Artist

Kent Monkman

Kent Monkman is an artist of Cree ancestry, well known for his provocative reinterpretations of romantic North American landscapes. He explores colonization, sexuality, loss, and resilience – the complexities of historical and contemporary Native American experience – in a variety of mediums, including painting, film/video, performance, and installation. His work is represented in the National Gallery of Canada, the Denver Art Museum, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario, among others. He is represented by Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Trepanier Baer Gallery and Peters Projects.