Adrian Stimson is a member of the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation in southern Alberta. He is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator with a BFA with distinction from the Alberta College of Art & Design and MFA from the University of Saskatchewan. Exhibited both nationally and internationally, Adrian’s work includes paintings, installations, sculpture and performance. In his performance practice, Stimson looks at identity construction. Often through reoccurring personas such as Buffalo Boy and The Shaman Exterminator, he explores the hybridization of the Indian, the cowboy, the shaman and Two Spirit beings. Stimson has been awarded the Governor General Award for Visual and Media Arts (2018), the REVEAL Indigenous Arts Award – Hnatyshyn Foundation (2017), the Blackfoot Visual Arts Award (2009), the Alberta Centennial Medal (2005), and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2003).
Adrian Stimson
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