Lauren Crazybull

Lauren Crazybull is an Edmonton-based Blackfoot Dene visual artist and Alberta's first provincial Artist in Residence.

Lauren Crazybull
Born
Lauren Crazybull

1994 (age 25–26)[1]
Known forportraiture
Websitewww.laurencrazybull.com

Career
Canadian Art commissioned mural at the back of the DC3 Art Projects Gallery (10567 111 St NW, Edmonton)

Lauren Crazybull focuses on portraits of contemporary young Indigenous people. In 2018, the Canadian Art commissioned her to paint a mural for Edmonton's DC3 Gallery. Her 2019 exhibition The Future All At Once, in Edmonton’s McMullen Gallery.[2] In 2019 she was one of the 30 finalists for the Kingston Prize[3], a Canada-wide competition for portrait painting, for her painting, Power & Vulnerability.[4] In 2020, TIME Magazine commissioned her to paint the portrait of Wilma Mankiller for 100 Women of the Year project[5][6].

Conor McNally's documentary focusing on her life and work, IIKAAKIIMAAT, provides viewers with a personal story of resiliency[7] has been shown at the LA Skin Fest[8] and the imageNATIVE[9].

Alberta Artist in Residence

In 2019, Crazybull was appointed Alberta's first provincial Artist in Residence. The position came with a grant and responsibilities that include attending cultural events and serving as an advocate for artists.[10] Her residency culminated in a solo exhibition titled "TSIMA KOHTOTSITAPIIHPA Where are you from?" from January 24 - April 4, 2020 at Latitude 53.[11]

Selected exhibitions, residencies, and publications
  • McLuhan House Residency, 2018[12]
  • Walrus Magazine Spot Illustration, in April 2018[13]
  • The Aviary Solo Show, March 2019[14]
  • Cover Illustration for This Wound Is A World by Billy-Ray Belcourt in 2019[15]
  • Briarpatch Magazine Cover & Spot Illustration, in May 2019
  • Penguin Random House Promotional Art for “There There” book launch, in June 2018
  • The Future All At Once, McMullen Gallery, Friends of University Hospitals, in Edmonton, June 8 to Aug. 4, 2019.[16]
  • "Seeing Through", personal essay published in Canadian Art Magazine, in November 2019[17]

References
  1. "Crazybull, Lauren". Kingston Prize. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. Matejko, Agnieszka (2019-07-27). "Lauren Crazybull". Galleries West. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. "The Kingston Prize 2019 Finalists". The Kingston Prize. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. "Portfolio page". Kingston Prize Portfolio. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. "Wilma Mankiller: 100 Women of the Year". Time. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  6. 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.
  7. "V-tape - IIKAAKIIMAAT". Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  8. "LA Skins Fest film festival page".
  9. "IIKAAKIIMAAT". imagineNATIVE. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  10. Crazybull, Lauren. "Seeing Through". Canadian Art. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  11. "Lauren Crazybull | TSIMA KOHTOTSITAPIIHPA Where are you from?". Latitude 53. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  12. 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.
  13. "Inside the Legal Battle t Preserve Land As Sacred Space". The Walrus. The Walrus. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  14. Collins, Lauren (21 Feb 2019). "She's Alberta's first artist in residence, so how will Lauren Crazybull spend her year?". CBC. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  15. "This Wound Is a World book page". University of Minnesota Press. University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  16. Matejko, Agnieszka. "Lauren Crazybull". Galleries West. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  17. Crazybull, Lauren. "Seeing Through". Canadian Art. Canadian Art. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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