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Chris Pappan
American painter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chris Pappan (born 1971) is a Native American artist, enrolled in the Kaw Nation[1] and of Osage and Cheyenne River Lakota descent.[2]
Early life and education
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Pappan studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and is a self-described "Lowbrow Native" artist,[3] with his work based on traditional ledger art.[4]
Art career
In 2011 he participated in the Heartland Reverberations exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art along with Norman Akers, Bunky Echo-Hawk, Ryan Red Corn and Dianne Yeahquo Reyner;[3] the same year, he was awarded the Discovery Fellowship by the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts.[4]
In July 2014 Pappan was the featured cover artist for Native Peoples magazine; he was also awarded a Landmarks Fellowship to travel to Australia and participate in a cultural exchange with Indigenous Australians.[5] In 2015 he presented Account Past Due: Ledger Art & Beyond at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.[6] In 2016-19 the Field Museum of Natural History organized a show of his drawings and paintings called Drawing on Tradition: Kanza Artist Chris Pappan.[7] His work is part of the permanent collections of the Spencer Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Native Art.[8]
On February 22, 2021, a Google Doodle he illustrated of Zitkala-Sa was featured in the United States to celebrate the 145th anniversary of her birth.[9][10]
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