Chris Pappan (born 1971) is a Native American artist, enrolled in the

Kaw Nation The Kaw Nation (or Kanza or Kansa) is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. It comes from the central Midwestern United States. It has also been called the "People of the South wind",

and of Osage and Cheyenne River Lakota descent.

Early life and education

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Pappan studied at the

Institute of American Indian Arts The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is a public tribal land-grant college in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The college focuses on Native American art. It operates the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), which is housed in the historic S ...

, and is a self-described "Lowbrow Native" artist, with his work based on traditional

ledger art Ledger art is a term for narrative drawing or painting on paper or cloth, predominantly practiced by Plains Indian, but also from the Plateau and Great Basin. Ledger art flourished primarily from the 1860s to the 1920s. A revival of ledger art b ...

Art career

In 2011 he participated in the ''Heartland Reverberations'' exhibition at the

Spencer Museum of Art The Spencer Museum of Art is an art museum operated by the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Spencer Museum seeks to "...present its collection as a living archive that motivates object-c ...

along with Norman Akers, Bunky Echo-Hawk, Ryan Red Corn and Dianne Yeahquo Reyner; the same year, he was awarded the Discovery Fellowship by the

Southwestern Association for Indian Arts The Santa Fe Indian Market is an annual art market held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the weekend following the third Thursday in August. The event draws an estimated 150,000 people to the city from around the world. The Southwestern Association for ...

. In July 2014 Pappan was the featured cover artist for ''Native Peoples'' magazine; he was also awarded a Landmarks Fellowship to travel to Australia and participate in a cultural exchange with

Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

. In 2015 he presented ''Account Past Due: Ledger Art & Beyond'' at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. In 2016-19 the Field Museum of Natural History organized a show of his drawings and paintings called ''Drawing on Tradition: Kanza Artist Chris Pappan.'' His work is part of the permanent collections of the

and the Museum of Contemporary Native Art. On February 22, 2021 a

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he illustrated of

Zitkala-Sa Zitkala-Ša (Lakota: Zitkála-Šá, meaning Red Bird; February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938), also known by her missionary and married name, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and polit ...

was featured in the United States to celebrate the 145th anniversary of her birth.

External link

Chris Pappan website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pappan, Chris 1971 births Artists from Chicago Institute of American Indian Arts alumni Kaw people Living people Native American painters Osage people