Lauren Crazybull

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Lauren Crazybull
Born
Lauren Crazybull

1994 (age 30–31) [1]
Known forportraiture
Website www.laurencrazybull.com

Lauren Crazybull is a Blackfoot, Dene visual artist currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia [2] and Alberta's first provincial Artist in Residence. [3] Lauren is originally from Alberta, Canada. [4]

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Career

In 2019, Lauren was one of the 30 finalists for the Kingston Prize, [5] a Canada-wide competition for portrait painting. [6] In 2020, TIME Magazine commissioned her to paint the portrait of Wilma Mankiller for 100 Women of the Year project. [7] [8]

Conor McNally's documentary focusing on her life and work, IIKAAKIIMAAT, provides viewers with a personal story of resiliency [9] has been shown at the LA Skin Fest [10] and the imageNATIVE festival in Toronto. [11]

Alberta Artist in Residence

In 2019, Crazybull was appointed Alberta's first provincial Artist in Residence. With roughly over 100 other applicants, Crazybull was the first to ever hold the job. [12] The position came with a grant and responsibilities that include attending cultural events and serving as an advocate for artists. Her residency culminated in a solo exhibition titled "TSIMA KOHTOTSITAPIIHPA Where are you from?" from January 24 - April 4, 2020 at Latitude 53.

Selected exhibitions, residencies, and publications

References

  1. ↑ "Crazybull, Lauren". Kingston Prize. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Public Parking Publication | Manitoba | Public Parking". thisispublicparking.com. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  3. ↑ "Alberta's 1st Artist in Residence revealed". Alberta Foundation for the Arts. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  4. ↑ "TSIMA KOHTOTSITAPIIHPA Where are you from?". SAAG. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  5. 1 2 "The Kingston Prize 2019 Finalists". The Kingston Prize. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  6. ↑ "Portfolio page". Kingston Prize Portfolio. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Wilma Mankiller: 100 Women of the Year". Time. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  8. ↑ Griwkowsky, Fish (March 6, 2020). "Edmonton's Lauren Crazybull and Shana Wilson painted three of Time's 100 Women of the Year covers". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "V-tape - IIKAAKIIMAAT" . Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "LA Skins Fest film festival page".
  11. ↑ "IIKAAKIIMAAT". imagineNATIVE. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  12. ↑ Crazybull, Lauren. "Seeing Through". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  13. ↑ Rudyck, Brittany (5 June 2018). "Mcluhan House Studio Residency: Arts space in Highlands celebrates diversity". Beatroute. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Edmonton's Lauren Crazybull and Shana Wilson painted three of Time's 100 Women of the Year covers". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  15. ↑ "This Wound Is a World book page". University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  16. ↑ Matejko, Agnieszka (27 July 2019). "Lauren Crazybull". Galleries West. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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