Lauren Crazybull Explained

Birth Name:Lauren Crazybull
Birth Date:[1]
Known For:portraiture

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

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

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crazybull, Lauren . Kingston Prize . 4 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Public Parking Publication Manitoba Public Parking . 2022-11-02 . thisispublicparking.com.
  3. Web site: 2019-01-31 . Alberta's 1st Artist in Residence revealed . 2022-11-02 . Alberta Foundation for the Arts . en.
  4. Web site: https://www.saag.ca/archive/tsima-kohtotsitapiihpa-where-are-you-from-lauren-crazybull . 2022-11-02 . SAAG . en-US.
  5. Web site: The Kingston Prize 2019 Finalists. 2019-07-09. The Kingston Prize. en-US. 2020-03-06.
  6. Web site: Portfolio page. Kingston Prize Portfolio. 5 March 2020.
  7. Wilma Mankiller: 100 Women of the Year. Time. 5 March 2020 . en. 2020-03-06.
  8. Web site: Edmonton's Lauren Crazybull and Shana Wilson painted three of Time's 100 Women of the Year covers. Griwkowsky. Fish. March 6, 2020. Edmonton Journal. 6 March 2020.
  9. Web site: V-tape - IIKAAKIIMAAT. 5 March 2020.
  10. Web site: LA Skins Fest film festival page.
  11. Web site: IIKAAKIIMAAT. imagineNATIVE. en-US. 2020-03-06.
  12. Web site: Crazybull . Lauren . Seeing Through . 2022-04-01 . Canadian Art . en-US.
  13. Web site: Mcluhan House Studio Residency: Arts space in Highlands celebrates diversity. Rudyck. Brittany. 5 June 2018. Beatroute. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190902201841/http://beatroute.ca/2018/06/05/mcluhan-house-studio-residency/. 2 September 2019. 28 February 2020.
  14. Web site: Edmonton's Lauren Crazybull and Shana Wilson painted three of Time's 100 Women of the Year covers . 2022-04-01 . edmontonjournal . en-CA.
  15. Web site: This Wound Is a World book page. University of Minnesota Press. 5 March 2020.
  16. Web site: Lauren Crazybull. Matejko. Agnieszka. Galleries West. 27 July 2019 . 4 March 2020.

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