Iron Horse by Kent Monkman at the School of Art Gallery

On view courtesy of a private collector Informal reception Until September 16. Wednesday, September 14, 4:00 - 6:00 pm

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The School of Art Gallery is pleased to Collection, Denver Art Museum, The Royal provide a temporary home for the mon- Ontario Museum, and at Compton Verney. His umental painting Iron Horse by Canadian award-winning short film and video works artist Kent Monkman. Iron Horse will be have been screened at various national and available for viewing until September 16. international festivals, including the 2007 and 2008 Berlinale, and the 2007 Interna- tional Film Festival. His work is represented Kent Monkman is a Canadian artist of in numerous private and public collections ancestry who works in a variety of media. He including the National Gallery of Canada, draws upon his indigenous heritage and uses Musée d’art contemporain de Rochechouart Western mythology and Romantic landscape (France), Musée des beaux-art de Montréal, painting to create narratives that “reference Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Art the lies, failed promises and broken treaties Gallery of Ontario, Museum London, Wood- perpetrated by the Canadian and American land Cultural Centre, The Glenbow Museum, govenments against indigenous people.” Indian Art Centre, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Mackenzie Art Gallery, the Art Bank of the His work has been shown in solo exhibitions Canada Council, Smithsonian/National Mu- in numerous Canadian museums including seum of the American Indian, Vancouver Art Montreal Museum of Fine Art, the Museum Gallery, Fondation de la Maison Rouge (Paris), of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto, Rideau Hall (Ottawa), The Logan Collection/ the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Woodlands Cul- Denver Art Museum and Hart House/Universi- tural Centre and the Art Gallery of Hamilton. ty of Toronto. He has participated in various international group exhibitions such as The American Kent Monkman was born in St. Mary’s Ontario West, at Compton Verney, in Warwickshire, and grew up in Winnipeg, . He has England, Remember Humanity at Witte de studied at Sheridan College of Applied Arts With, Rotterdam, the 2010 Sydney Biennale, in Brampton, Ontario, as well as the Banff My Winnipeg at Maison Rouge, Paris, 2007 Centre, the Sundance Institute in Los Angeles Biennale de Montréal and Oh Canada!, MASS and the Canadian Screen Training Institute. MOCA. Monkman has created site specific He currently lives and works in Toronto. performances at the McMichael Canadian Art

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