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Lauren Crazybull is a Blackfoot,
In 2019, Lauren was one of the 30 finalists for the Kingston Prize, a Canada-wide competition for portrait painting''.'' In 2020,
Dene
The Dene people () are an indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages. ''Dene'' is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term "Dene" ha ...
visual artist currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ...
and Alberta's first provincial Artist in Residence. Lauren is originally from Alberta, Canada
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Career
In 2019, Lauren was one of the 30 finalists for the Kingston Prize, a Canada-wide competition for portrait painting''.'' In 2020, TIME Magazine
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commissioned her to paint the portrait of Wilma Mankiller
Wilma Pearl Mankiller ( chr, ᎠᏥᎳᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏗᎯ, Atsilasgi Asgayadihi; November 18, 1945April 6, 2010) was a Native American (Cherokee Nation) activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to serve a ...
for 100 Women of the Year project.
Conor McNally's documentary focusing on her life and work, IIKAAKIIMAAT, provides viewers with a personal story of resiliency has been shown at the LA Skin Fest and the imageNATIVE festival in Toronto.
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. 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
*McLuhan House Residency, 2018 *Alberta Artist in Residence, 2019 *Eldon and Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize, 2020 *Cover Illustration for This Wound Is A World by Billy-Ray Belcourt in 2019 *''The Future All At Once'', McMullen Gallery, 2019. *Time Magazine Cover, 2020External links
*https://www.laurencrazybull.com/References
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