HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS
The
artworks of HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS include multi-disciplinary forms of
public art messages, large scale drawings, Neuf Series acrylic paintings, prints
and monumental porcelain enamel on steel outdoor sculpture.
Heap
of Birds received his M.F.A. from
The
artist has exhibited his works at The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of
American Art, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution,
New York, New York, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, Documenta, Kassal, Germany, Orchard
Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California,
Association for Visual Arts Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, Lewallen
Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Hong Kong Art Center, China.
He
has served as visiting lecturer in
Heap
of Birds has taught as Visiting Professor at Yale University, New Haven,
Connecticut, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island and
Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
At The University of Oklahoma Professor Heap of Birds teaches in Native
American Studies and Fine Arts. His
seminars explore issues of the contemporary artist on a local, national and
international basis.
He has received grants and
awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, Louis
Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Lila Wallace Foundation, Bonfil Stanton Foundation
and The Pew Charitable Trust.
Currently Heap of Birds
is creating a fifty-foot signature, outdoor sculpture titled: Wheel.
The circular porcelain enamel on steel work was commissioned by The
Denver Art Museum and is inspired by the traditional Medicine Wheel of the
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