Dylan Miner is an American artist and assistant professor at Michigan State University.

Art

As an artist, Miner has exhibited widely, including the

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, La Galería de la Raza, Nokomis Center and countless alternative and university galleries, community centers, union halls, and anarchist bookstores. His working-class comics are included in ''Studs Terkel’s Working: A Graphic Adaptation'' (New Press, 2009) and ''Wobblies: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World''. In 2005, as part of the centennial celebrations of the founding of the

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, Miner’s two-person exhibition with Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl traveled throughout North America and the world. In 2010, he was awarded an Artist Leadership fellowship from the

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. From this award, he created the exhibition ''Anishinaabensag Biimskowebshkigewag (Native Kids Ride Bikes)''. In 2010 and 2011, Miner had nine solo exhibitions, Urban Shaman Gallery, in Winnipeg, Manitoba and various university galleries. In 2015 he exhibited at the Martha Street Studio, in Winnipeg. In 2016 he did a residency in Regina, Saskatchewan in collaboration with the MacKenzie Art Gallery, and the Dunlop Art Gallery. Miner is a member of

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Radical Artist Collective. He co-founded the Campesina/o Collective.

Controversies

Dr. Chris Andersen (Métis), professor and director of the Rupertsland Centre for Métis Research at the

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, critiques Miner's use of Metis identity and iconography in his book ''"Métis": Race, Recognition, and the Struggle for Indigenous Peoplehood''. Dr. Andersen criticized Miner's racialization of Métis identity to support arguments for a Metis presence in locales with little Red River–based iconography. Miner is a former member of the Woodland Métis Tribe of Ontario, which is not affiliated with the

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. He is now registered with the

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Selected articles

"Dylan Miner: An Anti-Authoritarian Artist on Bikes Beyond Borders,"
by David P. Ball, ''

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''Métis Artist and Indigenous Activist: Dylan Miner"
interview by America Meredith, ''

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'', N° 1, Fall 2013

Notes

References

* Buhle, Paul and Nicole Schulman. ''Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World.'' Verso, 2005. . * McPhee, Josh and Erik Reuland. ''Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority.'' Oakland: AK Press, 2007. .

External links

Dylan Miner
artist's website
Michigan State UniversityMiner's work at Just Seeds
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miner, Dylan Michigan State University faculty Industrial Workers of the World members Living people 1976 births