Rocketship, 2000-2022
This is a fully functioning rocket ship made from found objects.
“When the natural resources of Earth start becoming scarce, many people will look towards the option of leaving this planet in hope of finding another planet that will sustain life. While most people will be in the fancy sophisticated NASA type space shuttles, there will be people, such as Indians, who cannot afford such luxury and will have to build their own ships. These less complicated rocketships will not be able to take off on their own and will have chains that hook onto the larger rocket ships but one thing each of those shoddy rocketships will have is an escape hatch in the floor. As all of the larger spaceships begin their countdown to take off, all the Indians will be slipping out of their escape hatches. The Indians will be putting their feet on the ground while everyone else is on their way out of here.”
—Anna Tsouhlarakis
Anna Tsouhlarakis is one of the featured artists in the 2025 Trail Mix series, part of Breck Create’s signature annual festival—BIFA. Trail Mix blends art and nature along scenic Breckenridge trails, where hikers and bikers encounter site-specific installations in the wild.
Aug 15-24th • All Day • Ridge Street Arts Square
This installation is available for self-guided exploration throughout the festival for those who prefer to experience the trail on their own.
Saturday, Aug 16th • 5PM • Old Masonic Hall
Anna Tsouhlarakis received her BA from Dartmouth College with degrees in Native American Studies and Studio Art. She went on to receive her MFA from Yale University in Sculpture. Tsouhlarakis has participated in various art residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Yaddo, MacDowell, and was the Andrew W. Mellon Artist-in-Residence at Colorado College for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Tsouhlarakis’s work has been part of national and international exhibitions at venues such as NEON Foundation in Athens, Greece; White Frame in Basel, Switzerland; Rush Arts in New York; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto; the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts; the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art; the National Museum of the American Indian; the National Portrait Gallery; MCA Denver; and a recent solo presentation with Tilton Gallery at the Independent Art Fair in New York.
She is a Creative Capital Award recipient for 2021. Other awards include fellowships from the Harpo Foundation, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and most recently, a SOURCE Studio Corrina Mehiel Fellowship and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship.
Tsouhlarakis is Greek, Creek, and an enrolled citizen of the Navajo Nation. She is Assistant Professor, Art Practices and Director, Foundations Arts Program at CU Boulder.
