Lauren Crazybull
Lauren Crazybull | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lauren Crazybull 1994 (age 29–30)[1] |
| Known for | portraiture |
| Website | www |
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]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- McLuhan House Residency, 2018[13]
- Alberta Artist in Residence, 2019[5]
- Eldon and Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize, 2020[14]
- Cover Illustration for This Wound Is A World by Billy-Ray Belcourt in 2019[15]
- The Future All At Once, McMullen Gallery, 2019.[16]
- Time Magazine Cover, 2020[14]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Crazybull, Lauren". Kingston Prize. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Public Parking Publication | Manitoba | Public Parking". thisispublicparking.com. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Alberta's 1st Artist in Residence revealed". Alberta Foundation for the Arts. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ SAAG https://www.saag.ca/archive/tsima-kohtotsitapiihpa-where-are-you-from-lauren-crazybull. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b "The Kingston Prize 2019 Finalists". The Kingston Prize. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ "Portfolio page". Kingston Prize Portfolio. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Wilma Mankiller: 100 Women of the Year". Time. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "V-tape - IIKAAKIIMAAT". Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "LA Skins Fest film festival page".
- ^ "IIKAAKIIMAAT". imagineNATIVE. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ Crazybull, Lauren. "Seeing Through". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Edmonton's Lauren Crazybull and Shana Wilson painted three of Time's 100 Women of the Year covers". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ "This Wound Is a World book page". University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Matejko, Agnieszka (27 July 2019). "Lauren Crazybull". Galleries West. Retrieved 4 March 2020.