1. Kent Monkman was born on 13 November 1965 and is a First Nations artist of Cree ancestry.
16 Facts About Kent Monkman
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Kent Monkman is a member of the Fisher River nation situated in Manitoba's Interlake Region.
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Kent Monkman has had many solo exhibitions at museums and galleries in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
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Kent Monkman has achieved international recognition for colourful and detailed works that combine genre conventions and recast historical narratives.
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Kent Monkman was born in St Marys, Ontario and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Kent Monkman attended various Canadian and US institutions, including the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Sundance Institute in Los Angeles, and the National Screen Institute.
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Kent Monkman graduated with a degree in Canadian art from Sheridan College in 1986.
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Kent Monkman created sets and costumes for several Native Earth Performing Arts productions, including Lady of Silences by Floyd Favel and Diva Ojibway by Tina Mason.
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Kent Monkman accepted the honorary title of grand marshal for Pride Toronto that year, citing the importance of recognition for Indigenous people during the 150th anniversary of Canada celebrations.
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Kent Monkman has identified both himself and Miss Chief as two-spirit.
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Kent Monkman adopts the Old Master style of painting to express emotions.
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Kent Monkman has been inspired particularly by Antonio Gisbert's Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Malaga.
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Models posed in the style of classic paintings, and then the photographs were projected on large canvas, traced, and base-painted by assistants before Kent Monkman did his finishing touches.
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Kent Monkman derived Miss Chief's Wet Dream from two French paintings, The Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Gericault and Christ Asleep during the Tempest by Eugene Delacroix, to evoke Canada's relationship between Indigenous peoples and colonizers.
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Miss Chief Eagle Testickle is the two-spirit alter ego that Kent Monkman uses in his art; she is a hunter, artist, activist, seducer, hero, and performer.
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In 2005, after seeing this, Kent Monkman performed The Taxonomy of The European Male.