Cara and Diego Romero
November 1, 2025 - February 8, 2026
Cara and Diego Romero: Tales of Futures Past includes the work of photographer Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) and potter Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo). Focusing on the artistic dialogue between these two leading artists, the exhibition explores themes concerning the complexities and the evolutionary nature of Indigenous identity. While they are husband and wife and maintain individual studio practices, their work shares a broader visual dialog. They fuse elements of popular culture, ancestral traditions, and the supernatural to portray protagonists powered by their Indigeneity as they, and the world, continue to change. Through their visionary works, the Romeros strive to establish agency through storytelling, and to address the past, the present, and the future of Indigenous lifeways.
Cara and Diego Romero: Tales of Futures Past examines rewriting historical narratives, the power of lndigeneity, environmental racism, and ancestral evolution. It is organized by the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa, and is accompanied by a catalog. This project is made possible in part through the generous support of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation.
Image:
Cara Romero, Water Memory, 2015, archival pigment print
Courtesy of the artist, copyright Cara Romero
