Adrian Stimson

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Adrian Stimson (born 1964 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) [1] is an artist and a member of the Siksika Nation. [2]

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Education

Stimson earned a BFA with distinction from the Alberta College of Art and Design [3] and an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan. [3]

Career

Stimson is a multidisciplinary artist: He creates paintings, installations, performances and video. [4] His mostly black and white paintings often depict bison in fictional settings. In his installations, he refers to experiences in the residential school system. [4] His performances look at constructing identity and the blending of the Indian, the cowboy, the shaman and the Two Spirit being. [4] Two recurring personas in Stimson's performances are Buffalo Boy and the Shaman Exterminator. [5] [6]

Stimson travelled with the Canadian Forces Artists Program to Afghanistan in 2010. [7]

In 2017, Stimson created, "TRENCH," a five-day durational performance on the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation. The performance commemorates the approximately 4,000 Indigenous soldiers who served in the First World War. [8] This contemporary art contributed to War Stories: 1917 at Calgary's Military Museums. [9]

In 2019, Stimson collaborated with AA Bronson for the Toronto Biennial of Art on A public apology to Siksoka Nation by Bronson and Iini Sookumapii: Guess who’s coming to dinner? a work that explored the connection between two of their ancestors: Bronson's great-grandfather John William Tims, an Anglican missionary who established a residential school in 1886 and Stimson's great-grandfather Old Sun (1819–1897), the traditional chief of the North Blackfoot and a participant of the making of Treaty 7. [10] [11] [12]

In 2020 he created a waterbed installation, a nod to Ono's and Lennon's famous bed-ins for peace as part of the Yoko Ono’s exhibition Growing Freedom at Contemporary Calgary. [13]

Collections

Two of Stimson's paintings are in the North American Indigenous collection of the British Museum. [4] [2] His work is included in the collections of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, [14] and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. [15]

Awards

In 2018 he was awarded the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. [4] [16] Stimson won the Blackfoot Visual Arts Award in 2009, [17] the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005 and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003, [17]

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  6. ↑ "The Shaman Exterminator: On the trail of the Woodcraft Indians with the Buffalo Boy Scouts of America". 24 October 2012. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
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  9. ↑ Carlyle, Catherine (2017-07-03). "Adrian Stimson Honours Indigenous Warriors". Galleries West. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  10. ↑ Heather, Rosemary (2019-09-25). "Beyond apologies: two artists set a table for reconciliation". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  11. ↑ Durón, Maximilíano (2019-10-15). "Finally, a Biennial That Does Justice to Indigenous Narratives". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  12. ↑ "History & Culture | Siksika Nation | Siksika Nation Tribal Administration Website". siksikanation.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
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  15. ↑ "Post Modern Bison".
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  17. 1 2 vanlovesart (2018-04-14). "2018 Governor General Award Winner, Adrian Stimson, Explores Indigenous Culture, Identity, and History With Beauty and Humour". The Vancouver Arts Review. Retrieved 2019-12-04.


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