at the Rasmuson Center, Alaska Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Crystal Bridges Museum, Arkansas Denver Art Museum, Colorado George Gustav Heye Center, New York Hood Museum of Art, New Hampshire Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas Museum of Modern Art, New York National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada North American Native Museum, Zurich, Switzerland Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts Portland Art Museum, Oregon Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada Notable awards and fellowships 2003 Goldsmiths Commendation London, England 2008 Best Experimental Film, ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival, Toronto 2012 United States Artists Fellowship, USA 2013 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2014 Rasmuson Foundation Fellow 2017 NACF Mentor Fellow 2018 Rasmuson Fellow 2018 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Fellow 2019 YBCA 100 Honoree 2020 Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence award, The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2020 Open Society Foundation Soros Arts Fellowship Filmography Short videos Discography Studio albums Silver Jackson (2008) Thought I Found Gold (2009) It's Glimmering Now (2012) Starry Skies Open Eyes (2014) Meditations in The Key of Red (2017) Extended plays Moves Like Music (2007) Singles "Wild Woman" (2011) "Perfect Mistake" (2014) "You and I Should Try Again" (2014) "Impetus Epoch" (2016) "Life Keeps On Spinning" (2017) "All I Sea" (2018) "All Over Town (Ear Dr.umz Rxndition)" (2019) Guest appearances Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - "Under Your Always Light - Silver Jackson Remix" from Under Your Always Light (Remixes) (2017) Publications Nicholas Galanin: Let Them Enter Dancing and Showing Their Faces Nicholas Galanin, Merritt Johnson, Negarra A. Kudumu, Erin Joyce. 1st edition