Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations)
HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS works include multi-disciplinary public art messages, large scale drawings, Neuf Series paintings, prints, glass works and circular monumental porcelain enamel on steel sculpture for the Denver Art Museum. He was named USA Ford Fellow 2012 and Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2020.
The artist studied at University of Kansas, Lawrence (BFA 1976), Royal College of Art, London (1977 graduate studies) and Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia (MFA 1979). Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts and Letters degrees have been awarded by Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston (2008), Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada (2017), California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, (2018).
His works are in the collections of: Whitney Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, Pomona College Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Native American Art, Smithsonian Institution and Belkin Gallery UBC. Recent collections include: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum, Tate Modern London, MoMA and the Library of Congress.
Public art and studio projects have received grants / awards from The National Endowment for the Arts 2012 and 2024, Andy Warhol Foundation 2004, Bonfil Stanton Foundation 2002, The Pew Charitable Trust 2000, AT & T 1999, Lila Wallace Foundation 1994, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation 1989, Rockefeller Foundation 1987.
His artistic creations and efforts as an advocate for indigenous communities worldwide are focused first upon social justice and then the personal freedom to live within the tribal circle as an expressive individual.
Panel: Retracing the Trail of Tears
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