Lauren Crazybull

Lauren Crazybull
Born	Lauren Crazybull 1994 (age 30–31)[1]
Known for	portraiture
Website	www.laurencrazybull.com

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

• 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

• https://www.laurencrazybull.com/

References

1. "Crazybull, Lauren". Kingston Prize. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
2. "Public Parking Publication | Manitoba | Public Parking". thisispublicparking.com. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
3. "Alberta's 1st Artist in Residence revealed". Alberta Foundation for the Arts. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
4. 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)
5. "The Kingston Prize 2019 Finalists". The Kingston Prize. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
6. "Portfolio page". Kingston Prize Portfolio. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
7. "Wilma Mankiller: 100 Women of the Year". Time. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
8. 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.
9. "V-tape - IIKAAKIIMAAT". Retrieved 5 March 2020.
10. "LA Skins Fest film festival page".
11. "IIKAAKIIMAAT". imagineNATIVE. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
12. Crazybull, Lauren. "Seeing Through". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
13. 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.
14. "Edmonton's Lauren Crazybull and Shana Wilson painted three of Time's 100 Women of the Year covers". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
15. "This Wound Is a World book page". University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
16. Matejko, Agnieszka (27 July 2019). "Lauren Crazybull". Galleries West. Retrieved 4 March 2020.