Recent Past Exhibitions
As North America’s only art museum focused on exhibiting combat-inspired art we bridge the gap between the perception and the reality of combat. We strive to show combat veteran art that advances our mission through exhibitions, comprehensive education and continuous collection.
Triennial & Veteran Art Summit - With a focus on the visual, literary, performative and creative practices of veterans, the National Veterans Art Museum Triennial explored a century of war and survival while challenging the perception that war is something only those who have served in the military can comprehend. Throughout history, art has provided a frame to create meaning out of the complicated experience of war, seek justice and imagine reconciliation. The NVAM Triennial drew on this history to connect today’s veteran artists with the history of veteran creative practices and their impact on society over the past century.
Original Warrior - NVAM presents Original Warrior, our new exhibition which explores the complex Native American relationships between warrior and community, warrior and war, and warrior and service.
Artifacts - an exhibition exploring the material and speculative objects that hold personal, cultural, and political import for those directly and indirectly impacted by war.
Tactical Formations - this exhibition highlights artist collectives making work about the veteran experience, but also underlines the power of organizing into communities in order to achieve common goals.
The Joe Bonham Project - an exhibition that aims to keep the dedication, sacrifices, and indomitable spirit of our wounded warriors present and accounted for with more than a hundred drawings and illustrations created during the time spent with patients at VA Hospitals throughout the United States.
The 100 Faces of War Experience - an exhibition of portraits of 100 veterans who were chosen to represent the statistical demographics of the American involvement in these conflicts.
Surrealism & War - an exhibition of veterans’ artwork that explores the relationship between Surrealism and the experience of war. There is a deep historical relationship between veterans and surrealism. Veterans’ artwork, which explores and expresses the experience of war, has historically resulted in works that negotiate similar aesthetic and conceptual concerns as surrealism- including exploring the unconscious, automatism, disfigured bodies, juxtaposed symbols, found objects, and nonsensical language.
Triennial & Veteran Art Summit - With a focus on the visual, literary, performative and creative practices of veterans, the National Veterans Art Museum Triennial explored a century of war and survival while challenging the perception that war is something only those who have served in the military can comprehend. Throughout history, art has provided a frame to create meaning out of the complicated experience of war, seek justice and imagine reconciliation. The NVAM Triennial drew on this history to connect today’s veteran artists with the history of veteran creative practices and their impact on society over the past century.
Original Warrior - NVAM presents Original Warrior, our new exhibition which explores the complex Native American relationships between warrior and community, warrior and war, and warrior and service.
Artifacts - an exhibition exploring the material and speculative objects that hold personal, cultural, and political import for those directly and indirectly impacted by war.
Tactical Formations - this exhibition highlights artist collectives making work about the veteran experience, but also underlines the power of organizing into communities in order to achieve common goals.
The Joe Bonham Project - an exhibition that aims to keep the dedication, sacrifices, and indomitable spirit of our wounded warriors present and accounted for with more than a hundred drawings and illustrations created during the time spent with patients at VA Hospitals throughout the United States.
The 100 Faces of War Experience - an exhibition of portraits of 100 veterans who were chosen to represent the statistical demographics of the American involvement in these conflicts.
Surrealism & War - an exhibition of veterans’ artwork that explores the relationship between Surrealism and the experience of war. There is a deep historical relationship between veterans and surrealism. Veterans’ artwork, which explores and expresses the experience of war, has historically resulted in works that negotiate similar aesthetic and conceptual concerns as surrealism- including exploring the unconscious, automatism, disfigured bodies, juxtaposed symbols, found objects, and nonsensical language.
