Adrian Stimson

Adrian Stimson (born 1964 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada)[1] is an artist and a member of the Siksika Nation.[2]

Stimson earned a BFA with distinction from the Alberta College of Art and Design[2] and an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan.[2]

Stimson is a multidisciplinary artist: He creates paintings, installations, performances and video.[3] His mostly black and white paintings often depict bison in fictional settings. In his installations, he refers to the experiencing the residential school system.[3] His performances look at the blending of the Indian, the cowboy, the shaman and the Two Spirit being.[3] Two recurring personas in Stimson's performances are Buffalo Boy and the Shaman Exterminator.[4][5]

In 2019, Stimson collaborated with A.A. Bronson for the Toronto Biennial of Art on A public apology to Siksoka Nation by Bronson and Iini Sookumapii: Guess who’s coming to dinner? a work that explored the connection between two of their ancestors: Bronson's great-grandfather John William Tims, an Anglican missionary who established a residential school in 1886 and Stinson's great-grandfather Old Sun(18191897), the traditional chief of the North Blackfoot and a participant of the making of Treaty 7.[6][7][8]

Stinson was awarded a 2018 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.[3][9] He won the Blackfoot Visual Arts Award in 2009,[10] the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003,[10] and the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005.[10]

Collections

Two of Stimson's paintings are in the North American Indigenous collection of the British Museum.[3] His work is included in the collections of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary,[11] and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.[12]

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