| KEVIN RED STAR | |
 Born and raised in the Crow Indian Nation of Lodge Grass, Montana, Kevin Red Star's family, heritage, and abundance of visual experience serve as his palette. He conjuries evocative images of his ancestral Apsaalooke ~ its Culture, and its History. His work is as personal as it is universal. It is ~ KEVIN RED STAR. Kevin's formal art education began at the Institute of American Indian Art (IAIA) when he was selected to be among the first 150 students for this experimental Native American art school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Here he was exposed to various mediums and expressions of art, learning the fundamentals of art from the finest Native American teachers. In 1974, Kevin was asked to return to IAIA to participate in their Artist-in-Residence program. While in Santa Fe, he expanded his art to include stone lithography, serigraphs and etchings. Next, Kevin attended the San Francisco Art Institute. As a Freshman he was awarded the Govenor's Trophy, and the Al and Helen Baker Award from the Scottsdale National Indian Arts Exhibition. Kevin continued his studies at Montana State University-Bozeman, and Eastern Montana College-Billings. Kevin Red Star has emerged as "The Premier Northern Plains Fine Artist". Notable developments are even more exciting use of color and refined graphic design aspects in his latest work. As an art collector recently commented: He is among the Masters and will, during his life, enjoy his status as such. His philosophy parallels Robert Rauschenberg's: "There should be no barriers in art." [ back to top ] |
EDUCATION Lodge Grass, Montana Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM San Francisco Art Institute Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Eastern Montana State, Billings, MT BOARDS Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM Harvard Project, New York, NY Ford Foundation’s grants to Native American projects. HONORS Rocky Mountain College ~ Billings, MT. • Doctorate Degree in Fine Arts (Honorary) Russian Academy of Art ~ Moscow, • Artist in Residence Roanoke College ~ Salem, VA. • Artist in Residence Mount San Antonio College ~ Walnut, CA. • Artist in Residence MUSEUMS the Institute of American Indian Arts the Denver Art Museum the Heard Museum the "Espace" Pierre Cardin the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian & Western Art the Museum of the Rockies the Whitney Museum of Western Art [ back to top ] |
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