Jungen receives Smithsonian fellowship

"Nicotine" and "White Death Camas" by Jungen from Casey Kaplan Gallery

Aboriginal art star Brian Jungen has been awarded a fellowship from the Smithsonian Institution to conduct research at Smithsonian museums and research facilities as part of the Institution’s Artist Research Fellowship Program (read the full article here).

Jungen, from Canada, will divide his research between the National Museum of the American Indian and the National Air and Space Museum. He will investigate the connections between the scientific study of air and space and Native American beliefs regarding air and space to create an artwork in conjunction with his 2009-2010 exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian.

He was chosen as one of ten artists (chosen out of 64 applicants) and is the only Canadian and the only Native Indian to receive this fellowship. The fellowships include a financial award that enables the artists to use Smithsonian resources for a two-month residency period. So it seems that Jungen will return to New York City after all.

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